Dr. Ray's Audio Files

Your authority, as perceived by your child, is key to successful child discipline. Without the perceived authority on the part of your kids, your attempts at discipline will be ineffective.

Some experts suggest that setting high standards will cause your children to rebel. Do children reject high moral standard by going off the rails? Should parents lower standards to avoid total rejection of expectations?

Should I apologize if the other person is at majority fault? What if my culpability is in response to being hurt, demeaned, or offended? I wouldn’t have any blame if not for the other person starting it.

Some television programs are valuable for their education and communication content. Having said that, most people know that a lot of what’s on TV is pure sludge. In addition, television has some subtle effects that you should be aware of.

According to a particular study that I cited on my doctoral candidacy exams, you are going to lose approximately 9% empathy with every child you have. Before I had children, I was loaded with empathy! The poor last kid gets the least empathy!