Index: Relationships

During this time of year when there are lists of things to do and places to go, don’t forget this one simple truth: people are more important than things. People are worth more of our focus than lists. We may think that the lists of things make the holiday perfect for the people, but that isn’t true. While it is… Read more »

One thing that fails first on low energy days is parenting consistency. Parents start not seeing or correcting mistakes because they are distracted by their low energy.… Read more »

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 growing and Janae’s confidence getting… Read more »

“Love begins at home.” – Mother Teresa I absolutely love this quote for its power and simplicity. A child’s first lessons in love are in the home. They will base all other relationships throughout their lives on the quality of love they received from their parents and siblings. From their experiences at home, they will come to expect love to… Read more »

Nicholeen, “I’ve been to a couple of Love and Logic classes. While l love the information about the brain, using love and natural consequences, I really struggle to implement the principles in the heat of the moment. Here’s an excerpt from one of the articles on their website, I wondered what you thought given the skills you teach. 🙂 Kaisie… Read more »

This comment was made by a blogger. My comments arebelow. “Our family has serious lack of enjoyment issues. I think we just don’t know how to have fun because we are afraid to spend any money on frivolousness when we have debts to pay, and we have not done anything for so long, we don’t know what to do to… Read more »

One morning I woke up with this list of things to do that day on my mind.Ok, I didn’t plan on one of my children throwing up, but the rest was planned.Before I even got my swimsuit on to leave for the pool, I felt this tight feeling in my chest and my head started to ache.I tried taking some… Read more »

Overcoming the Expectation Trap “What are expectations?” Are they good or bad? An expectaion is an ideal which we superimpose on reality. This class in about how expectations go wrong, and how they go right. https://s3.amazonaws.com/1-SupportCalls/2017/07July/TSG_SC_7-28-17_ExpectationTrapClass.mp3 Support Group: Finding Your Effective Voice Tone People always ask me how they can change their voice tone. Well, since I had to figure… Read more »

Understanding and Improving Family Activities https://s3.amazonaws.com/Implementationstepsaudio/01+Understanding+and+Improving+Family+Activities-.mp3 This 43 minute class talks about how to make your family activities more meaningful and how to use them to create a tone shift in your home. Audio Gem: Holiday Traditions This week’s Gem is on remembering the most important thing during the holidays or any time of the year – the relationships. My favorite quote from… Read more »

This is the time of year the focus of the world is on education and preparing our children to learn and grow toward success. We enroll the children in classes, schools, programs and activities in hopes they will get an education to prepare them for the future. Is our current educational plan adequate for the future our children will face?… Read more »

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. These brains create great innovations in… Read more »

“You have blessed our lives and our families so much.” “Thank you so much for coming to teach us! You have to come back. Kenya is a big place. We need more teachings like this.” “I have to admit that I never thought anything good ever comes from America. You have proven me wrong. This is good and I am… Read more »