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Do you have problems disciplining your ODD teenager in your home? The number one parenting tool that works for everyone is consequences. That’s right, you set out limits for your children and then follow up with consequences when the limit is broken.

But consequences don’t work, you say. My kids just don’t seem to care.

Well, maybe your consequences are not effective consequences. Maybe the results of breaking a boundary is really just a punishment. And punishments don’t work. Punishments cause resentment in the child and do nothing to change behavior.

Ask yourself, am I just punishing my child? It’s easy to understand the difference. A consequence must have a learning portion to it. It must be connected to the offence that your child did wrong.

For example, if your son loses your cell phone, don’t make his nightly curfew earlier. There’s no connection between the cell phone and his curfew and this would be a punishment. A correct consequence would be restricted use of the cell phone in the future, or even that he work to help you pay for a replacement cell phone.

On the other hand, maybe your consequences are effective, but your son still doesn’t seem to care. Maybe your consequence to spend an hour in his room is ineffective because he has a book to read for school and had already planned to spend time in his room. Or maybe losing his driving privileges is ineffective because he plans to be away for the weekend.

You need to understand that a consequence that works once might not be effective another time. Learn to judge your son’s reactions and change his consequences accordingly.

Again, your son might not seem to care because he has learned to control his reactions. So while his outer facade shows indifference, he really does fret about his consequence. Don’t be fooled by his uncaring attitude. If this is the case he will probably overreact to minor consequences to make you feel he is properly being corrected.

Get to know your child and understand what makes him tick. Knowing the right consequence is the key to changing his behavior.

Consequence can be tricky. I’ve worked with many parents fine tuning my parenting methods and learning what works and what doesn’t. I have created a video that shows you the most common mistake make by parents. Don’t fall into this same trap. It can mean the difference between respectful children and children who rule the household.

My free video is available at http://ccparenting.com/discipline.html You’ll discover that using effective consequences is the parenting tool that works the best when disciplining teenagers.

Gifts for mothers can be extremely difficult to decide upon. After all, how do you express your gratitude to the woman who has given you your life?

I am happy to say that I have discovered the single most special, unique and personal gift that you can buy for your Mom. It is something that is totally unique because it is created from scratch, and it is something that she will treasure forever.

What is this secret? It’s a photo jigsaw puzzle. It’s a perfect gift which is becoming more and more popular as people find out what exactly it is.

Basically, it works by you uploading some one or more photos via for the website of a photo jigsaw puzzle company, who will then take care of the rest of the process. You can include any type of photo and as a few or as many you like.

If you submit one photo for your photo jigsaw puzzle, it will be sized to fit. Alternatively, you might choose to have a bunch of your favorite family photos included. The designers at the jigsaw company will then take your photos and turn them into a cool looking collage. Sounds good, right?

You can choose to have your puzzle as big or small as you like and you can opt to have small or larger puzzle pieces. You will be not be disappointed by the quality of printing on these puzzles, as the puzzle company reviews uses cutting edge printing technology that is as least as good as what you would find in any photo printing store.

Photo puzzles really make an ideal gift as they are totally unique to your family. You can combine great family memories into a fun gift that your mom will be proud to display on the wall or over the fireplace. Just wait until you see how happy she looks as she’s putting the puzzle together!

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Order a uniquely personal Photo Collage Puzzle for your Mom today from Jigsaw2order.com. For some ideas of how your puzzle layout may look, checkout the Photo Collage Puzzles examples page at Jigsaw2order.com.

We all know the drill, the weekend has arrived, you have a bit of time off in your new car leasing car and you find that you have to go out and take the kids somewhere. How are you supposed to handle things if it all goes wrong?

Journey

It really does depend on how far you are actually going to be going. If you are going on a very small journey then the best thing to do is wait until you get there, that way you do not waste time. The one thing that you must always pull over for is if they are throwing things in your direction this cannot be left.

If you are going on a long journey then it is always best to just pull over and sort it out there and then. Another thing you really do not want to happen is you will not want it to happen all of the time as it could put your family in danger.

People In The Car

If you are lucky enough to be travelling with someone, get them to deal with it. You need to explain that turning around to sort out all of the problems will cause serious trouble and could hurt everyone in the car. Always get the passenger to try and sort out any situation before pulling over to sort it out yourself. Unless you can help it you really do not want to be pulling over every five minutes.

What If Things Get Out Of Hand?

One of the things that can be hard not to turn around for is if your child starts throwing up all over the place, then what are you going to do? Well the best thing to do is still to drive until you can pull over, never turn back to help them because that split second could turn into a terrible accident, yes the company car leasing will have puke in it but that’s that.

Of course you could always look into gap insurance.

Okay it isn’t the most exciting thing to go out and do, watching your child bounce up and down, up and down, up and down (you get the point) is just plain boring. It is certainly worth putting up for a number of reasons.

Safety

This should always be top of the agenda and although most of you will have spent hours trying to put up the trampoline there is always the fencing that goes on the outside of it too. A lot of people, okay Dad’s will just settle with the trampoline as it is and say that they will get onto the fencing part of it at a later date. This of course never happens which is why you have to always out it on there when you are doing the initial set up. Without this it is so easy to fall over and potenially seriously injure yourself.

Without the fencing I would certainly be toppling off the thing a lot and I am quite old so imagine how many times smaller kids will fall off?

So if you have a net you really do not have to stand out there and watch right? Wrong. Kids are always daring and do not realise the risks which is why they will try and do the best tricks even if they do not know how to. This is really just one of the reaons that you should not be sitting inside when your kids are out on the trampoline. If they are really going to be interested in learning about all of the tricks then make sure you are taking them somewhere in which they can learn.

It doesn’t matter what kind of 12ft trampoline you have, just make sure the kids are being careful on them.

You could always go after something else like play set. it doesnt matter which option you choose to take just make sure you are outside with the kids. Make sure you dont just sit there and watch them, get stuck in and have a bit of fun!

Annual Australian Islamic Conference (AAIC) 2010 Family Matters: A Foundation for Success April 2nd-4th 2010 Economics & Commerce Building University of Melbourne Parkville Campus The family is the cornerstone of this Ummah. By nurturing our families to be visionary, pious, confident, self-sufficient and selfless we are all able to contribute to uplifting the status of this Ummah. Put simply, the Family Matters! because it is the institution through which success in this life and the next is built. Last years Annual Australian Islamic Conference (AAIC) Walking in the Shadow of Giants, examined the lives and achievements of our pious predecessors, and although they lived in a different time and context, their shining example is an inspiration to us now. However, their success and achievements should not be viewed in isolation. Clearly their familial environment was a major contributing factor that allowed them to achieve greatness. This years conference is about exploring the missing ingredients in our own approach to family life that was present at the time of the Giants. In tackling the theme of Family, this year’s AAIC will address three sub-themes: Marriage! What does it mean? How do you select a spouse? What are the rights and responsibilities of each spouse? What are the keys to a successful marriage in Islam? Children! How do we raise them? What vision should we have for them? How can we teach them to be proud of their Muslim identity and be ambassadors of Islam? How can we as parents become the best of role models? Knowledge! What is its link and importance to the family? Why seek it? What should we be seeking? How do we incorporate it into our day-to-day lives? By the end of the conference it is our intention that every individual will come away inspired, spiritually re-energized, and armed with essential knowledge and practical tools to make positive changes within their families and lives. For more information, go to: www.mercymission.org.au

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AAIC 2010 - Family Matters: A Foundation for Success