Support Call 8-02-2023
This call covers:
* Getting Started With TSG
* Oppositional Defiance Tendencies
* Accepting No Answers
* Aggressive 2 Year Old Boy
* Thumb Sucking
* Toddlers Again
* Discussing Book Choices
Accepting No Answers and Criticism
Support Call 7-19-2023
This call covers:
* Trauma
* Toddler Accepting a No Answer
* Family Travel Contention
* SODAS Solution: Debrief/Notes
* Screaming
* Handling Rough Teachers/Instructors
* Arguments
* Corrections Clarification
* Rule of 3 for Children Younger Than Age 7
* Toddler Physical Aggression
* Morning Routine Disobedience
Toxic Barbies & The Great Happiness Debate
There are times when I do things I wouldn’t normally do just because I wouldn’t normally do it. It’s a kind of self-check to make sure that I’m still open-minded and hopeful, instead of resting in a bias. Allow me to give you some context into my life so that you can understand why it …
Digital Children’s Book Treasury
These books have been helping children learn in a fun way for years!
Teach your children the Four Basic Skills of:
- Saying and being “Okay”
- How to accept “No” Answers
- How to Accept Consequences
- How to Disagree Appropriately
Note: You will be given access to view this e-book on our website, it is not a digital download. This product is best viewed on desktop or tablet, and may be difficult to view on some mobile devices. Use our sample e-book reader below to see how it will look on your device.
Support Call 5-31-2023
This call covers:
* Some Wins and Gratitude
* Silly Boys In The Evenings
* OCD and TSG
* Potty Training Regression
* Desperate For Help
* Corrections
* Son Being Teachable
* Teen Locks Self In Room When Getting No Answer
* SODAS
* Biting And Other Hurtful Behavior
* Potty Training
* School in the Summer
* Using Bedroom to Get Calm
* Teaching Appearance and Manners
* College Transition with Anxiety
* Saying, “I love you”
Support Call 4-05-2023
This call covers:
In Need of Clarity in using Self-Government…Something doesn’t feel right.
Perfectionism
Opportunity to meet Porter
Rule of 3
Calming Down for Children 8 and older before entering the rule of 3
4 Year old extremely strong willed
Driving and Following Instructions
Keeping calm while being sick
No answers between siblings
How family and mentor meetings look with the booklets
Using skills in public
Time limit for Rule of Three instructions
Reading “Roles” with older children
Support Call 3-29-2023
This call covers:
Electronics Addiction
Solo Mum – And 15 Wants To Give Commands To Siblings
Practicing Calm Down
24 Hour Loss of Privilege and Major Maintenance
Does Co-Sleeping With Children Discourage Self-Government
2 And a Half Year Old Boy Does Not Accept a “No” Answer
Job/Phone/and Out of Control
Speaking Over Me During Pre-Teaching
Bedtime Battle
Implementing TSG with older children
Emotional Bondage Habit After Loss of Privileges
Dinner Time With Seven Year Old Son
“I Want Things To Be Fun and Funny!”
Navigating Values With a “Culture War” between parents
Young son is physically abusive and won’t take responsibility
Anger during role playing session
Navigating work time with young children
Support Call 3-01-2023
This call covers:
“No” answers for young children (22 months and younger).
Regression of skills after being tended by Grandma.
Tween son not wanting to let video games go.
Age 3 child influenced by inconsistency in parenting due to divorce.
Scheduling the family chores and life.
Implementing TSG in an unstable parenting/family situation.
Trouble with using the word “Roles”.
Using TSG language to manipulate family members.
“No” answers about social media for teens.
Child not wanting to follow through with a class.
Parents wanting teens to spend more time at home with family.
Support call 12-28-22
This call covers:
Corrections
Single Mom Confused With Roles
Chores for certain ages
Disagree appropriately question
Following through
Book Recommendations
Fighting And Not Listening
Morning Chores Earned The Night Before
Parents Want To Rescue Their Youth From Confusion
Nearly every day parents ask me how to help their “wayward young adult” or how to heal the heart of their “disconnected teen.” Children displaying unnatural affection by disconnecting from loving parents is an epidemic in our modern society. Normal human development involves increasingly seeking for autonomy as a person launches into adulthood. However, turning …
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7 Tips For Reducing Stress and Anxiety In Children
Families are concerned about their children who are struggling with stress and anxiety. Why are stress and anxiety so prevalent nowadays, and what can families do to help in loving ways? Understanding Stress and Anxiety Stress and anxiety are real feelings that many children suffer with daily. According to Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center …
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4 Steps For Increasing Your Patience
Some people seem to be naturally patient, while others seem to struggle with increasing patience because of their strong/hard natures or how they were nurtured. However, when patience is more understood, we all might find that we’re taking more steps toward patience than we think we are. And, if we keep taking those steps, then …
Being Your Child’s Safe Place
It’s currently commonplace to see youth aggressively confronting adults when, not too long ago, that behavior would never have been condoned. And, sadly this aggressive behavior is being misinterpreted as behavior necessary for the emotional safety of the child. If parents want to be the ‘safe place’ for their child, then it’s vital that they …
When Things Don’t Go Your Way…
As nice as it would be to have complete control over outcomes, it isn’t humanly possible. Cause and effect is a principle of life that we can usually rely upon, but sometimes there seems to be another will for our days and experiences that turns our plans upside down. Sometimes these unexpected turns can create …
Obedience To Parents Changes Hearts
As part of learning cause and effect and growing into healthy adulthood, most children occasionally test boundaries by willfully choosing disobedience or even rebelling against parents. While taking risks and being a little bit rebellious here and there are usually healthy signs of normal development toward adulthood, obedience is required for wisdom and learning, too. …
Support call 3-2-22
This call covers:
Daughter pouting for attention.
Inuit parenting approach.
Feeling like you need to “break” you child of something, like a habit.
6 year old with autism.
How do I get calm going through hard days?
Child being out of control for 3+ weeks.
Balancing family participation and allowing children to seclude themselves.
Things getting broken while children are out of control.
Child disregarding rules about electronics in room.
The Death of Diplomacy And The Impact On Children
Diplomacy is dying. MSN’s Feb 18, 2022 article called, “Is This The Year Of The Angry Parent? The GOP Hopes So,” talked about how parent anger about masks and social issues was helping the GOP and causing a problem. Yahoo News declared, “A parents’ revolt is currently sweeping the nation,” in their Feb 18, 2022 …
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Support call 12-15-21
This call covers:
No one will confess to missing money.
Modifying the rule of three for a six year old.
How to teach integrity to my kids that are in college.
how to keep boundaries with adult children.
Child being the biggest and hurting other children.
Needing to refocus to be company in other’s houses for Christmas.
The Key To Experiencing Christmas More Fully
Christmas stories are the best! They really have a way of teaching our hearts about the true meaning of Christmas, when the to-do lists seem to take over the month of December. Even though many of the best Christmas stories involve someone giving a gift, the stories aren’t really about giving. They are about something …
One Easy Way To Increase Emotional Maturity In Children
Sadly, teaching strategies for proper social and emotional health are often unorganized and conflicting. Parents are left feeling like they need to choose between teaching children to have self-control and teaching children to be emotionally heard. These choices seem like opposites to most people. But, to a person who has true emotional intelligence, both of …
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