Support Call 6-26-19
This Call Covers:
Dishonest Children
Anxiety in small children
Self-image and Self-worth struggles in teenagers
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Relationships
Support Call 6-20-19
This Call Covers:
Anxious children and extra chores
Maintaining a calm and loving tone even hard situations
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Support Call 6-12-19
This call includes:
-A mother’s concerns about her son’s self-worth and self-bullying behavior
-Grandmother is living in the home and is undermining and judging the TSG system the mother has established
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The Data About Dads and Child Self-Confidence
“Go long Porter!” said Dad to his 15-year-old son as they played Frisbee in the circle in front of our home. Dad and Porter throw Frisbees regularly in the evening. Am I mad that my husband is playing games with his son instead of helping me with the dinner preparation? No way! That play time
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Support Call 6-7-19
This Call Covers:
Helping children adapt to the college experience
Improving self esteem in teenagers
Emotionally reactive children
Loss of privliges and the rule of three
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Support Call 5-31-19
This Call Covers:
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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From “Just a Mom” to Being Showcased on a BBC Program
When I first decided to leave my high-paying career to stay home with my toddler son and daughter, I had to remind myself that I was picking the greater good. I was in the funeral industry and was really needed at an important time in people’s lives: the death of a loved one. I felt
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Support Call 5-24-19
This Call Covers:
Teaching proper emotional expression to children
Four basic skills instruction
Rule of three for strong willed children
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Support Call 5-17-19
This Call Covers:
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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Support Call 5-10-19
This Call Covers:
TSG and Depression
ADHD and following instructions
Helping children who refuse to get calm
Strong willed children
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What Your Mother Really Wants
Recently, while texting with my oldest son, he asked, “Hey, what do you want for Mother’s Day?” I shouldn’t really admit that I don’t like those kinds of questions, but the truth is I don’t. Maybe it’s because my love language isn’t gifts, or maybe it’s because I never know what to say. The most
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Support Call 5-3-19
This Call Covers:
Preventing excessive consequences
Going out of instructional control during the 24 hour loss of privliges
Teaching children to play independently
Children who don’t like praise
Bedtime restlessness
Helping children who are hoarders
Teaching positivity to younger children
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Support Call 4-25-19
This Call Covers:
Dealing with dogs
Hyperactive children
Teenagers growing up
Doing the four basic skills
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Lazy Chore Cure
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.
Support Call 4-19-19
This Call Covers:
Helping children who are indecicive
Making traditions about holidays
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Sibling Squabbles
Two sisters, Becky and Sara, didn’t always get along.On the day Sara got baptized, Becky approached her older sister and said, “I think it’s stupid you got baptized.”
Support Call 4-11-19
This Call Covers:
Some thoughts on marraige
Children and therapy animals
Helping small children with homeschooling
Betime intructions
ADHD and diets
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Shepherding the Children
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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Support Call 4-5-19
This Call Covers:
Using stories to teach the four basic skills
Teaching boundaries
Navigating difficult social circles
Helping a child with Reactve Attachment Disorder
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Motivation problems
A woman once asked me how to motivate her 18-year-old daughter to follow instructions and work more.Her daughter found following instruction insulting, and rewards or punishments like SODAS or TV time weren’t effective. The mom didn’t know any consequences or rewards that would motivate her daughter.
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