Support Call 8-31-18
This Call Covers:
- Kids Faking illnesses
- Correcting children on the Autism spectrum
- Helping children feel comfortable playing
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Four Basic Skills
What Children Think of Negative Consequences
I recently asked a group of 10-year-old children what kinds of negative consequences their families have. “At our house, we sweep the floor and clean,” said one boy. “Mom gets mad and goes into a bad mood,” said another boy. “Mom used to send us to time out, but we don’t do that anymore,” said
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Support Call 7-13-18
This Call Covers:
- Correcting not dropping the subject
- Bedtime emotional manipulation
- Calming down for the rule of three
- Disagreeing appropriately
- Staying calm during the rule of three
- Calming a child down during a correction
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Support Call 7-6-18
This Call Covers:
- Using TSG as a grandparent.
- Stopping children from attention seeking in public
- Overcoming a video game addiction
- Helping a child learn how to have fun but not pull pranks
- Preventing self-harm
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Support Call 6-22-18
This Call Covers:
- Correcting children that aren’t your own/Babysitting
- Out of control car behavior
- Balancing mercy and justice in parenting
- How to deal with children when they walk away from you
- Fixing bedtimes
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Traveling Trends Meet Parenting Problems
Family travel looks different these days than it used to. Today’s parents were raised in a slower time. Most families planned one or two trips a year, which were usually taken during school holidays, and in our case, in the family travel trailer. While there are still families that really don’t like to leave home
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Support Call 6-1-18
This Call Covers:
- Slowly implementing TSG
- Stoping Back-talking/implementing the Rule of Three
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Support Call 5-16-18
This Call Covers:
- creating a discussion-based home environment
- teaching gratitude
- correcting lying/negative attention seeking
- figuring out when to use the rule of three
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Support Call 5-26-18
This Call Covers:
- helping children with ADHD stay on task
- dealing with extra chores while on vacation
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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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Support Call 2-23-18
This Call Covers:
- Giving children allowances
- Dealing with young children’s behavior in a growing family
- How to help a power-struggling child
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Support Call 2-9-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping a child who chooses violence instead of accepting a consequence/no answer
- Promoting focus in young children, especially those with mental impairments
- Recommended books for familes
- TSG with really young children
- Teaching young boys about the proper use of violence and force.
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Support Call 1-26-18
This Call Covers:
- What to do when a friend’s family completely disrespects you in your own home.
- Helping out a stubborn child
- Dealing with laundry problems
- A computer addiction in a child
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Always Stay Consistent with Consequences Earned
“Yesterday my 8 year old was grumpy when asked to do something, so he earned a negative consequence. I asked him to choose a job from the job jar.I explained that the job would help him change his heart.He then got very cheerful and said he was sorry for being grumpy… and wanted to be allowed to not do the job because he had changed (after all, he reasoned, the attitude was the reason for the extra job).
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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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Support Call 1-12-18
This Call Covers:
- Teaching children not to be judgemental
- Dealing with anger management issues
- Helping you maintain your patience when you’re running thin
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Support Call 1-5-18
This Call Covers:
- Learning Self-Government in a oppositional environment
- Discerning if someone is actually calm
- Dealing with an adolecent media addiction
- ADHD and routines
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Support Call 12-22-17
This Call Covers:
- How to help children who are compulsive liars
- Ways to show compassion without coddling your children
- Dealing with anxiety in small children
- Helping a child overcome swearing and backtalk
- Fun Games for the whole family!
- Dealing with calm down spot infractions/staying calm yourself
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Support Call 12-15-17
This Call Covers:
- What a TSG bedtime looks like
- When is it ok to micromanage?
- Helping children with potty training
- Using the modified rule of three
- Disciplining yourself during pregnancy
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Support Call 11-17-17
This Call Covers:
- Helping strong willed children accept self government
- Helping children not give in to peer pressure
- Correcting immodest dress in your home
- Correcting crying in small children
- Getting a spouse on board with TSG
- Helping Children be more focused
- Increasing self worth in children
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