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Support call 9-28-22

This call covers:
Encouraging kids to get their work done.
Engaging and challenging a 6 yeah old with ADHD.
Family activities with only one child at home.
Children wanting to play at other homes.
Oldest child bossing other children around.
Children not wanting to participate with other “weird” children.
Focusing on TSG for two week.
Teens who need attention and validation.
8 year old not wanting to control his emotions.
Role of emotion.
Increasing attention span.
staying calm while others are attention seeking.

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Two Ways To Guide Youth Toward Purposeful Living

An exasperated mother said to me, “My teenager doesn’t like to work hard. She expects everything in life to be easy. How do I teach her to like work?” “Do you like work?” I asked the mother. “Most people who don’t see value in work, or don’t like work, are taught somewhere along the way

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Support call 9-21-22

This call covers:
modified rule of three.
When to start rule of three.
TSG in public.
child wanting to sweep things under the rug.
Child disagreeing appropriately EVERY time.
Consequences for 2 year old with speech delay.
Children following instructions to avoid consequences.
Showing compassion but helping adult son improve.
Daughter wanting to cut her hair short.
Child disrespecting mom.
Husband undermining mom.

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The Vocabulary Gap And Its Effect On Families

When people don’t speak the same language, it’s hard to understand each other. Likewise, when parents and children don’t speak the same language, then they can become disconnected because of lack of understanding. Understanding creates a feeling of respect and bonding in relationships and is a vital component to creating family unity and solving family

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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

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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

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Self-Governed People Train Their Focus Forward

“I think I ruined my child,” a mother told me in desperation as she explained some of the behavior problems and disconnection problems her teenage son was having. She was being honest with herself about mistakes that she might have made in her son’s upbringing. My heart ached for her. She might have unknowingly done

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Support call 5-18-22

This call covers:
Child having tantrums that are not age appropriate.
rule of three question.
one year old getting annoying and throwing things all the time.
Question about apologizing.
how to prepare for the future.
Question about scholar phase of learning.
Movie and game recommendations.
Game and movie recommendations.
Needing children to be accountable.

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