It's important that we as parents recognize our obligation to our children at this time. The appropriate response to these last few weeks is staying home, limiting your exposure and only going out for essentials. That's an appropriate response.

For children to become responsible adults we need to teach them proper accountability. If we do this, children will not grow up to become adults that think nothing they do is wrong.

Most kids when they get to a point where they're overwhelmed they get into a mini tantrum of some sort. Learn more at: http://www.theranches.org Keep up to date with The Ranches by following us on Facebook!

I’ve worked with “at risk” youth for most of my adult life and have lived with for my entire life. In that time, some things have stayed the same while other things have changed in startling ways. Kids often hope for value, acceptance,

The Ranches is, at its very core, a place for kids to get a fresh start and to develop new tools and learn new ways of navigating life. In most cases, kids come to The Ranches with inadequate and unhealthy ways of dealing with relationships and with co...

One of the only ways accountability can really exist is to have reasonable consequences. Everybody has a different version of reasonable, but kids do need consequences for their behaviors.

Welcome to The Ranches "Raise Them Up" parenting podcast. We know kids do respect and want limits. We also know, that a relationship can get fractured to the point where a child does not respect the parent.

Welcome to The Ranches "Raise Them Up" parenting podcast. There's a lot of talk about Empathy in the world today and how we need more of it. Empathy is the ability to see something from somebody else's perspective.

Christmas is a special time for most of us. We are looking forward to spending some time with family and friends. But for many of the kids, Christmas comes with a host of mixed emotions. While the gifts and celebrations are a welcome distraction from l...

Welcome to The Ranches "Raise Them Up" parenting podcast. Bullying itself is all about control. Bully's are trying to control the things around them. Learn more at: http://www.theranches.org