Discipline in Boys & Girls

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Pay it on Fridays and don't ask what they spent it on

A pocket money system that survives contact with a real nine-year-old, including the part where he wastes it and you say nothing.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Outlasting a toddler tantrum without losing your temper

Get lower, get quieter, stop negotiating. The rest is timing, logistics, and not caring what the man by the freezers thinks.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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BRO TakeBe a ManMarcus Vale22 Sept 20265 min

Masculinity is a job description, not an identity

Strip away the shouting from both sides and what's left is a short list of obligations you can either meet this week or not.

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Eight seconds at the school gate

The goodbye you do on the first morning is the one your child will expect on every morning after it. Make it short, and make it the same.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Keep reading to them long after they can read themselves

Ten minutes, the same chair, a book slightly too hard for them. The one habit that survives shift work, bad moods and teenagers.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Let the toddler carry the eggs

Putting the shopping away takes ten minutes alone and half an hour with a three-year-old. Do it the slow way anyway.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What to do when the baby only wants his mother

The preference is real and it isn't a verdict on you. The way through it's taking full ownership of things nobody else touches.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

The bedtime routine that gives you your evening back

Bedtime takes ninety minutes in most houses. Forty is achievable, and the fix is boredom, not firmness.

GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

Teaching a kid to work before they're old enough to be paid

Work is a habit, not a wage. The years between three and thirteen are where it gets built, and most of it happens standing next to you.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

Most discipline problems are consistency problems

Fewer rules, said once, enforced every time. The unglamorous method that still works when you're tired and outnumbered.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

What your kid actually needs from you on the sideline

Most of being a good sports dad is knowing when to keep your mouth shut, and the rest is showing up to the games nobody cares about.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20265 min

What actually reopens a teenager who has stopped talking

The dinner table is the worst place to do this. Side by side, late at night, and a flat reaction to the first hard thing they tell you.

GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

How to apologize to your child without losing authority

The apology most dads give is really a second lecture. Here's a version that works, and what it actually costs you.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan22 Sept 20266 min

Your teenager is failing and already knows it

The lecture is the least useful thing you can offer a kid who's drowning in school. Say this instead.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

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Talk to them at seven so they still talk to you at fifteen

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Your son is learning your work habits, not your work advice

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz22 Sept 20265 min

Most discipline only buys you ten minutes of quiet

Stopping a behavior and teaching a kid something are two different jobs, and only one of them still works when you're not in the room.

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What to do with your kids when you've got nothing left

Fun is expensive. Boring and available is cheap, and it's the version your kids are actually keeping score of.

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