| Lesson 1: Parenting Basics | Topics Covered |
| Raising your child | Parenting challenges, different parenting styles, what kind of parent do you want to be |
| Setting limits | When to set limits, how to do it, dealing with resistance, differences between punishment and discipline |
| Allowing mistakes | The importance of making mistakes, when to protect your child, how to respond to mistakes, avoiding rescuing |
| Taking responsibility | Learning by doing, handing over responsibility, responding to mistakes with empathy |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 2: Sharing Control | Topics Covered |
| Determining who has control | Using commands to control, everyone's need for control, what you control, what your children control |
| Taking control | When to take control, using physical control, establishing control, when children have control |
| Giving away control | Giving control through choices, turning a "no" into a "yes", phrasing choices, changing commands to choices, giving control of money |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 3: Problem Ownership | Topics Covered |
| Identifying parenting styles | Different parenting styles: Personal Assistant, Director and Consultant, understanding typical behavior of each style, using different styles |
| Determining ownership | Allowing children to own their problems, figuring out who owns a problem, letting your child own the consequences |
| Providing guidance | Listening to understand, avoiding conversation stoppers, using the problem solving process, guiding your children to solve their problems |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 4: Letting Your Kids Think | Topics Covered |
| Providing thinking opportunities | Thinking about choices, avoiding fighting words and idle threats, allowing your child to think through a problem |
| Thinking through serious choices | Thinking about consequences related to drinking, using drugs, eating, sexuality and suicide |
| Avoiding power struggles | Controlling your initial response, using repetitive responses, sticking with decisions, avoiding giving in to tantrums, dealing with lying |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 5: Consequences | Topics Covered |
| Learning from natural consequences | Allowing children to experience natural consequences, destroying the teaching value of a consequence, evaluating risks |
| Creating logical consequences | Figuring out reasonable, valuable consequences for misbehavior, delaying the consequence, teaching through consequences |
| Choosing a consequence | Using generic consequences, responding to whining, dealing with sibling fighting, sending "I messages", brainstorming solutions, apologizing |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 6: Chores | Topics Covered |
| Learning through chores | Reaping the benefits of chores, starting chores early, earning things using chores, developing an attitude of pitching in to help out |
| Choosing chores | Differences between chores and personal tasks, age appropriate chores, listing out all the chores, choosing chores, explaining expectations |
| Enforcing chore completion | Avoiding nagging, keeping track of chores, reviewing the work, getting chores done consistently |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
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| Lesson 7: Bringing it all together | Topics Covered |
| Deciding how to handle it | Using what you've learned to decide how to handle various parenting situations |
| Appreciating the good | Paying attention to good behavior, giving your kids positive messages, connecting with your kids |
| Keeping it up | Getting back on track, sharing the parenting role, dealing with adult children living at home |
| Trying it out | Practicing what has been covered in this lesson. |
