Program 7

10 Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Your Children

In this program, Joni lets audiences in on a little-known secret: one of the best ways to improve quality of home and work life is to make our children the number-one priority.

Children who come first in their parents’ lives grow up secure, happy, and well-adjusted, and that means less guilt and family conflict for working parents.

1. Stop, Look, Listen

2. Trust Their Brain Power

3. Remember When

Parents who deliberately keep in touch with their own childhood are more approachable and in tune with their children’s feelings—and less likely to render “pre-fabricated” solutions to their kids’ problems.

4. Lighten Up. Laugh Often.

5. R-E-S-P-E-C-T

6. Safety Rules: Stay Firm

7. Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

Want a sure-fire way to erase humor from life and lose sight of what’s really important? Nitpick the details.

8. Hug, Kiss, Play. Day to Day.

9. They’re Interested? You’re Interested.

10. Unplug and Plug In