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BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM IN THE ADULT-CHILD SYSTEM The following is a series of Articles on Self-Esteem.

CHALLENGES OF  TEMPERAMENTAL TRAITS AND COMBINATIONS The following is a series of Articles on on Discipline.

1  Baby to PreSchooler- The Dev. of Self-Awareness and Self-Esteem, A Trick Question-- "Do babies have high self-esteem?" 2  Feedback, Frustration, and Self-Esteem "You guys better be quiet!  Or...  Or..." 3  The Most Dangerous Question a Parent can ask the Child "Why did you do that?" 4  Significance Meets Socialization (& Frustration) "How many times do I have to tell you?" 5  Stress 'em... Disappoint 'em... Frustrate 'em... On Empowering Children 6  Sigmund Freud Meets Jiminy Cricket From Acceptance to Moral Virtue 7  A Crisis between the Ideal Self and Real Self "I can't do that to my friend!" 8  Using the Ideal Self vs. the Real Self "You're going to let them play you like that?" 9  Teachable Moments for a Positive  Ideal Self and Real Self -"Teddy"     10  Power and Control- The Struggle Power Crazy Kids? 11  The Container in Power and Control "Never the Right Size" 12  Impact in Power and Control "No...Nope...Uh Uh... No Way!  What?...That's Stupid!" 13  Consequences in Power and Control "That's not fair!" 14  Negativity in Power and Control Make ME an Offer I Can't Refuse! 15  Magic vs. Reality & Results in Power and Control "Take one child.... mix in..." 16  Competence- Who's Okay? Who's Not Okay? 17  Competence- Dealing With Pain "I'm NOT okay!" 18  Developmentally Appropriate Practices Stop It - Stunt It 19  Four Developmental Stages Doggie...Doggie... Not Doggie? RABBIT!! 20  The Four Legged Table of Self-Esteem, If Any One Leg is Weak... 21  The Foundation of Self-Esteem- You!! 22  Benefits" from Being A Victim 23  Characteristics of Victims: The Chicken and the Chicken Hawk 24  How Victims are Created 25  Developing Your Own Bully 26 You Can't Come to My Birthday Party 27  From 30%- Origins of Male-Female Differences And Modern Changes and Challenges 28  An Extra 7-10 Years of Adolescence... What Fun! 29  Take Care of Yourself... First! 30  Available & Then Separate 31  Honey, I Love You, But I Don't Like You! 32  I Know I'm Not A Baby! But Can’t I Still Hurt!? 33  NO!! (You Don't Have the Right!) 34  You Can Do It Vs. You Better Do It 35  You're the Best... Really, You're the Best... Really... 36  Because I Want to... Because I Need to! 37  The Perfect Parent Trap 38  The 90 Second-A-Day Self-Esteem Prescription Plan

Chapter 1   Discipline From the Inside Out Chapter 2   Socialization Failures- The Yucky Kids Chapter 3   NOW and NOT-NOW Chapter 4   I'm Bored... To Dreams and Visions Chapter 5   Anger Distracting in Communication & Discipline Chapter 6   You Know What I Mean! Chapter 7   Moral Development- When Winning Means Losing  Chapter 8   Ducks and Open or Closed Communication Chapter 9   "I Can't Tell Grandma That!"- Rules and Rituals Chapter 10   Play This Game and Everyone Loses Chapter 11   Taking One for the Family Chapter 12    The Unoffered Choice- Choosing to be Reasonable vs. Unreasonable Chapter 13    Incentive Based Behavioral Modification Program Chapter 14    The Default Consequence Chapter 15    RIPS, The Four Keys to Great Parent-Child Relationships Chapter 16    Simple Questions to Ask About Your Child- How They Guide You to Help Your Child Chapter 17    Hierarchies of Discipline- Where do you start? Where do you end up? Chapter 18    Temperamental Match and Mismatch- They were born that way! Chapter 19    Challenges of Temperamental Traits and Combinations- Why you doing this to me?