Passing values on to your children

Rosemond discusses the importance of shaping your child's character and values system.

Bullying versus parental overreaction

John Rosemond defines bullying and looks at parents' perceptions and reactions (or overreactions) to children's behavior.

Addressing underachievement

Q: Our 17-year-old is a highly spoiled underachiever. As a junior in high school, he’s failing two classes and borderline in the rest. We know that his problems are largely due to our parenting style. We read your book on teens and have made some progress, but we’re feeling a sense of urgency. We’re ready to do some drastic things. Where do you think we should start? As you now realize, your son is in dire need of a major wake-up call. Start by stripping his room down to ba...

Mother-son dance; homeschooling issues

Q: Our two sons are in the fifth and sixth grades at a private school that just held a father-daughter dance. Now the school has announced that it’s putting on a mother-son dance so as not to leave out the boys. I really don’t want to attend this. It’s just not my thing. One of our boys says he doesn’t really want to go. The other one says he’d like to go but doesn’t mind if I don’t want to. What are your thoughts? This sounds like so much politically co...

Nighttime waking and naps

What to do when your child is waking up at night and keeping you up.

How to tame an out of control child

Parenting expert John Rosemond offers advice on how to tame an out-of-control child

Seek cause of son's misbehavior at school

What to do when your child lies

How to deal with a young bed-wetter

We need more courage and less self-esteem