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How to Raise Children Without Frustration
How to Raise Children Without Frustration Author:Moody Adams Beverly attended one of our parenting seminars in Massachusetts to try to find the answer to her frustrating fifteen-year-old son. She said, "My boy would talk so smart and act so disrespectful to me, it was destroying me." She wrote after hearing the message on parenting that she made the golden decision. She resolved she would never let her ... more »boy's caustic attitude frustrate her again. And then she made up her mind she would frustrate him.
Beverly was ready the next time he smarted off. She smiled and marched him out on the porch and locked the door. The temperature was freezing. He got mad and started hitting the door buzzer. Beverly laughed and told him, "Every time you hit the buzzer, I am adding five minutes to the timer." This gave a fifteen-year-old a freezing, unforgettable lesson in disrespect. It brought laughter to his mother and great frustration to him, but stopped his disrespect and smart talk.« less