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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Pre-Teach
Love of Instructions and Reproof
Janae and Trisha both have a 12-year-old son who has a habit of being defiant. Each woman struggles with having the confidence to help her son change his behaviors during his outbursts. So why is Trisha’s son making so much more progress on staying calm and listening to her than Janae’s? Why is Trisha’s confidence
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Support Call 8-24-18
This Call Covers:
- Dealing with custody-related parenting problems
- Rule of three and young children
- Preventing parental manipulation of children
- Does TSG make kids worse?
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Support Call 8-24-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping children who are prone to destruction
- Correcting moody teenagers
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They’re Caught in the Moral Middle
Today’s children are caught in the middle of multiple moral battle zones. You could even say that children’s moral battles are divorcing them from their parents. One of the most common characteristics of a child with divorced parents is that the child feels pulled between the parents’ different values and lifestyles. It’s common for husbands
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Support Call 7-20-18
This Call Covers:
- How to do road trip corrections
- Dealing with other adults who are mad at your child
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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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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 6-15-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping children be gentle with other children
- TSG for adult children
- Proper application of the rule of three
- Helping children accept their own no answers
- Helping children with a sugar addiction
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What Will You Sacrifice?
Sacrifice is vital for happiness. Most people think the word “sacrifice” is bad and sounds like a hardship, not a joyful journey. Happiness sounds much better! But without giving up some of our indulgences, excuses and time wasters, it’s difficult to accomplish the things that bring the most happiness, like fulfilling our roles as parents
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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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Treasure the Little Ones
As I rounded the corner of a shopping isle at a local grocery store, I heard crying. Through tears a young girl, about 8 years old, said, “Tell me what it is Mom. Tell me what this is.” The moment I turned into this isle, the mother was in the middle of yelling, “Shut up
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Support Call 5-4-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping children become less critical of others
- Stopping children from becoming voilent
- Keeping children on task who struggle with focusing
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Support Call 4-27-18
This Call Covers:
- Dealing with other adults who want to correct your children
- Helping children overcome perfectionism
- Stopping manipulation on time out
- Being assertive as parents
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Support Call 4-21-18
This Call Covers:
- Potty training issues
- Helping children use self-government with each other.
- Calming techniques
- Dealing with the gay issues at church.
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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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How Many Times Do We Have to Talk About the Phone?
No matter the amount of technology that’s developed to filter devices in order to keep children from viewing objectionable material, the mental, physical and spiritual risks of digital devices facing children have never been greater. Note: In this article I’m using the word “phone” liberally to mean all digital devices that are in regular use
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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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