Understanding Your Child’s Behavior

I’m having some incredibly difficult parenting days recently.  My younger son, who has always been trying, has become far more difficult.  He’s what I call, “persistent.”  When he has a desire, if I stand in the way, he just keeps focusing on it and driving for it. 
One day, when we were playing outside, he wanted [...]

Sometimes my kids and I get on a sort of negative cycle where their behavior is driving me nuts and I am not doing things in a respectful way or I am not noticing that they are communicating something with their behavior. I start to feel like I cannot do anything right and have basically [...]