You’ve tried EVERYTHING (yelling, not yelling, time‑outs, threats and punishments, being the good cop and the bad!) but nothing seems to work! You’re at the “spaghetti against the wall” stage where you are just trying everything to see what sticks!
You’ve read parenting books, blogs, and listened to the podcasts but your real life situations never seem to unfold the perfect way they do in the parenting materials. When your child doesn’t respond the way that the book suggests, you’re left with that sinking “now what” feeling.