When your kids are in the funnel, they have freedoms and privileges that are age-appropriate for them. They also have responsibilities that are age-appropriate. Discipline issues arise when kids have too much or too little freedom and are not in the appropriate place in the funnel. This is true from toddler to teens!
Post Contents
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- Why Toddlers Really Need Boundaries
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
- How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
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- Recent “Funnel” Posts
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- How to Teach a Child How to Make Decisions
- Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- More Funnel Help
- Finding Balance When Protecting Children
- Why Toddlers Really Need Boundaries
- Keeping Kids in the “Funnel”
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
- How to Teach a Child How to Make Decisions
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
- Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
- How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
- Helpful Books
- Discipline Information
- Funnel Tips
- Freedoms
How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
You want your child to learn to make decisions and have freedom to do so, but allowing it at too young of an age will only lead to disobedience.
Why Toddlers Really Need Boundaries
Toddlers do not want boundaries, but they need them! How to help your child learn what is okay and what isn’t okay, and why you want to do so.
Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
How “wise in your own eyes” leads to conflict between you and your child. Understand what decision-making freedoms to allow your child to have.
How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby. Understanding the concept of freedoms and knowing how to respond when baby tests those limits.
How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
How to parent more than one child and keep rules and privileges age appropriate for each child. Keep children in the funnel.
Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
Should You Control the Environment for Your Children? What you should try to control and what you should let go.
Recent “Funnel” Posts
How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
How to Teach a Child How to Make Decisions
Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
More Funnel Help
Finding Balance When Protecting Children
Why Toddlers Really Need Boundaries
Keeping Kids in the “Funnel”
How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
How to Teach a Child How to Make Decisions
How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
Helpful Books
- Book Review: Making Children Mind Without Losing Yours
- Parenting With Love and Logic: Everything You Need to Know
- Book Review: Parenting the Strong-Willed Child
Discipline Information
- 5 Rules for Giving Kids Instructions
- Benefits of Structure and Routine
- Childishness vs. Foolishness: Responding When Kids Disobey
- Considerations for Correction
- The “D” Word: Is Discipline Good or Bad?
- Discipline is Not Instant Gratification
- Discipline Methods for Parents
- Discipline Without Taking Yourself Too Seriously
- Fair vs. Equal
- How To Avoid Being the “Super Parent”
- How to Prepare Your Child for Great Behavior in Public
- How to Respond When Your Kiddo Tells You “No”
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- How To Teach Your Child to Come When Called
- How Your Child’s Behavior is Tied to Food and Sleep
- Making Children Mind…Show Love
- Obedience Is Just the Beginning
- Parenting Skills: Look to Yourself First
- Positive Discipline
- Proactive and Directive Parenting
- Selfishness and Rebellion Are Not Outgrown
- Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
- Teaching Obedience is a Step-by-step Process
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- The Problem with Credit Card Parenting
- Tips to Find Your Child’s Currency for Obedience
- Understanding Why vs. How When Parenting
- What “The Ant and the Grasshopper” Teaches about Discipline
- What to Do When Discipline is Not Working
- A Biblical Reason for Teaching Kids to Obey
- 6 Important Takeaways from the Book “Making Children Mind”
Funnel Tips
- Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
- Commanding Obedience from Kids Within Reason
- Finding Balance When Protecting Children
- How to Keep Siblings in the Funnel
- How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
- How to Set Boundaries for Children & Siblings
- How to Teach a Child How to Make Decisions
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- Start as You Mean to Go On as a Parent
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- Why Toddlers Really Need Boundaries
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
Freedoms
- Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids
- Finding Balance When Protecting Children
- How To Avoid Being the “Super Parent”
- How to Know What Freedoms to Give Baby
- How To Stop Backtalk Now (and prevent it in the future)
- How to Stop a Tantrum: Address the Choice Addiction
- How Too Many Freedoms Leads to Disobedience
- The Problem with Constantly Needing to Correct a Child
- What To Do When Your Toddler/Child is Getting Out of Bed
- When Kids Push The Limits (Dos and Don’ts)
- Wise In Your Own Eyes Explained
>>>See all of my discipline posts here
