Learn to defuse parent-child power struggles.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ......desire to assert, to show independence. Power struggles usually occur between the ages of...Children and Families. For parents, power struggles arise as mom and dad try to discipline...Respect is a key factor in resolving power struggles. It determines whether one person...

Creative thinking can resolve power struggles with teens.(Originated from...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 17, 1996 ;     700+ words ......writes: ``We are faced with escalating power struggles with our 16-year-old son. No matter...s start with a general rule about power struggles and teens: Once you enter into a power...think about and get you laughing. Power struggles become so deadly-dull serious that...

Techniques for reducing power struggles.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  June 5, 2001 ;     401 words ......parents cut down on the number of power struggles, and perhaps avoid them altogether...Focus on what really matters. Many power struggles are not worth the hassle. Does it...go along with your agenda. Classic power struggles revolve around body issues _ sleeping...

Unclear rules at the root of power struggles in Danish parishes -...

Nordic Business Report;  May 28, 2002 ;     150 words ......BUSINESS REPORT-28 May 2002-Unclear rules at the root of power struggles in Danish parishes - claim (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...The disagreements have reportedly developed into public power struggles in some places like Stauning and Kliplev. It is necessary...

Stop the power struggles. (mommy strategies).(family bond)(Brief Article)

Redbook;  October 1, 2001 ;     98 words ......keys to avoiding conflict: Stay calm and allow your child as much say as possible, says Jan Faull, author of Unplugging Power Struggles. * Offer a minor choice in a no-choice situation. Try: It's time for your bath now. Do you want bubbles or no bubbles...

WANTING THE WORLD; Author Lynne Jonell understands the power struggles of...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 26, 1998 ;     700+ words ......most writers of preschool picture books present this idyllic, sort of goopy view of childhood, Jonell knows it's full of power struggles. Children experience all the emotions of an adult - fear, shame, exultation, sorrow and rage. Condensing such powerful feelings...

MINI MAGIC Preschool teachers map out strategies to steer clear of power...

The Boston Globe;  December 10, 1998 ;     700+ words ......teachers have that parents tend not to have is a repertoire of strategies to head off power struggles," says early childhood educator Ellen Galinsky. Power struggles are anathema to preschool teachers and should be to us, too. "As soon as you dig...

Martyrdom and Violence: The Body as a Locus for Power Struggles....

Michigan Academician;  March 22, 2002 ;     232 words ...Martyrdom and Violence: The Body as a Locus for Power Struggles. Rory G. McCarthy, Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo MI 49008-5201 A relatively recent development...

Kremlin intrigues. (British Broadcasting Corporation's documentary about...

U.S. News & World Report;  June 3, 1991 ;     272 words ......late summer of 1989, just before the cataclysmic events in Eastern Europe. Speaking in a new BBC documentary about Soviet power struggles since 1978, Georgi Shakhnazarov, a top aide to Mikhail Gorbachev, says the Soviet leader held a contentious meeting with...

Roundup: Power Struggles Intensify in Ethiopia

Xinhua News Agency;  June 24, 2001 ;     415 words ...by Li Dawei ADDIS ABABA, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Power struggles within Ethiopia's ruling coalition the Ethiopia People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) surfaced after Friday's "walkout...

EDITORIAL: Power struggles persist

University Wire;  November 12, 1999 ;     584 words ......difficult -- for the low-end workers, as well as the quasi-monarchs running an organization. Several businesses have faced power struggles in our capitalist, profit-motivated society. Fighting with the man holding the checkbook at a business is becoming increasingly...

Power struggles and battles of Brierley bared

Sunday Star-Times;  November 7, 1999 ;     300 words ......longevityof BIL and the well-documented nature of the deals in which the two were involved. But there are insights into power struggles between the likes of Collins, Bruce Judge,Brierley, Sir Roger Douglas, Sir Selwyn Cushing and Camerlin's Quek Leng Chan...

Evening sky is laden with ancient power struggles

Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  February 19, 2005 ;     300 words ...The scroll of luminaries spanned across February's evening sky is laden with ancient power struggles and the heralding of spring. This evening the sickle shape of Leo, the lion, can be seen low in the east. This constellation's...

School-reform plan hits obstacles; Power struggles hamper a program in...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  April 11, 2005 ;     324 words ...CHICAGO (AP) - A slow infusion of cash, disagreements and power struggles threaten to undermine Chicago's ambitious plan to reform its underperforming schools over the next six years. The plan will close...

faith + values; BRIEFS; Church power struggles form book's plot.(VARIETY)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 26, 2008 ;     664 words ......STRICKLER; STAFF WRITER As a former Roman Catholic priest, Charles Pilon wanted to write a book addressing the internal power struggles that plague so many congregations. But he knew that if he wrote a dry, scholarly treatise, only a few religious scholars...