Hey friends. We’re back with another Q&A show. This time we’re tackling the specifics about changing paradigms with a pre-teen—making dramatic changes after your children have experienced years of your old parenting style.

Some specific topics we cover:

• Should I just make the changes or should we have a discussion about it?
• How can we transition away from praise and rewards without him thinking we don’t “approve” of him?
• How to set limits on bed time, screen time, dinner time, school time etc. because he struggles with self-regulation issues?
• He won’t clean his room if we leave it up to him. How can we make sure his room is clean and there aren’t health concerns?
• How do you feel about paying a child an allowance? (with a short rant on economics and unschooling).

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