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Brian Vondruska is the founder and author of the website https://www.thekindofparentyouare.com, a portal for parents to help their children, and themselves, become their best selves. Brian is also a twenty-year veteran of the chemical industry, having served in R&D, marketing, and business process roles. Brian lives in Aurora, Ohio, with his wife and two children. ...more

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2 Ways to Make Your Words Stick

Do kids always listen to parents? No. Sometimes, they only pretend to listen. They may forget what you said as soon as you leave the room. They may even blatantly disregard what you are telling them.

When they do listen, it is because they want to. You might think, then, that the secret is telling them only what they want to here, but it’s not. The secret is being the kind of person they w

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