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THE 100 DAY SINGLE MOM EFFECTIVE PARENTING CHALLENGE

If you think raising children with the help of a loving spouse is difficult, try facing the challenges of parenting on your own.  Traditional parents have the benefit of working side by side, jointly making those difficult decisions, sharing the discipline, backing each other up when things get rough, encouraging each other when one gets tired...

Single parents are on their own.  There is little or no support on a regular basis for them.  It's exhausting, difficult and the stakes are high.   The break up of a marriage often results in dramatic changes in family finances, living arrangements, stability and lifestyle.  Kids notice these things, especially teenagers.  They often use the divorce as an excuse to spiral downward into the world of drugs and alcohol, their grades plummet, they search for a place to belong with their friends, often choosing the wrong ones...  

Parenting experts are famous for giving lecture after lecture about what is wrong.  They tell us why it's wrong and give us all the horrible statistics as they tell us to go home and "communicate" with our children before it's too late!  So we go home shaking in our boots, not knowing what to do because we know that our kids have no interest in "communicating" with us.

Well, it's time for someone to tell single parents HOW to fix what is wrong.  We all know that the dangers our children face are real and that kids are dying from the choices they are making.  We all know that a parent can't MAKE their children behave.  It just doesn't work.  We also know that single parents face an entirely new series of obstacles and may need extra help in navigating the turbulence associated with a family break up.

Let The 100 DAY CHALLENGE show you HOW to make changes.  How to bring respect back into the home, allowing your child to realize that he is worthy of everything the world has to offer.  How to open the lines of communication that may have been closed for years or that may be closing as you read this.  How to take the relationship that you now have with your children, no matter how horrendous it may be, and turn it into one of love, respect and compassion.

The proven “100 DAY SINGLE MOM EFFECTIVE PARENTING CHALLENGE” was created to address the needs of today’s children – needs that were identified and requested when hundreds of teenagers were asked the question “what do you need from the adults in your lives”?  Their answers were compiled and condensed into the following video and poem below:

What teens want:

by Diana Sterling, Founder Parent as Coach

A MESSAGE TO PARENTS

If you RESPECT me,
I will hear you.

If you LISTEN to me,
I will feel understood.

If you UNDERSTAND me,
I will feel appreciated.

If you APPRECIATE me,
I will know your support.

If you SUPPORT me as I try new things,
I will become responsible.

When I am RESPONSIBLE,
I will grow to be independent.

In my INDEPENDENCE,
I will respect YOU and love YOU all of my life.

Thank You,  Your Teenager
Diana Haskins

Even if your children are young and you think you have years to go before you have to get serious about parenting, this 8 week program is for you!  The tween years are getting younger and younger and children as young as three years old respond favorably to this worthwhile system. In the program, each step corresponds with a requested “need” and is explored through a combination of teaching, coaching and action steps,  all designed to work together to help you become an amazing single parent with equally amazing children!! 

The introductory price for the entire challenge is only $49.95 for a full 100 days!