How to Help Your Child Use the Confidence They Already Have in New Situations
Your child already has confidence somewhere. Here is how to help them carry it into new situations, like a new class, team, or school. For Troy parents.
Parenting Tips
How to Tell If Your Child Feels They Belong in a New Activity
Starting a new activity? Six signs your child feels they belong, and what to do if they hang back by the door. Plain advice for Troy parents.
Too Much Energy After School? What to Do With It
Does your child have too much energy after school? Five simple ideas for the hours between pickup and dinner, from a Troy kids karate school.
How to End Homework Battles Without Yelling, Bribing, or Hovering
If evenings at your house are negotiations that end in tears, this is the system to end homework battles, built from the same structure that gets kids to practice kicks 40 times without complaint.
Why Kids Listen to Karate Instructors But Not Their Parents
You’ve seen it through the viewing window: your child, your child, standing at attention, following every instruction. This is why kids listen to karate instructors, and the five mechanics you can take home.
Consequences That Work for Kids: Beyond Timeouts and Taking Things Away
Grounded, timeout, no tablet, and the behavior comes right back. These are the consequences that work for kids, why the usual ones stop working, and the 4 rules that separate teaching from punishing.
What to Do When Your Child Ignores You (Without Losing Your Cool)
When your child ignores you until instruction number four, the problem is training rather than defiance. This is the 5-step method karate instructors use to get first-time listening from 30 kids at once.
Why Yelling Doesn’t Work: What It Actually Does to Your Child’s Brain
You yell, they listen for 30 seconds. Then tomorrow you yell louder. This is why yelling doesn’t work on kids, what it does instead, and what 34 years of getting children to listen without it has taught me.
Tantrum vs Meltdown: How to Tell the Difference (and What Helps)
A meltdown is a flooded brain, not a choice. What’s actually happening in your child’s brain during a meltdown, the most common triggers, and what to do during and after — from a Troy instructor with 34 years of experience.
The Back-to-School Reset: Rebuild Your Child’s Focus and Routine in 2 Weeks
The right back to school routine for kids starts two weeks before the first day of school.