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
Assertive Communication
Support Call 7-26-2023
This call covers:
* Initial Response To Negative Behavior
* ODD & Therapy
* Audiobook Recommendations
* Jealousy
* Dealing With Negative Emotions In A Healthy Way
* Teens Bossing Parents
* Feeling Hopeless
* Kids Annoying Each Other On Purpose
* ODD in Adults
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
Self-Regulation Skills for All Ages —Even Toddlers!
by Nicholeen Peck As parents, my husband and I hope that our children will succeed as parents. My daughter, Paije, has exceeded my parenting expectations with her little toddler daughter, Clara. The skills that Paije has taught Clara to help her do self-regulation and self-calming are good skills for 21-month-olds, however, these self-government skills that …
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Cultural Rejection of Self-Government
by Nicholeen Peck Self-government, a key principle of individual and societal freedom, is culturally rejected by some academics. This malicious movement, if adopted by society, will undermine our cultures, our families, our economies, and our personal empowerment. Luckily, the solution to cultural warfare has a simple yet powerful and effective solution; strengthen the people …
Support Call 7-05-2023
This call covers:
* Suppressing Emotions & Dealing With Disappointment
* Praising Calmness with Sensitive Children
* Storming Off During A Teaching Interaction
* Specific Wording for the Rule of 3
* 18-Year-Old Who Won’t Accept Guidance
Why Parents Must Explain Why
by Nicholeen Peck When children are little they ask “Why?” about everything. They want to know: “Why is sky the blue?”, “Why can birds fly?” and “Why do we have to eat our vegetables?” While some questions are cute and fun to answer, others seem like a stall tactic or an annoyance. After a few …
Today’s Complexity Demands More Simplicity
by Nicholeen Peck “It’s harder for children nowadays with all of the technology and temptations and bad examples”, a mother said to me at a recent conference where I was speaking. We talked for a moment about the differences between her childhood and the childhood of her children. She was concerned. She felt lost and …
Support Call 3-15-2023
This call covers:
Calming Down a 6 Year Old
Daughter Thinks TSG Doesn’t Let Her Have Control
Teen son not learning the lesson from corrections and extra chore
Teen At Risk
Messy bedroom and constantly out of instructional control
Love of Learning
Problems At School
Children feel mother’s cleanliness standards are too high
Teen sneaking cell phone into the house
17-year-old daughter is always late to work and boss is enabling behavior
Success story: pre-teaching Rule of Three
Using TSG in a homeschool co-op group
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.
Mindset Makes or Breaks Family Bonds
“My daughter is so ungrateful! All I do is serve her, but she doesn’t care about me or what I feel. And, she never helps out, even when I ask nicely,” an exasperated mother told me about her teenage daughter. In a later conversation, Emily, the daughter said to me, “I never get anything my …
Where Love Is…
Love runs deeper than many people realize, and the outcomes of love are significant. We all recognize when we don’t feel loved or when we have a hard time feeling love for someone who isn’t behaving lovingly. But, what we don’t often recognize is that love isn’t something that can be turned on and off …
Practice Good Relationships This Christmas
It may seem trite and slightly overused to say it, but the old adage, “Make every day Christmas,” has more power than you might think. In fact, maybe, just maybe, the way to have life feel like Christmas every day is to truly live the spirit of Christmas in our relationships at Christmas time. Practicing …
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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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 …
Children & Teens Want to Know More From Parents: Teaching Discernment
It sometimes seems like teens don’t want to listen to adults tell them what to do or not to do, but in reality, teens and children are always hoping that adults will teach them discernment. When a person doesn’t know who to follow or what to believe morally, then that person ends up feeling lost …
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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. …
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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