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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A parents role in musical instrument learning.
Finding a balance between immediately and with haste.
What to do when a child walks away during an instruction.
healing relationships with my adult siblings after an argument.
How to teach “Understanding the Times”.
Support call 9-29-21 Read More »
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Engaging in power struggles.
How to address a selfishness problem.
How to do a frailly vision when husband is not interested.
Child being called names.
Parents being intimidated by youth.
Support call 9-22-21 Read More »
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Article about entitled children.
Going from one parent to the other.
Dealing with difficult people in authority.
Math in homeschool.
How to tell a child you’re getting rid of a pet.
Child becoming distant because of new ideas.
My child not wanting to visit specific person.
Support call 9-15-21 Read More »
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Group dating, and talking to the other gender when young.
Potty training, and child not caring when being corrected.
Making house rules. can kids have different rules than parents?
How to get a home schooler into collage.
working on bonding.
Working on self esteem.
Support call 9-9-21 Read More »
An online school teacher was recently giving me the highlights of his career. He proudly told me that his favorite part of his job was that he gets to teach children discernment. I could see how this would be exciting for him but was also instantly concerned. A series of “what if” questions came to
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Kids having a heard heart during corrections.
Not wanting to give child money for school we don’t like the values of.
3 year old having trouble with role play.
What a fragile person looks like and how to handle it.
Spanish second edition of house United.
Doing TSG with friends.
Young children not wanting to leave moms side.
Fragile husband affecting daughters fragileness.
Support call 8-25-21 Read More »
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Kids testing the system and earning lot of chores.
Balancing friend time.
Child “not caring” if they earn chores and being oppositional.
Question about whining and craziness before bed.
Helping children calm down from big emotions.
24 hours loss of privilege’s seems overwhelming to my son.
Not wanting to do the rule of three because son is always doing it.
After calming down in the calm down spot son makes excuses why we was not calm.
Girls having arguments about sharing a room.
Question about personal healing.
Children attending seminary.
Encouraging husband to be kind to the children.
Support call 8-18-21 Read More »
“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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My views have changed. During my teen and young adult years, I thought that women needed to do everything men did, and women did, in order to be strong. But, now that I have seen every dimension of womanhood firsthand, I see that my views of women and myself lacked depth and understanding when I
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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 »
Two to three times per day, my 17-year-old son spontaneously comes up to me as I’m coming down the hall or when I’m standing in the kitchen, and wraps his arms around me and gives me a tender, loving hug. “Oh, Mom…I love you,” he says. These hugs are some of the highlights of my
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Structuring you summer.
Classic books that are about lying/honestly
Consequences for hitting siblings.
Thoughts on potty training.
Encouraging child with SODAS.
Manipulative son changing subject when correcting.
Adult child’s beliefs are different from the rest of the family.
Children all needing mom at the same time and not using their words.
Ideas for mommy daughter time and refining language.
Support call 6-30-21 Read More »
Parents and school administrators have requested that I make a short, free curriculum that parents can use to help their children navigate some of the social issues children are often forced to encounter at young ages. This curriculum is basic but deep, and it’s a principle-based lesson plan to help parents prepare their children to
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Advise for a child that seems to be choosing the opposite of what was taught.
Earning back privilege’s.
Help with step children.
Reinforcing no privilege’s during rule of three.
Child making plans with friend without talking to parent.
Video game time.
One child keeps her side of the room super dirty.
Helping child have a change of heart.
Bedtime for different ages.
Negative attention seeking in car.
Watching too much TV.
Child refusing to chare her work.
Support call 6-16-21 Read More »
The subject of anxiety can be confusing. Anxiety seems to be part of everyday conversation these days. I’ve heard some people shake their heads and call anxiety a “contagious, modern epidemic,” and yet I’ve seen many real, intense anxiety attacks that leave people worn out and hopeless. Some people say that anxiety is something a
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Building trust with a child that lies.
managing expectations.
picky eaters.
husband turning the TV on every night after work.
being more assertive in correcting.
helping child understand why calmness in important.
instructions during car rides.
siblings correcting each other.
son expressing concern about his tutor not being calm.
Support call 6-2-21 Read More »
“Look Mom, this water bottle has a description. The water is described as ‘mouth-watering water,” said Porter with a chuckle. “This water calls itself smart, but I’m not sure that description seems very smart,” he added. This was too much for me. I completely broke down into a laughing attack over this ridiculous notion that
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How to improve family relationships.
not having a manly/cool laugh.
“going off course”
feeling burnt out with homeschool.
boundaries at an ex-husbands house.
children wanting to do things with friends but i don’t trust them.
praising help.
keeping children focused during family work time.
child bossing parent around.
setting boundaries with other adults.
Support call 5-26-21 Read More »
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Child not accepting no and hitting.
Disagreeing appropriately everyday to stay in bed.
Child spending to much time on the computer.
Homeschool in the summer.
motivating children to stay calm.
how to help with love of learning phase when children are in public school.
child came out as gay and in undermining our family system.
child been out of control for 4 days.
Support call 5-12-21 Read More »