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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Respect
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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Support Call 3-21-19
This Call Covers:
Leaving children on their own
Talking about sex with children
Helping children with their chores.
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Support Call 3-15-19
This Call Covers:
Correcting “Calm Defiance”
Having meaningful conversations with teenagers
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Support Call 3-7-19
This Call Covers:
Helping children overcome video game addiction
Stopping negativity in children
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A Whole Selfish Family
A week ago, I was standing in the kitchen canning peaches, and my whole family atmosphere fell apart all around me in a matter of five minutes.
My son was asked by his father to help with something in the back yard. My son didn’t want to do it, so he decided to have an attitude problem about it. My husband was stressed, and chose to get upset, instead of teach to the situation correctly. (We all have our moments of weakness from time to time.)
My daughter was supposed to be cleaning her room, and was playing her piano instead. She had lost focus. (She is ten, this happens sometime
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Healthy Independence vs. Rebellion
Many parents of teen- or pre-teen-aged youth are confused about whether teenage rebellion is an attitude problem or whether the child is displaying healthy independence. When attitude problems seem like rebellion, parents wonder if rebellion is natural or simply a modern social construct that societies now think is developmentally normal. Rebellion is as old as
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Support Call 3-1-19
This Call Covers:
Helping teenagers buy into TSG
Preventing runaways
Correcting destructive behaviors
The real point of correcting children
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Support Call 2-15-19
This Call Covers:
Helping silly children who “take it too far”
Creating a Family Vision in hard times
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The Children Want to Know Why…
I once received a note from a reader about her 14-year-old son who was quite the thinker. He always wanted to know “Why?” about everything, which is wonderful, but it was leading to problems respecting authority.
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Support Call 2-1-19
This Call Covers:
Helping children calm down quickly
Correcting out of instructional control behavior
Stopping blaming
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Support Call 1-25-19
This Call Covers:
Finding the right homeschool curriculum
Helping children not to fight during family meeting
Fun activities with kids
Young Child craft ideas
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4 Rules to Remember for When They Try to Correct You
“Is it okay for children to correct their parents?” I often get asked by parents who are hoping to be just in their parenting. My answer to them is, “Well, that all depends how and when it’s done. There is a right way and a wrong way to correct children, and for children to correct
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Support Call 1-11-18
This Call Covers:
Teaching children to be self-governed while using technology.
Giving children the opportunity the opportunity to earn money and buy their own things.
Helping children resolve their own conflicts
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Support Call 1-4-19
This Call Covers:
helping children stay calm and avoid attention seeking behaviors
Helping your spouse be consistent with implementation to help the children progress
Teaching children to play.
The proper way to make decisions for your children.
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Support Call 12-21-18
This Call Covers:
Helping children to overcome emotional impulses.
Teaching young children to focus.
Correcting children who aren’t calm.
helping children who aren’t sure they want to spiritually be part of the family.
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Charitable Parenting
Even though the mistakes our children make are glaring us in the face, we also know that each of our children has certain attributes that make them wonderful, individual, and precious to us. Charitable parents focus more on those good, productive attributes than on the negative mistakes their children make daily. Each week I answer
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Support Call 12-14-18
This Call Covers:
Helping a spouse get motivated to do TSG
Getting children to focus with the family
Teaching children to disagree appropriately about what they want
Finding good gifts for children
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Support Call 12-7-18
This Call Covers:
Dealing with in-laws as adults.
Creating family traditions
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