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. […]
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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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Sharon and Michael always enjoyed their downtime in the evenings watching DIY, design, and food programs. They felt like their time together as a young married couple was meaningful and educational since they both loved creative projects, and they got the “downtime” they needed at the end their busy workdays. This nightly ritual quickly became
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This call covers:
Knowing what goes inside the brain.
Scheduling time not content in homeschool.
Feeling like all you will no is correcting.
Daughters friend is bugged that she is always talking to another friend while they are hanging out.
Son doesn’t want to listen to the “robotic parenting program”
Parent constantly being in fight or flight.
Taking things personally.
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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.
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This call covers:
How to be a better support for child with dyslexia.
Daughter being angry about going to see family.
Young child not wanting to be touched.
Pre planning for love of learning phase of TJEd.
How did you balance Christmas and homeschool?
What does it look like before the accept the lose of 24 hours?
Having awkward silence with people and learning to accept that.
Question about family work time.
Support call 12-8-21 Read More »
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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Managing chores with FSAD 7 year old.
Implementing rule of three with manipulative 6 year old.
Son consistently not cleaning up after himself even though he knows he needs to.
Inspiring son to stay motivated.
Kids giving input on chores they earn.
5000 hours of study to become proficient.
Child saying he is calm but is obviously not calm.
How to manage many things going on all at the same time while homeschooling.
Support call 11-10-21 Read More »
When was the last time you felt lonely? In order to thrive during these socially unusual times, and even times that aren’t unusual at all, it’s important to understand the difference between being alone and experiencing real loneliness, and what we can do to combat the loneliness epidemic that seems to be sweeping many countries.
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“That girl was so rude!” a girl about age 12 said to her mother as she skated off of the roller rink. Immediately her mother started toward the mother of the “rude” girl to tell her to control her daughter and to tell the daughter to apologize for her unkindness. This mother clearly loved and
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Strong willed child melting down when he doesn’t get what he wants.
Book and movie recommendations.
Consequence for hitting.
Feeling overwhelmed with pre-teaching all the time.
Thoughts on Kimber Academy.
Children acting up when a new family member is added.
Child feeling like being calm means not having emotions.
Support call 8-12-21 Read More »
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23 month old not wanting to talk.
Child leaving house without permission and it’s not the first time.
Child having something they are not supposed to.
dealing with disappointment after having a life long dream.
implementing chores.
explaining entitlement.
wanting to connect with a child who is isolating.
children were doing good with TSG but are now testing the system.
Bisexual son showing to much PDA around family.
5 year old with a temper.
dipper change time.
Support Call 8-4-21 Read More »
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Concerned about being harmed by foster children.
Earning privilege’s back.
Being passive aggressive toward husband.
kids having free time while mom does chores.
How to implement Self government with a toddler that we are taking custody of.
Feeling like a servant to your Childs demands.
Accepting a no for life no answers.
Daily schedule.
What to do when no-one knows who did it.
Support call 7-28-21 Read More »
Chris W. shared this shocking story with me about his experience last week with his son at a California park. “My son and I were playing soccer at a park in the bay area of California. Multiple African American boys came up to my son and started punching him in the head for no reason.
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Think of the voices that surround our children. Voices leading children to love money, God, family, power, popularity, prestige, entitlement, activism, intellectual achievement, personal worth, truth, pleasure-seeking, time wasting, productivity, industry, judgment, despair, and more. It’s easy to see how some of these voices mislead and hurt a child’s potential. Yet, these voices oftentimes
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Even though there seems to be more self-absorbed people around us than ever before, calling someone a narcissist may miss the mark. In fact, many people who seem to possess narcissistic behavior, might just be prideful. There is a difference. People all over the world share their relationship struggles and personal development goals with me
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TSG for a 4 year old.
Teaching kids to structure time.
Comparing children to their siblings.
Implementing new things.
What to do when a child is obviously out of control.
Should i apologize to my child?
Adult child disconnecting from family.
How to help adult child with TSG.
Husband’s lack of commitment and principles.
Husband not wanting to connect with family.
Support call 12-23-20 Read More »
This call covers:
Speaking through emotion with self government.
Giving your child to much control in your home.
Calm down time.
Follow thought help.
knowing when to trust my kids.
pre teaching in the rule of three.
Support call 12-2-20 Read More »
In 2012, a woman attending one of my Teaching Self-Government parenting trainings began to cry in the middle of my presentation about different styles of parenting. She timidly raised her hand and I called upon her to speak. Through sobs and tears she said, “My mom was that modern progressive, permissive type of parent you
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This call covers:
Oppositional child that might be autistic.
pushback with teachings.
limiting play time with neighbor child.
not fully trusting Childs friends.
kids mocking parent about not wanting to celebrate Halloween.
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