As a parent, you might find it difficult to find the balance between being strict and lenient.
It’s difficult to find the balance between, what I call, the Two Extremes of Parenting: authoritarian and permissive parenting.
Authoritarian parenting insists on unquestioning obedience.
It relies on threats, shaming, and other punishments to enforce good behaviour.
And while children might respect the boundaries as a result, there is one big issue with this parenting style…
It’s that respect only runs one way—children are expected to respect their parents, but parents don’t necessarily have to respect their children.
The polar opposite of authoritarian parenting is permissive parenting where children get whatever they want.
The problem with permissive parenting is that there are no limits.
If children are always allowed to do whatever they want, they will never understand that in the real world there are consequences to their actions.
Imagine the following situation:
You are standing at the supermarket cashier and your child has a meltdown over not receiving something they want you to buy.
The other people at the supermarket start to look, you feel increasingly uncomfortable… What do you do?
Some parents lose patience and start yelling and scolding their child that there is no way they are getting the thing — that’s authoritarian parenting.
Other parents give in to social pressure and buy their child the thing they want — that’s the result of permissive parenting.
Or, if you are like most parents, you do both: sometimes you yell to get your point across, other times you give in to your child’s desires just to avoid the chaos.
However…
They use these tools to get out of the store with their child happy… and without even buying the thing.
They know what to do when their children start pushing and testing boundaries…
They know what to say and do when their kids say “no” or refuse to follow instructions…
When their children are being deliberately naughty…
When children get angry and upset for the smallest things…
And when their children throw massive tantrums.
These parents know how to set boundaries with their children and, in turn, children know how to respect them.
Drawing upon my experience of 40 years working closely with thousands of kids and families, I have developed the Gentle Guidance Tools.
These are parenting techniques that help you set healthy boundaries in a way that connects you and your child and fosters cooperation in your family.
They are simple, effective and easy to use.
With them you’ll never have to repeat yourself.
You won’t have to yell to get your kids to cooperate.
And you’ll never have to doubt yourself as a parent.
Once you start using these parenting tools yourself, your children will:
… and they’ll happily cooperate with you – even at things they don’t want to do.
I’m thrilled to share the Gentle Guidance Tools with you.
Over the next 18 days you will learn how to set boundaries so your children will:
✅ Show less resistance to the boundaries and rules you establish;
✅ Less often test, push or cross the boundaries;
✅ Listen to you the first time you give them instructions;
✅ Learn from appropriate consequences when they cross the boundaries.
Without:
❌ Feeling irritated, angry or overstimulated.
❌ Needing to yell to get your kids to listen.
❌ Repeating the same instructions over and over again.
❌ Doubting yourself as a parent.
❌ Unreasonable and harsh punishments when your kids push boundaries.
The 18-Day “No Boundary-Crossing” Challenge will also help you as a parent.
Using the Transformation Challenge Framework, your day-to-day parenting life will become less hectic as your children will clearly understand what is expected of them.
You will also become more confident, which will make it easier for you to set and uphold boundaries.
You will encourage positive behaviour in your children by introducing appropriate logical consequences when they push and test boundaries.
And you won’t worry what your mother-in-law or other parents think about the way you raise your children.
However, I have to warn you…
This challenge is not for you if you want to force your children to do your bidding, if you are looking for ideas on how to punish your child, or if you want to raise your kids in a strict and authoritarian manner.
The 18-Day “No Boundary-Crossing” Challenge is dedicated to those parents who want to achieve a peaceful home in a respectful and cooperative way.
Don’t take my word for it… Here are just a few of the parents who accomplished positive changes in their family lives with my Transformation Challenges:
“The 14-Day Challenge is an amazing experience! My child has grown in confidence and is now embracing her unique qualities. Highly recommend!”
“I never write reviews, but I just had to share how impressed I am with this product. The Confidence-Building Compass method is truly amazing! My child is now flourishing with confidence, and I couldn’t be happier.“
“This 14 day challenge was perfect timing! My 10 & 11 year old granddaughters are staying with me 4 to 4/2 days a week this summer. My goal is the help them gain skills and consistency for home and school. Your guidance each day is helping me teach them and encourage them. I cannot personally do things for them due to disabilities and they are responding very well and to your suggestions and affirm that they like staying with me. Thank you for sharing you expertise!“
“When I first saw this challenge, I thought it was too good to be true. But Marko’s approach has made a world of difference for my child. She’s overcome so many obstacles, and I’m amazed by her progress!“
During the 18-day challenge, you will receive one email each day in your inbox containing one Gentle Guidance Tool.
The solutions found in these educational emails will take no more than 3-5 minutes a day, which is nothing compared to the time and energy you spend every day fighting over your phones, tablet and computer.
In 18 days, you will learn about the following Gentle Guidance Tools:
Day 1 – The Family Agreement: Learn a trick to set rules about hygiene, meals, bedtime, and screen time in such a way that your kids will respect them.
Day 2 – The Grandmother Method: Replace long-winded lectures with effective communication to get your children to cooperate.
Day 3 – Perks on Pause: Teach your children the value of privileges and encourage responsible behavior.
Day 4 – Scoring Consequences: Learn about a fair and balanced method to help your child understand the consequences of their actions.
Day 5 – The Art of Not Giving In: A foolproof method to nurture a respectful and cooperative environment at home.
Day 6 – Bending Boundaries: Expand the boundaries according to your child’s growth and development.
Day 7 – Aggression-Stoppers: Teach your child the importance of respecting other people’s physical boundaries.
Day 8 – Harmony in the Hive: Introduce Family Rituals to maintain a warm bond and a positive relationship with your child and prevent many troublemaking moments.
Day 9 – 50 % Discount: A simple rule that will help your children better understand the difference between what they want and what they actually need.
Day 10 – Authenticity Equals Authority: Gain confidence by establishing strong parental authority.
Day 11 – Mindful Sharing: Nurture respect and understanding between you and your child through balanced communication and protective boundary-setting.
Day 12 – Little by Little, Little Becomes a Lot: Two steps to build and boost your self-esteem so you can uphold the boundaries that you set.
Day 13 – Anchoring: A simple method for fostering responsibility and punctuality in your kids, no matter how resistant they are.
Day 14 – A Sweet Signal: A gentle, positive approach to grab your child’s attention and encourage safety without resorting to yelling or punishment.
Day 15 – The Token System: Use the Token System to encourage good habits without needing to repeat your instructions.
Day 16 – Reset Retreat: A 5-minute patience-boosting technique that will help you stay calm when your child pushes boundaries.
Day 17 – Public Place Policy: A three-step approach that guides your child to behave appropriately during outings.
Day 18 – Hover no More: Empower your child to grow into a confident and independent adult by nurturing self-belief and resilience, transforming small challenges into big victories.
As soon as you join the 18-day challenge, you will start receiving e-mails with Gentle Guidance Tools.
For the next 18 days, you will receive one email every day. In addition to the educational content, these emails will also provide you with a daily kick in the butt to ensure you don’t give up or lose motivation during the challenge.
The guidance in the form of e-mails also gives you the freedom to choose when to read the learning episodes.
If you can’t make it in the morning, you can read them anywhere, anytime – on the bus, on a break at work or while chatting with a friend.
By following the advice I’ll share with you in these 18 days, your children will become more willing to cooperate with you. You will establish morning and evening routines that they follow without fuss, they will respect your personal space when you need it, and they won’t push the boundaries as often.
A 6-step Self-Esteem Improvement System: In this e-book you will find proven methods to improve your children’s self-image. They’ll be able to cope with new challenges, they’ll be more motivated to do their schoolwork, they’ll make new friends, and much more.
Grading system for measuring self-esteem: This workbook will help you assess which of the 6 self-esteem components your child is already strong in and which areas you need to help them with. You will also find some practical tips on how to improve each component.
Most Common Challenges for Children with Low Self-Esteem: This e-book describes the most common problems children with low-self esteem are facing. It also provides practical techniques to help your child with building perseverance, ending self-deprecating statements, improving self-confidence in decision-making, and improving their ability to take initiative and solve problems.
Steps to Take When Your Child is Being Bullied: Children with low self-esteem are often dealing with being bullied at school or online. Using the methods from this e-book, you’ll help your children resolve the bullying and help them experience improved mental health, greater self-esteem, and a sense of well-being.
Checklist: Improve Your Child’s Social Competence: By using the simple methods mentioned in this checklist, you’ll see drastic changes in your child’s self-esteem and their ability to approach others and make new friends.
Checklist: Help Your Child Achieve Mastery in Any Skill: When a child is successful in a particular activity, it boosts their confidence. In this checklist, you will find steps on what to do and what to avoid in order to help your child become a master in a skill of their interest.
From my 40 years of working with 100,000 families, I noticed that the parenting tools that had the BEST success rates took less than 5 minutes to explain and implement.
This seems counterintuitive at first, because we traditionally learn from long books and lectures in order to fully understand complex subjects such as parenting.
But when you think about it, it makes sense…
Your life is moving fast, and you are busy. You want to take time to learn new things, but the question is – when?
As an author of 16 long parenting books, this realization first hit me like a ton of bricks.
I had to find a new way to give busy, modern parents all the help they need.
That’s how I created the concept of Transformation Challenges.
Instead of writing just another 200-page book, I took my best battle-tested advice, broke it down into actionable steps, and put it in daily e-mails that take just 3-5 minutes to read.
Transformation Challenges are based on 5 core principles:
Take a small step every day towards becoming the parent you aspire to be.
I come from Slovenia (a small country in Europe), which is why you might not have heard of me yet.
I started out as a teacher on a school campus…
And quickly graduated to a principal position at a school for “challenging” kids.
This job was very incredibly difficult at first. But I took it as a challenge!
My deep interest in child psychology and passion for education led me to develop some very effective strategies for raising happy and successful kids.
As a result, the kids in my school started to flourish.
When other principals noticed this, they invited me to host workshops for teachers and parents at their schools.
Right now, I still do a few hundred workshops every year, where I help teachers and parents with their unique challenges – even though I’m already in my 60s.
When parents at workshops started asking me to give them something they could read at home, I started writing books.
I ended up writing 16 parenting books, most of which topped the national bestseller lists in Slovenia and competed with titles like Harry Potter.
Over the past 40 years, more than 100,000 parents and teachers read my books or listened to my lectures.
Which is quite a few, since my country Slovenia only has about 800,000 parents.
This created a ripple effect throughout Europe.
All of a sudden, journalists from Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy and Croatia started interviewing me, and parents and teachers from all over Europe started reaching out to me for help.
I wanted to help – so I learned new languages just to be able to share my knowledge with them.
Over the years, I also worked with over 1,000 European families 1on1 that came to me as “their light at the end of the tunnel”.
I came into their home, worked with the parents and kids for a week, and solved their challenges.
Now, if for whatever other reason you’re not 100% satisfied with the product…
Then I don’t want to keep your money.
That’s why I’m backing it up with a no-questions-asked 14-day money back guarantee.
I know that your situation will improve in just days. But just in case, I’ll give you 14 days of time to ask for a refund.
If the challenge doesn’t absolutely exceed your expectations, send me an e-mail at support@strategicparenting.com and my team will return your full investment.
No questions asked!
A 1-hour session with a child psychologist or counselor costs around $150-$200 per hour on average.
And that’s for a SINGLE session.
With zero guarantee the counselor’s approach works for your specific child and situation.
If you booked 18 sessions, you’d easily spend $2,700 or more…
With the 18 daily lessons in this challenge, plus all the bonus materials, it would be reasonable to charge even a tenth of that ($270).
But I don’t want the cost to stop any parent from getting the help they need with their family.
That’s why I didn’t price the challenge at $270, $150 or even $100.
You can try the entire challenge risk-free for just $28.
That’s less than the cost of a single new toy or gadget…
Or one week’s worth of fancy coffee…
Or just 1% of the cost of a family vacation.
But unlike toys, coffee or trips, the skills and strategies you’ll learn can improve your child’s health, grades and future.
I’m confident this challenge will be the best investment you can make as a parent today.
But don’t take my word for it.
Try the challenge out, see what difference it makes for your family.
Then you can decide whether it’s right for you or not.
Before I answer this question, let me ask you this first: how much time would you SAVE if you could effectively address and reduce the daily challenges that arise in parenting?
If it’s a significant amount of time (and stress!), then I think you and I both know what you need to do.
The daily emails will take you less than 5 minutes to read and then you’ll be able to implement the whole system through fun activities with your kids.
Now, if you’re about to go on a 10-day kid-free vacation… that’s not really a problem either. The materials will wait for you until you return; just make sure you get them now before we increase the price.
Plus, you have a whole 14 days to try the kit 100% risk-free.
I’ve been developing and using these tools for over 40 years now. Much of my work has been focused specifically on kids with various disorders because I know that being a parent in this case can be particularly challenging.
The system has been tried and tested on thousands of kids with ADHD, Autism, Anxiety and other disorders. I’ve made sure that it’s bulletproof and working flawlessly in such situations.
My recommendation is to give it a try. You have nothing to lose and I’m convinced you’ll be blown away by how effective they are for your situation.
I get this question all the time. And my answer is always the same.
I’ve been studying this subject for over 40 years now. I wrote 16 books about it and have personally tested the tools on thousands and thousands of kids.
Trust me when I say this – by now I’ve made all my materials so bulletproof that I have yet to see them fail.
You’ll be surprised by how well and how quickly this system will work for you. But don’t take my word for it – see for yourself. Try the kit, and if it doesn’t absolutely exceed your expectations, e-mail my team, and they’ll return your full investment – no questions asked.
Program consists of short lessons in textual form. You will receive one lesson each day, containing one tool. As if receiving one chapter of a book.
Since you will receive lessons via email, you can of course read them anytime and anywhere you wish. I advise you to read them in the morning and try to use them in the same day when they are still fresh in your memory.
Once you receive the lessons, they are yours to keep. You will be able to return to them anytime, read them again and as many times as you want. You can also print them out and save them in physical form or make visual reminders out of them to help you stay consistent.
The contents of the system are intended for the parenting of children of all ages. These are proven parenting techniques that simply work, regardless of the age of the children. Some also work with adults!
I totally agree with you. Your children are different from all others. And this is really not a bad thing! It just means that they are predictable in some way and that the methods will work for them as they work for most other children.
The parenting techniques I will share with you are based on the psychological patterns and responses of many of the children I have worked with and observed in my 40-year career. Regardless of their personality and special characteristics, some things remain the same and work. They are human. In the nature of all of us.
Therefore, I am sure that you will also learn something new, that you will better understand your child and that you will gain new educational approaches and techniques that will make parenting easier and more successful.
All you need is access to your emails. There are no other tools or investments needed.
Of course! You can order it and then e-mail us at info@strategicparenting.com to transform ownership to the person you want to gift it to.
If you are not satisfied with the product, please notify us at info@strategicparenting.com within 14 days of purchase and get your money back.
Please just review and actually try to use the content in practice.
During the 18-day challenge, you will receive one email each day in your inbox containing one Gentle Guidance Tool.
The solutions found in these educational emails will take no more than 3-5 minutes a day, which is nothing compared to the time and energy you spend every day fighting over your phones, tablet and computer.
In 18 days, you will learn about the following Gentle Guidance Tools:
Day 1 – The Family Agreement: Learn a trick to set rules about hygiene, meals, bedtime, and screen time in such a way that your kids will respect them.
Day 2 – The Grandmother Method: Replace long-winded lectures with effective communication to get your children to cooperate.
Day 3 – Perks on Pause: Teach your children the value of privileges and encourage responsible behavior.
Day 4 – Scoring Consequences: Learn about a fair and balanced method to help your child understand the consequences of their actions.
Day 5 – The Art of Not Giving In: A foolproof method to nurture a respectful and cooperative environment at home.
Day 6 – Bending Boundaries: Expand the boundaries according to your child’s growth and development.
Day 7 – Aggression-Stoppers: Teach your child the importance of respecting other people’s physical boundaries.
Day 8 – Harmony in the Hive: Introduce Family Rituals to maintain a warm bond and a positive relationship with your child and prevent many troublemaking moments.
Day 9 – 50 % Discount: A simple rule that will help your children better understand the difference between what they want and what they actually need.
Day 10 – Authenticity Equals Authority: Gain confidence by establishing strong parental authority.
Day 11 – Mindful Sharing: Nurture respect and understanding between you and your child through balanced communication and protective boundary-setting.
Day 12 – Little by Little, Little Becomes a Lot: Two steps to build and boost your self-esteem so you can uphold the boundaries that you set.
Day 13 – Anchoring: A simple method for fostering responsibility and punctuality in your kids, no matter how resistant they are.
Day 14 – A Sweet Signal: A gentle, positive approach to grab your child’s attention and encourage safety without resorting to yelling or punishment.
Day 15 – The Token System: Use the Token System to encourage good habits without needing to repeat your instructions.
Day 16 – Reset Retreat: A 5-minute patience-boosting technique that will help you stay calm when your child pushes boundaries.
Day 17 – Public Place Policy: A three-step approach that guides your child to behave appropriately during outings.
Day 18 – Hover no More: Empower your child to grow into a confident and independent adult by nurturing self-belief and resilience, transforming small challenges into big victories.
As soon as you join the 18-day challenge, you will start receiving e-mails with Gentle Guidance Tools.
For the next 18 days, you will receive one email every day. In addition to the educational content, these emails will also provide you with a daily kick in the butt to ensure you don’t give up or lose motivation during the challenge.
The guidance in the form of e-mails also gives you the freedom to choose when to read the learning episodes.
If you can’t make it in the morning, you can read them anywhere, anytime – on the bus, on a break at work or while chatting with a friend.
By following the advice I’ll share with you in these 18 days, your children will become more willing to cooperate with you. You will establish morning and evening routines that they follow without fuss, they will respect your personal space when you need it, and they won’t push the boundaries as often.