Historically, as young people approached the age of 18, they would start to spread their wings and transition into adulthood by stepping outside of their comfort zones. Sadly, times have changed. Today, many teens are feeling increasingly more inadequate to attempt adult tasks. In fact, they often don’t even feel comfortable talking to adults. In […]
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Helping children with confidence when their father isnt on board
Helping children to not go out of control
Keeping yourself calm
Too many extra chores?
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Single parents rasing children
Making a mission statement with a spouse who doesn’t agree
Giving chores to a child who is emotionally volitile
TSG with independent children
Summer activities in hot climates
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Dealing with dogs
Hyperactive children
Teenagers growing up
Doing the four basic skills
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In an ideal world, children would dutifully do their chores not only as effectively as Mom or Dad would do them, but also without delay. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world. Human brains, especially child brains, are wired to find more efficient ways to do tasks in order to save time or effort.
Parents are meant to shepherd their children toward truth and safety, as well as in learning skills, in order to prepare them for the purposes of their lives. But not all shepherds are the same. Two sisters were given some sheep to care for, and a promise that the sheep would be of great value
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Helping spouses with follow through on consequences
Correcting children who are naturally drawn to immodesty
Stopping lying
Correcting other’s children when they are caught stealing
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Helping children overcome video game addiction
Stopping negativity in children
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A week ago, I was standing in the kitchen canning peaches, and my whole family atmosphere fell apart all around me in a matter of five minutes.
My son was asked by his father to help with something in the back yard. My son didn’t want to do it, so he decided to have an attitude problem about it. My husband was stressed, and chose to get upset, instead of teach to the situation correctly. (We all have our moments of weakness from time to time.)
My daughter was supposed to be cleaning her room, and was playing her piano instead. She had lost focus. (She is ten, this happens sometime
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Many parents of teen- or pre-teen-aged youth are confused about whether teenage rebellion is an attitude problem or whether the child is displaying healthy independence. When attitude problems seem like rebellion, parents wonder if rebellion is natural or simply a modern social construct that societies now think is developmentally normal. Rebellion is as old as
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Helping silly children who “take it too far”
Creating a Family Vision in hard times
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I once received a note from a reader about her 14-year-old son who was quite the thinker. He always wanted to know “Why?” about everything, which is wonderful, but it was leading to problems respecting authority.
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Helping children calm down quickly
Correcting out of instructional control behavior
Stopping blaming
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helping children stay calm and avoid attention seeking behaviors
Helping your spouse be consistent with implementation to help the children progress
Teaching children to play.
The proper way to make decisions for your children.
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Helping children to overcome emotional impulses.
Teaching young children to focus.
Correcting children who aren’t calm.
helping children who aren’t sure they want to spiritually be part of the family.
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Helping a spouse get motivated to do TSG
Getting children to focus with the family
Teaching children to disagree appropriately about what they want
Finding good gifts for children
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