Family traditions instill personal and family identity and bind families together throughout their many phases of growth and change. After children and grandchildren are grown and gone off to live their adult lives, the traditions remain as reminders of the sweetness of home and family, what is most important in life, and who they really […]
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Helping parents set acceptable tolerance levels with their children
Is the Peck family really all that bad?
Helping parents figure out acceptable major maintenances
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“Do you see those sweet sisters over there? They inspire me. They couldn’t be more different, but they also couldn’t be more full of love toward each other than they are,” a friend of mine pointed out to me one day about two ladies who were her good friends. She went on to explain, “One
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Distinguishing between feeling bad and manipulation in children
How to correct children who forget
Children who don’t follow instructions
Stopping children from playing the system with the rule of three
Nicholeen’s reccomended rehab book list
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Helping small children deal with separation anxiety
Passive-Agressive out of control children
Learning to love children who won’t show love back
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After responding to the woman who teaches Primary at church with my initial, general tips on how to use self-government principles in the classroom she wrote me back the following:
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Teaching children about modesty and public boundaries
Preventing sneaking onto devices and sneaking out
Helping children who are destructive
Children who call others names
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Back in 2008 I received a letter from a woman that teaches a class every Sunday at church. She was having difficulty managing the behavior of the children in her class (or rather, the children were having difficulty managing their own behavior!). She wrote…
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Teenage children who refuse to be part of the TSG system
Children who are confused on their role in the family
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Keeping the family motivated and productive throughout the school year
Developmental changes in teenagers and how to prevent selfishness
Potty training multiple children at once
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Children aren’t perfect, and neither are parents. However, parenting isn’t about being perfect. And, there’s no such thing as a perfect child. Of course, perfection isn’t the goal of my parenting anyway. My goal has always been to create joyful adults. Joyful adults are those that know what their mission in life is and they’re
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Manipulation from younger children and how to stop it
Controlling a completely out of control child
Helping a child who is constantly going through the Rule of 3
Parenting a compulsively defiant child
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“I hate that I’ve been mean to my children before,” confessed a father I was speaking to recently. Instead of calmly handling difficult situations, this father had become frustrated a few times and lost his temper with his children. His voice tone and body were humble as he confessed this. He wasn’t making excuses for
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Children not accepting a consequence
Preventing talking back
Keeping an orderly class at church
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Historically, as young people approached the age of 18, they would start to spread their wings and transition into adulthood by stepping outside of their comfort zones. Sadly, times have changed. Today, many teens are feeling increasingly more inadequate to attempt adult tasks. In fact, they often don’t even feel comfortable talking to adults. In
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Helping a child plan for the future when they don’t seem to care
Self-government and young children
Lack of self-government in teens
How to become a TSG mentor
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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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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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Dealing with dogs
Hyperactive children
Teenagers growing up
Doing the four basic skills
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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.