Support Call 9-25-19
This Call Covers:
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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Skills
Can I Use TSG with Someone Else’s Child? – Part 1
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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Support Call 9-18-19
This Call Covers:
In detail explanation of he rule of three
Children who say really alarming things
Helping children to adjust to a divorce
Young children and stress
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Family Meeting Tips
Remember your family meetings! Family meetings are the core of Teaching Self-Government. If you have weekly family meetings, the whole family will stay focused on their family government. See what happens when you miss a few weeks, it’s noticeable. In my home it’s especially noticeable with Dad. He has less patience and focus as a parent when we miss our family meetings.
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Support Call 9-11-19
This Call Covers:
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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Who Wants Realistic?
When one of our foster daughters lived with us years ago, she did something that the others hadn’t done. She spent the first few weeks very intently watching me. She watched the way I kept house, the way I parented my children, the time I spent reading scriptures and good books, etc.
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Support Call 9-4-19
This Call Covers:
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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Not Perfect, But Definitely Exact
Perfection in parenting is nearly impossible to measure. God, the Perfect Parent, sets the perfect example. But we will always fall short because our attitudes, desires and intentions are not always as perfect as His. However, one of the many lessons from our perfect Godly Parent that we can focus on perfecting is our exactness.
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“I don’t remember…”
Many years ago, my four-year-old son awoke me one morning and said, “Mom, I don’t remember what home looks like, but I do remember what you look like.”
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Support Call 8-21-19
This Call Covers:
Unifying a family in a new marriage
Helping young children who lie
Teaching self-government to teenagers
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Support Call 8-14-19
This Call Covers:
Development in young children
Processing between men and women
Helping children wake up better
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Parenting with Grace
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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The 9-Year-Old Dawdler Dilemma
I’m in need of some help with my nine-year-old son. He is a major dawdler, and always has been. I am a very efficient person and try to get things done as quickly as possible. See the conflict already? It takes gobs of time for him to do simple things like get dressed, brush teeth, eat breakfast, read his books, and other things that are very simple. He’ll start the task, but then literally just start walking around the house in circles, just doing nothing in particular except dawdling.
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Support Call 7-31-19
This Call Covers:
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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Hope: Facing Toward Self-Government
“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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Parenting Programs: Is There a Quick Fix?
If I planted a corn kernel in February, would I be disappointed when it didn’t turn into a large plant that same afternoon? Certainly not! Instead, I would get excited about the plant’s development as I waited for it to grow.
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Support Call 7-24-19
This Call Covers:
Kids who won’t go to bed on their own/Bedtime behaviors
Helping older children calm down.
Young children with lots of energy
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Support Call 7-17-19
This Call Covers:
Children not accepting a consequence
Preventing talking back
Keeping an orderly class at church
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Support Call 7-10-19
This Call Covers:
Handling multiple out of control children
Correcting children in the car
Helping siblings that don’t get along
Stopping interupting
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Teen-Culture and the Land of Make Believe
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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