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August 20, 2019

Disciplining Your Kids with Love and Limits, Parts 3

John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.

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It’s important to keep your emotions out of it when disciplining a child you’ve had to tell the same thing repeatedly. John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.

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