A New Paradigm: Parenting With Fun & Freedom

The four 1-1 Family parenting techniques are all about Parenting With Fun & Freedom and not fear, threats and punishment, which is the far inferior “Just Listen, Or Else” parenting mindset mentioned above.

Below are the four 1-1 Family parenting techniques that use fun and freedom as motivating factors to guide your child to make their own good choices and bring your family into closer 1-1 relationships.

The 1-1 Family Techniques

The 1-1 Stopwatch Technique: The Primary 1-1 Technique For When Your Child Isn't Listening

The 1-1 Task-Timer Technique: Used For When You Give Your Child A Task

The 1-1 Time Exchange Technique: For When Your Child Doesn't Listen & Requires Your Time

The 1-1 Make Up Minutes Technique: Used By Your Child To Earn Back Minutes From You

Counting Minutes

Parent and Child count minutes between each other in a fun game-like situation. There are three of the four techniques whereby the Parent can capture minutes from the Child and one technique whereby the Child can recapture the minutes lost to the Parent.

Claiming Minutes

If/when the Child gives minutes to the Parent, the Parent can claim those minutes and use the time to do something that restores their marbles (sanity). During that time of restoration, the Parent slightly reduces the Child's boundaries, but the Child can still do anything they want to do as long as they are not breaking boundaries or family rules.