Kathy Slattengren
Masters Degree in Education, BA in Computer Science and Psychology
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Parenting Expert
Kathy Slattengren Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Parent education
- Career Focus
- Founder of Priceless Parenting, parenting speaker, parenting coach
- Affiliation
- Priceless Parenting
Kathy Slattengren, M. Ed., has helped thousands of parents from across the United States to Australia through her online parenting classes, parenting presentations, parent coaching and Priceless Parenting Guidebook. Parents excitedly report their success in replacing yelling and threatening with calm, confident parenting. When your children’s behavior is really pushing your buttons, discover ways to set effective limits, invite cooperation and have a lot more fun together!
Free Articles & Book Excerpts
Avoiding power struggles with your children
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Avoiding_power_struggles_with_your_children.html
Teens Trying to Become Pregnant
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Teens_Trying_to_Become_Pregnant.html
Getting Dressed All By Myself, All in Due Time!
http://searchwarp.com/swa372048.htm
What’s Better a Threat or a Promise?
http://searchwarp.com/swa376886.htm
Whose Responsibility Is It?
http://searchwarp.com/swa381437.htm
Gifts That Are Remembered
http://searchwarp.com/swa396434.htm
Teaching Children to Express Gratitude
http://searchwarp.com/swa407387.htm
Hard Work of Parenting Pays Off
http://searchwarp.com/swa411635.htm
A New Year's Resolution Worth Keeping
http://searchwarp.com/swa414267.htm
Making and Breaking Promises
http://searchwarp.com/swa420168.htm
Avoiding Hearing "You're Not Listening!"
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/avoiding_hearing_youre_not_listening.html
"Stop Crying!" and Other Commands That Don't Work
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Stop_Crying_and_Other_Commands_That_Don_t_Work.html
What Does Death Teach Our Children?
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/What_Does_Death_Teach_Our_Children.html
What New Life Skills Will Your Kids Learn This Summer?
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/What_New_Life_Skills_Will_Your_Kids_Learn_This_Summer.html
How Much Media Is Too Much?
http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/How_Much_Media_Is_Too_Much.html
Kathy Slattengren Audio & Video Programs
Online Parenting Class - Ages 5 and Under
http://pricelessparenting.com/Class_5andUnder/Info_5andUnder.aspx
Online Parenting Class - Ages 6 to 12
http://pricelessparenting.com/Class_Ages6to12/Info_6to12.aspx
Online Parenting Class - Ages 13 to 18
http://pricelessparenting.com/Class_Ages13to18/Info_13to18.aspx
Kathy Slattengren Books
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Children Searching for Sex and Porn - Yikes!
Norton Family Online recently released the most searched for terms by children in 2009. Across all three age groups (7 and under, 8 - 12, 13 - 18) sex or porn was in the #4 spot for most search for terms. Yikes! This data was gathered from the 14.5 million searches done by people using their service to monitor and block certain web content. It highlights a significant issue and there is plenty of other collaborating evidence showing children are finding porn online.
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3 Keys to Developing Children's Empathy
Children are not born with empathy. They are born with the capacity to have empathy but it only develops under certain conditions. Parents play a critical role in developing their children's empathy.
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Kids Swearing
When children swear, it certainly catches our attention! How should we respond when this happens? There are a number of ways to handle it depending on the situation. Trying Out Swearing Young children often try swearing at some point. One day our daughter was coming home from preschool when she dropped something while getting out of the car and exclaimed "F#@$!" My husband calmly asked her if she knew what that word meant.
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"Stop Crying!" and Other Commands That Don't Work
Moments of frustration can lead parents to issuing commands that really don't work. Any time we are ordering children to change their behavior we're not likely to succeed. Instead of producing the desired behavioral change, commands often lead to some type of resistance. For example, when ...
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What New Life Skills Will Your Kids Learn This Summer?
We have until our children are about 18 years old to teach them all the basic skills they'll need to live on their own. Although it sounds like a lot of time, it goes by amazingly fast. Summertime can provide a little more free time for teaching our kids something new. Children often enjoy ...
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Critical Comments Flow Freely from Parents
Do you make more positive comments or negative comments to your children? If you're like most parents, you make a lot more negative comments than positive ones. In her book, <u>Building Moral Intelligence</u>, Dr. Michele Borba writes "studies reveal that the average parent makes 18 critical comments to his child for every one positive comment." Really? Could we really be making that many critical comments to our children?
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What’s Better A Threat Or A Promise?
One mom was exasperated with her preschool daughter after she pitched fit for 45 minutes upon learning that her little brother was going swimming while she was at preschool. When mom was completely fed up with the whining and crying, she threatened to let her daughter sit in her room all day ...
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Family Gatherings: Fun for Everyone?
When families gather together for a celebration, each participant brings their own history, behavior and expectations. When these different expectations and behaviors clash, the celebrations are often far from the peaceful, loving gatherings depicted in TV holiday commercials! However, when common problems can be anticipated and planned for ahead of time, there is a greater likelihood of a joyful celebration rather than a stressful experience.
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Back to School, Back to Bullying?
We certainly hope that back to school does not mean back to bullying! Unfortunately being bullied at school is the reality for too many children. According to the National Crime Prevention Council, "Bullying has become a tidal wave of epic proportions." Everyone's Role
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Avoiding Hearing "You're Not Listening!"
Listening is one of those skills that really doesn't seem like it's all that difficult. Why then do so many children report that their parents don't listen to them? Maybe it's because there are a lot of ways for parents to unintentionally stop conversations with their kids. For example, if ...
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What Does Death Teach Our Children?
Death is one of those lessons we hope our children will not have to experience early in life. However, given death is an inescapable fact of life, we know our children will eventually need to deal with it. When and how we discuss death with our children will depend on their ages and the ...
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Postponing the Most Important Things
As parents our days can easily be filled to overflowing with all the tasks that are required to keep our families running: making meals, doing dishes, driving kids to activities, washing clothes and working. These are certainly not the most important things in our lives but they can quickly ...
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