http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Colleen+Langenfeld Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=723719&ca=Parenting Defiant behavior in children can come from many sources. When defiant behavior is due to a child's continual sense of frustration, one of the best tools for helping such a child is listening. Intentional, one-on-one, knee-to-knee, look'em-in-the-eye listening. Let me put it this way. If you cannot r... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=723724&ca=Parenting If you have a defiant child on your hands, you know that maintaining a loving relationship can be very difficult. Depending upon the level of defiance, these children can be moody and explosive, making them difficult to simply enjoy on a daily basis. Which can lead to very real parental guilt. That'... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=723694&ca=Parenting If you have an angry child in your home, you know how quickly life can turn sour. You start walking on eggshells just to avoid another outburst. You keep track of every little thing you say - and that your child says - trying to determine the precise triggers...and avoid them. But the truth is, no m... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=723701&ca=Parenting Getting help for problem children can be an enormous task. Living with a difficult child is emotionally and physically draining. It's no surprise that most parents dealing with problem children quickly feel they have exhausted their resources. When this happens, no one wins. The out of control child... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=723712&ca=Parenting The most difficult lesson in how to control an out of control child is probably handling the public temper tantrum. Tantrums are most often associated with toddlers and preschoolers, but when it comes to out of control children, tantrums can continue through the elementary grades and even beyond. Th... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=714460&ca=Parenting Are you looking for ways to help troubled teenagers? Then what you are really looking for is a way to know those troubled teenagers better. What am I talking about? Well, consider this simple fact. Teens crave being known. They are constantly looking for others who will take an active interest in th... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=714484&ca=Parenting Parents who need help with troubled teenagers often find themselves in a sea of chaos. Quite frequently, they find themselves walking on eggshells in their own homes, afraid of the next big blowout with their own troubled teenager. This kind of stress quickly affects everything and everybody. If thi... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=714532&ca=Parenting When parents ask how to handle teenagers, often what they're really asking is... - "what do I say when my teen smarts off to me?" - Or "what do I do when my teen won't listen to me?" What we are actually talking about here is relationship. Unfortunately, a relationship that is less than optimum. Wha... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=707836&ca=Parenting When you are dealing with argumentative children very quickly the focus can change from whatever started the argument to a totally irrelevant topic. This is often because the child has taken control of the argument. As a parent, your job, of course, is to train and guide, not to engage in pointless... Parenting Colleen Langenfeld Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=707841&ca=Parenting How to deal with argumentative children when it comes to cell phones and the tremendous influx of all kinds of technology has become a real source of frustration for many parents. In our own home, we have had to deal with out-of-control texting and the consequences on our teen's behavior and family...