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Week 25 of Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - Use a Positive "I" Message to Encourage Positive Behavior - When people of any age become discouraged, their behavior becomes less productive or even downright negative, and they may give up altogether. One sure way for you to discourage your kids is to ignore their positive efforts to improve. Their perspective becomes Why bother? Doc Pop explains in this week's video. #activeparenting, #52weeks, #52weeksofactiveparenting, #activeparentingleaders, #parentingeducation, #parenting, #parentingtips Go to www.activeparenting.com for information about our video based parenting programs or https://activeparenting.com//doc-pops-52-weeks-of-active-/ to purchase Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting book.

Week 24 - Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - FLAC: The Ultimate Discipline Method - Feelings, Limits, Alternative and Consequences - Use FLAC to reduce the FLACK. If you recognize by now that what we are after is building character and not blind obedience then you will be quick to see the brilliance (if I do say so myself) of the FLAC method. We have covered each part of FLAC in previous weeks, but now we can put them all together. Doc Pop explains how to pull together ...the skills you've learned in this week's video. If you haven't seen the previous weeks videos, go to our profile page to view any that you may have missed. #activeparentingleaders, #activeparenting, #parentingleaders, #parentingeducation, #parents, #parenting, #parenteducator, #parentingtips, #parentsupport For information about our video based parenting education programs go to: www.activeparenting.com

EXCITING NEWS FROM DR. MICHAEL POPKIN ABOUT OUR NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOM PACKAGE Virtual Classroom Packages(VCP) are now available in our core programs for parents, and co-parents, of infants to teens. VCPs include everything you need to teach interactive and engaging parenting courses online, including streaming rights and parent guides. If you have any questions, or would like more information about our Virtual Classroom Packages, please contact us at 800-825-0060 ext 2. or em...ail [email protected]. Special Offer! For a limited-time, receive a FREE Active Parenting Tote Bag *with your purchase of a Virtual Classroom Package USE PROMO CODE: SMVCPT (limit one per order) Plus, we want to hear about your virtual classroom experience! After you purchase a VCP, we'll send you a survey to complete at the end of your course. As a thank you for completing the survey, you will receive a discount code for $50 off your next order of any APP program or guides. #activeparenting, #activeparentingleaders, #parenteducator,#parentingleaders, #counselors, #virtualparenting, #parentingeducation www.activeparenting.com or link here for direct link to the VCPs - https://activeparenting.com//o/virtual-classroom-packages/

Week 23 - Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - Logical Consequences vs. Punishment - The difference between logical consequences and punishment is that they are logically connected to the misbehavior rather than arbitrary. After all, what does sitting in the corner have to do with coloring on the walls? When we connect the consequence logically to the misbehavior, kids not only are more likely to see the justice in our actions, but they learn to be responsible for the co...nsequences of their actions. Doc Pop explains in this weeks video. This is another important aspect of discipline we teach in Active Parenting. #parentingleaders, #parentingeducation, #parenting, #parenteducator, #parents, #activeparenting, #discipline, #disciplinetechnique For more information about our video based programs, to order Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting book or sign up for an online course go to www.activeparenting.com

Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - Week 22 - Firm Reminders: The KISS Rule (Keep It Short and Simple)- When kids don’t do what you ask them to do, even when you have used a polite request and an I message, sometimes a firm reminder is called for. The idea behind a firm reminder is to tell them in as few words as possible what you want them to do. Doc Pop explains in this week's video. (Reviewing the previous two weeks videos, Polite Requests and "I" Messages, wil...l lead up to this week's discipline skill. If you were unable to watch, it is recommended you go back and view so that this skill is used in the appropriate order. Those previous skills videos can be found on our Active Parenting social media account page or blog portion of our website - https://activeparenting.com/doc-pops-52-weeks-of-active-p/.) For more in-depth skill building, parent educators can review our parenting programs for use in course form. A virtual option is available for leaders now! Parents can sign up for one of our online parenting courses from our website. #parents, #activeparenting, #parentingleaders, #parentingeducation, #parenting, #parenteducator Go to www.activeparenting.com for more information about our parenting programs and online courses.

UPCOMING LIVE TRAINING WEBINAR DATES NOTE - NEW DATE ADDED FROM LAST NOTIFICATION Cooperative Parenting and Divorce Leader Training Webinar October 26, 2021... At a Leader Training Webinar, you will learn how to use our popular video-based parenting programs to help families in your community. Your class will be conducted via the Internet on your own computer. You’ll even get to view videos from the programs. The webinars are live and provide the opportunity to interact with the trainer during the webinar time period. You will receive a Leader’s Guide, a Parent’s Guide, a certification packet, seven hours of instruction, and 7 continuing education clock hours from NBCC (if needed). Active Parenting 4th Edition - 10/5/21, 12/7/21 Active Parenting for Stepfamilies - 11/9/21 Active Parenting: First Five Years - 9/21/21, 11/16/21 Cooperative Parenting and Divorce - 10/26/21 Families In Action - 9/28/21 Active Parenting of Teens - 10/19/21, 12/14/21 **How to become an Active Parenting CERTIFIED LEADER. Once you’ve attended a training webinar or online leader training, you can become an Active Parenting Certified Leader by holding your first complete Active Parenting class and sending us the evaluations from your class, along with your self-evaluation. When all steps are complete, we will certify you as an Active Parenting leader. (You may continue to hold parenting classes even if you choose not to become certified.) For registration and cost information online go to: https://activeparenting.com//r/leader-training-workshops/ 10% off code: FBTR10 If you have any questions or special requests contact Micole. Micole Mason Training Manager Active Parenting Publishers 800-825-0060 x3

Remembering those who lost their lives on 9/11 twenty years ago and their families. Share the meaning of this day with your children in rememberance. #911twentyyears, #activeparenting, #parents, #families www.activeparenting.com

Parenting Key for Discipline - Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - Week 21 - When a Polite Request Doesn't Work Try an I Message Polite requests will not always work to change a misbehavior, either because the child is getting some kind of pay-off from the misbehavior and wants to continue getting it or the misbehavior has become a bad habit and it’s hard to break bad habits, which is bad. (But it’s also hard to break good habits, which is good.) The upshot is that yo...u often need firmer discipline tools. The key is to get progressively firmer until you get results. Overkill is just bad parenting, and it doesn’t teach character, only fear (of you!). And that isn’t good for you, your child, or the relationship. So, when using discipline, it is always best to proceed gently and in small increments until you get the results that you want. Doc Pop explains how to use I messages while disciplining your child in this week’s video. Taking the time to watch could solve some of the issues you have with your child. The following is for your practice at home after you view this video. I Message I have a problem with____________________________________________. I feel ____________________________________________________________ , Because_________________________________________________________. I would like______________________________________________________ . #activeparenting, #parenting, #parentingeducation, #activeparentingleaders, #parentingeducators, #Imessages For more information about our video based programs for leaders or for our online parenting classes go to: www.activeparenting.com

Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting - Week 20 - Polite Requests - We often speak to children in such a disrespectful way that we set ourselves up for a power struggle before we even get going. Life in our democratic society means that we are all entitled to be treated respectfully, even when we are being disciplined by an authority. To start the disicpline process use polite requests. Doc Pop explains in this week's video. #activeparenting, #activeparentingleader, #parentingeducationtraining, #parentingeducation, #parenting, #parentingleaders, #parents, #leadertraining To order Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting or more information about our video based programs go to - www.activeparenting.com

Parenting Key - Doc Pop's 52 Weeks of Active Parenting, Week 19 - Understand Your Child’s Goal When He Misbehaves - News flash: Kids don’t do what doesn’t work. If your kids are misbehaving repeatedly there must be something they are getting out of it: their payoff. Doc Pop explains in this week's video. #parentingeducation, #parenting, #parenteducator, #52weeksofactiveparenting, #activeparenting Go to - www.activeparenting.com to learn more about our parenting programs and online courses.

This little TED talk talent is right on point! Enjoy her explanation of the importance of our interaction with our children in the first five years. To learn more go to our web site and take a look at our video based parenting program First Five Years. https://activeparenting.com//first-five-years-of-parenti/, #firstfiveyears, #parenting, #parentingeducation, #parentingleaders, #parenteducator www.activeparenting.com https://www.ted.com//molly_wright_how_every_child_can_thri

Doc Pop’s 52 Weeks of Active Parenting Week 18 Family Meeting: No Smoking - There are two reasons for this week’s topic: one, family meetings are good, and two, smoking is bad. When holding a family meeting on any topic make sure that you don’t turn it into a lecture. This should be an open discussion in which you ask good questions to generate dialog, then use your active communication skills to listen to your children’s answers and help them think it through. Try to set... aside time to watch this week’s video and consider how to talk to your children about not smoking. You may think, My child will not smoke! and we hope you are right but laying out and discussing the information will help deter any future pressure to do so. Then in the future hold family meetings on other subjects that pertain to your family. Doc Pop explains in this week’s video. If you have the book questions are laid out to help guide you through the meeting. https://activeparenting.com//doc-pops-52-weeks-of-active-/ This week’s video is a little longer in length because it handles two important subjects Family Meetings and Not Smoking. #nonsmoking, #familymeetings, #activeparenting, #docpop, #52weeksofactiveparenting, #parenting, #stopsmoking For more information about Active Parenting and our books and programs go to: www.activeparenting.com.

The Beauty of a Good Rule - As promised last week, we are posting a series of tips for making your children's rules once a week. This week we suggest only making rules you really need. It is hard for young children to remember a lot of rules. Older children can remember more. At first, rules about health and safety are the most important. You might wait until your child is 4 or 5 years old before you teach rules about manners. Children can understand the idea of fairness... very early, so be sure that you have a good reason for every rule you make. For example, "We brush our teeth every night so that they will be clean and healthy." Even if your child is too young to fully understand the reason, it helps her learn that it's important to have good reasons for what you do. (Excerpt from Active Parenting's First Five Years.) For more parenting tips and tools to use with your children check out our online course web site. www.activeparentingcourses.com or our Active Parenting web site at www.activeparenting.com. Parents and leaders alike will find what is needed to raise a cooperative, courageous, responsible human being. #parenting, #activeparenting, #tipsformakingrules, #parents, #parentingeducation, #parentingeducationleaders

We at Active Parenting teach that forming loving relationships is a key to parenting. As our children grow and develop, their friendships become an important part of their development. The following article will help you teach your child about forming friendships. https://www.parents.com//what-real-friendship-should-feel/ "Giving [friendship] a label early on [gives] kids...a greater...understanding of themselves and their peers," says Molly O'Shea, M.D., a pediatrician for Goldfish Swim School in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. #childrensfriendships, #activeparenting, #parenting Please go to www.activeparenting.com for a full range of parenting courses to help you navigate the calm as well as stormy seas of parenting.

Showing love to your children is a parenting key. Showing love openly to other's in your life will set an example for your child to connect to those who are important to them. A simple reminder because we care. #parenting, #activeparenting, #valentines www.activeparenting.com

Parenting Key - The Beauty of a Good Rule - Often children misbehave because they do not know how to act. They need to learn. And they will learn if we teach them the right way. Making rules is one way to teach them. To Protect: Children do not know that the world can be dangerous. We make rules to keep them safe. Example - Rule: Children do not play with knives. Ready children for life: Since we live in a world where everyone has rules and laws, we want to help our ...children learn that it's usually best to follow the rules. Rule: We take turns on the swing. Easier Parenting: When you set clear rules in your home and make sure everyone follows them all the time, then you won't have to work as hard to discipline. When children know what you expect from them, they are LESS likely to misbehave. Rule: Dirty clothes go in the hamper. (Excerpts from First Five Years.) #activeparenting, #activeparents, #parenting, #ffy, #firstfiveyears Follow Active Parenting for Tips for Making Rules. We'll add a post a week with one of the rules. Our online courses can be found at https://activeparenting.com//for-parents-online-parenting/ If you are a parent educator, our full range of parenting programs can be found at: www.activeparenting.com

Active Parenting Publishers provides programs to help parents be the best they can be. Enjoy this introduction to our program First Five Years, designed for parents of children 0-5 years. Contact a customer service representative for more information. #activepareting, #firstfiveyears, #parenteducation, #parenteducators www.activeparenting.com

Eric Nam, friend from Atlanta, Georgia and world known pop star, shares the philosophy we teach in our Active Parenting programs. We appreciate his optimism and wish him continued success. #ericnam, #activeparenting, #thrive www.activeparenting.com

This year's National Headstart Conference was held virtually. Dr. Michael Popkin had a virtual presentation of "Special Needs of Spritied Children...and Their Parents" for 415 participants. Many gave valuable feedback and wonderful reviews. His presentation is based upon the book Dr. Popkin wrote called, "Taming the Spirited Child". This book has helped many parents and teachers understand and work with their spirited child. Active Parenting founder and president Dr. Michae...l Popkin shows how to understand and tame a child’s behavior while celebrating the gift of spirit. If you have a curious, adventurous, powerful, persistent and sensitive, (CAPPS), child at home or in your classroom this is the book for you. Go to: https://activeparenting.com/prod/taming-the-spirited-child/ for more details. www.activeparenting.com #activeparenting, #parenting, #spiritedchild, #teachers, #nationalheadstart

For those Moms and Dads still in the thick of working, caring for your children and being teacher too, this funny Friday post is for you! Thank you to Mike Thompson for the cartoon. #workingparents, #parenting, #activeparenting, #activeparents, #parents The skills you learn in our courses may help.... www.activeparenting.com See more

UPCOMING LIVE TRAINING WEBINAR DATES Leading parenting groups is a great experience. You’re not just helping parentsyou’re helping children, teachers, and your community by strengthening families. We’ve heard many amazing stories about the positive changes that occur after parents are shown the skills they need to communicate effectively with their children and others. January 2021 1/12/21 First Five Years... 1/19/21 Active Parenting 4th Edition 1/26/21 AP Teens February 2021 2/9/21 Families-in-Action 2/16/21 Cooperative Parenting and Divorce March 2021 3/2/21 First Five Years 3/9/21 Active Parenting 4th Edition 3/16/21 AP Teens 3/30/21 Families-in-Action April 2021 4/20/21 Stepfamilies 4/27/21 First Five Years May 2021 5/4/21 Active Parenting 4th Edition 5/11/21 AP Teens 5/25/21 Families-in-Action June 2021 6/8/21 First Five Years 6/15/21 Active Parenting 4th Edition 6/22/21 AP Teens July 2021 July 8-10, 2021 Training of Trainers 2021TOT To register go to:https://activeparenting.com/.../research.../leader-training/ or contact Micole at 1-800-825-0060 x120 or [email protected].

We at Active Parenting wish you a Happy Thanksgiving. For a message titled "What do we have to be thankful for in 2020?" from DocPop, please follow the link below. "The headline for this greeting could be the setup for a dark joke with a punchline like: ..." https://activeparenting.com/what-do-we-have-to-be-thankfu/ www.activeparenting.com... #activeparenting, #parenting, #thanksgiving

Mindfulness is...paying attention fully in the present moment on purpose. Parenting can be stressful. Too much stress is not only harmful to you; it can also be harmful to your children. So it's important that you have ways to reduce stress in your life. That is where mindfulness can help. The Mom in this picture is providing an example for her child of one way to exercise mindfulness. Teaching your children how to be mindful can help them be calmer, happier and more focus...ed. In our program, Active Parenting First Five Years, there is a Mindful Moment in each chapter that will help both you and your child practice mindfulness. Our full program is available to parenting education leaders for a 30 day preview. Go to https://activeparenting.com//parenting-curriculums-for-le/ for a list of our programs including First Five Years. Parents - https://activeparenting.com/forparents/ www.activeparenting.com #activeparenting, #parentingleaders, #parenting, #parentingeducation, #firstfiveyears, #childrenages0-5 Photo credit - Yan from Pexels See more

Parenting is full of incredible, funny, and sometimes inspiring momentsand we could all use a laugh or inspiration during these difficult times. Share your favorite parenting moment with us. If your story is chosen to post on our blog you’ll get a FREE copy of an Active Parenting Parent Guide of your choice signed by Doc Pop! Leadersshare a parenting moment or an a-ha training moment. Submissions can include video but please include a description or explanation. Simply go to: https://activeparenting.com/active-parenting-in-action-pa/ www.activeparenting.com #activeparentinggiveaway, #giveaway, #activeparenting, #parentingleaders, #activeparents, #parents, #leaders