The Angel Connection

Scream Free Parenting Tips

Screamfree Parenting:  The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Cool

By:  Hal Edward Runkel, LMFT   Broadway Books, New York   2007

Ten Important Parenting Tips

1."Your number one leadership role in the family is that of a calming authority." P.7

2. "The only way to retain a position of influence with out children is to regain a position of control over ourselves." P.21

3. "Your emotional responses are up to you. You always have a choice." P.27

4. "Part of being a grown-up is enduring discomfort now for the sake of a payoff later."P.41

5 "If you want your children to become self-directed adults, you have to face the truth that you cannot do it for them." P.72

6."Without space to make their own mistakes, our kids live only borrowed lives." P.79

7. "Your child is testing you to see that you are stable and consistent. And he wants you to pass." P.97

8. "Your cannot orbit around your child without giving her the impression that the world revolves around her." P.103

9. "What you say about your kids is more important than what you say to them." P.120

10."It comes down to integrity, meaning what you say, saying what you mean, and following through with what you

promise." P.170