Support Call 4-13-18
This Call Covers:
- Talking with teenagers who don’t want to talk
- Helping children not manipulate while on time out
- Sleep training with young children
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Assertive Communication
Support Call 3-30-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping a young child with a computer addiciton
- Rebuilding a relationship with a rebellious teen
- How to truly master the TSG skills
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Support Call 3-13-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping younger children understand the TSG skills
- Dealing with children after daycare
- Helping a child to reconnect with the family
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Support Call 3-2-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping husbands develop more self government skills
- How to help children not power struggle while disagreeing appropriately
- Dealing with bullies
- Stoping children who struggle with being violent
- Restitution and correction of stealing
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Trade Time for Anger: Find Calmness and Patience
“You never can tell with bees,” said A.A. Milne’s cherished character Winne-the-Pooh. This was Pooh Bear’s naive way of saying he didn’t understand why bees did the things they did. He made his best guesses, but he always seemed to guess wrong and find himself in a prickled gorse bush — instead of feasting on
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6 Tips for Making the Most of Your Car Time Together
Despite the fact that my parents worked very hard to provide for their growing family, some experiences were memorable in an uncomfortable way. I’ll never forget driving through Death Valley during the summer. It was 105 degrees in the middle of the night. We did our best to keep us all from roasting to death
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Support Call 1-19-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping out with parent calmness
- Does TSG promote abuse and vulnerability?
- Dealing with lying children who threaten to run away
- Helping a child who is prone to breaking things
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How to Reach the Heart of Your Child… and Yourself
Reaching a child’s heart is vital for awakening his conscience and morally training him to desire to make good choices, but structure also has a part to play in training the heart. This is a true story, and a new parenting lesson, of how to help a person understand the truths behind your teachings. Structure
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Support Call 9-22-17
This Call Covers:
- How to help children “bust” their boredom
- Dealing with perfectionism
- Making a mission Statement
- Helping children to stop fighting with each other
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Support Call 6-23-17
This call Covers:
- How to get your spouse on board with couples meetings
- Jealous older children. Also, teaching children to love each other
- Charlotte Mason homeschool philosophy and TSG
- Is my child really calm
- Children not coming home on time.
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Can Teenagers Conquer the Culture of Disrespect Alone?
For years I’ve heard adults complain about how disrespectful teenagers are with a tone that suggests the teenagers should fix their problem. I found myself wondering if it was really totally the teenagers’ problem, and if it was possible for teenagers to fix the culture of disrespect all alone. After many years of helping families
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Support Call 3-24-17
This call covers:
- Update on the happenings of this year’s United Nations trip.
- Couple struggling to agree on what their children should be doing.
- The difference between the different kinds of “no” answers in life.
- Finding more about grooming.
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Truth Be Told…Influence of Family is Astounding!
Even though there’s violence dotting the globe, the largest battle of our day isn’t physical. It’s a war of words. All these words are supposed to lead the listeners to truth. Often the talk feels cheap even though the claim is each new idea, paradigm and argument is the most valuable. Is this word war
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Support Call 12-16-16
This call covers:
- Thoughts on being an older mother
- Shame VS. Guilt (“mini class”)
- Coming up with better consequences
- Letting go of negativity
- Is it a need for attention or just being overwhelmed?
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Support Call 11-4-16
This call covers:
- Staying calm when your toddler is harmful to your newborn.
- Managing outbursts at the dinner table from your teenager.
- Helping your child stop correcting their siblings.
- Maintaining the Rule of Three without punishing the rest of the family.
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1 Skill To Improve Calmness For The Whole Family
While swimming with my family one day the calmness of our pool experience was interrupted by one very loud, very stressed mother. If only this mother was able to see the hearts of her children and everyone else in the pool area. If she could have taken a moment to do just one simple skill
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Support Call 6-24-16
This call covers:
- Helping children follow through with a job
- Extended family might need TSG more than the immediate family. Struggling to keep things peaceful and calm in the extended relationships
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Support Call 6-17-16
This call covers:
- Summer tip! Helping family relationships stay strong with friends in the picture more.
- My 8-year-old daughter has a friend who will invite her to play, then leave her and go play with other people without warning. Ideas?
- 13-year-old son will NOT talk about the topic of changing schools. He immediately gets angry and refuses to discuss it. What do I do?
- (This call had some technical difficulties on the second question. We apologize. Please read the notes for more on it.)
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Pre-Teaching For Summer Activities
Do you have some awesome family trips or activities planned for this Summer? It’s going to be the best Summer ever! However, what are you going to do when the children start acting out? TSG on the go is always a little harder than at home. How are you going to keep them calm, happy, and obedient? How will they stay by you when you’re in a crowded place?
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