Question:

“How do you stop children from back talking?”

Answer:

Children talking back, or sassing, to their parents seems to be a behavior many children experiment with. At different phases of development feelings of independence and intelligence emerge causing kids to talk back.

“HI Nicholeen. I have the biggest problem in implementing your method... when 
you give a consequence but they refuse to do it...???then WHAT?? I can give 
them all the jobs they "earned" but can't make them do it... WHAT then???This 
is my biggest difficulty in implementing what I think is an amazing method... 
comments? suggestions???

This might seem off topic, but I don't know if it really is.  I think having motivated students is something all parents work for.  The question was posed to me: Nicholeen, what do you do to prepare your teenage youth for academic success?  

On a recent conference call I went into great detail on the subject.  As a special treat I have the recording of that call to share with you today.