Support Call 5-16-18
This Call Covers:
- creating a discussion-based home environment
- teaching gratitude
- correcting lying/negative attention seeking
- figuring out when to use the rule of three
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Structure
Treasure the Little Ones
As I rounded the corner of a shopping isle at a local grocery store, I heard crying. Through tears a young girl, about 8 years old, said, “Tell me what it is Mom. Tell me what this is.” The moment I turned into this isle, the mother was in the middle of yelling, “Shut up
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What a Mother Wants Most!
It’s often said that “a mother’s work is never done.” There are multiple ways to see this sentiment. Either Mother never does her work, or Mother always has a task that needs doing, or perhaps that Mother is a mother no matter the age of her children. The first interpretation gives a negative and lazy
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The Battle Hymn of a Just Parent
“I like Dad better than Mom,” I said to my younger brother one sunny afternoon while sitting on the back of our rusty old Suburban. The moment I said that I knew that just a few weeks prior I was telling him that I liked Mom better than Dad. I knew I had changed my
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How Many Times Do We Have to Talk About the Phone?
No matter the amount of technology that’s developed to filter devices in order to keep children from viewing objectionable material, the mental, physical and spiritual risks of digital devices facing children have never been greater. Note: In this article I’m using the word “phone” liberally to mean all digital devices that are in regular use
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Families Of Light
“Mommy, what makes the moon shine?”askedmy six-year-old daughter, Londyn. “The moon reflects the light of the sun,” I responded. After a brief discussion about the moon and the sun, I realized that her question was really profound. Innocence almost always finds truth.I’m grateful for that.The moon reflects the light from the sun. It never turns its back on the sun either.It always faces it.The moon loses light when things get in the way, like the earth.The moon has the power to control the tides on the earth; the very thing that gets in the way.
Support Call 3-13-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping younger children understand the TSG skills
- Dealing with children after daycare
- Helping a child to reconnect with the family
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Support Call 3-21-18
This Call Covers:
- dealing with cousins with different values
- helping a child who is prone to lots of touching
- giving reasons for corrections
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Trade Time for Anger: Find Calmness and Patience
“You never can tell with bees,” said A.A. Milne’s cherished character Winne-the-Pooh. This was Pooh Bear’s naive way of saying he didn’t understand why bees did the things they did. He made his best guesses, but he always seemed to guess wrong and find himself in a prickled gorse bush — instead of feasting on
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Support Call 2-23-18
This Call Covers:
- Giving children allowances
- Dealing with young children’s behavior in a growing family
- How to help a power-struggling child
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Support Call 2-16-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping someone parent children with autism/aspergers
- Determining if a child should play at another friend’s house
- Being consistent in the TSG implementation
- Do you have to know everything before you implement?
- Keeping a good tone all the time
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6 Tips for Making the Most of Your Car Time Together
Despite the fact that my parents worked very hard to provide for their growing family, some experiences were memorable in an uncomfortable way. I’ll never forget driving through Death Valley during the summer. It was 105 degrees in the middle of the night. We did our best to keep us all from roasting to death
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Support Call 1-26-18
This Call Covers:
- What to do when a friend’s family completely disrespects you in your own home.
- Helping out a stubborn child
- Dealing with laundry problems
- A computer addiction in a child
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Support Call 1-19-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping out with parent calmness
- Does TSG promote abuse and vulnerability?
- Dealing with lying children who threaten to run away
- Helping a child who is prone to breaking things
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Stopping Conflicts Before They Start
A friend of mine asked me what she could do for her teenage exchange student. This student was in the middle of a multiple, day-long teenage tantrum. The mother had told her exchange student that she couldn’t attend a sleepover because the family doesn’t do sleepovers. The teenage exchange student, in turn, became very emotional
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Support Call 1-5-18
This Call Covers:
- Learning Self-Government in a oppositional environment
- Discerning if someone is actually calm
- Dealing with an adolecent media addiction
- ADHD and routines
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Grandparent Power for a Better Society
Over the years I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Disney. To be completely honest, recently I’ve been leaning more toward the hate side. That was until I saw the Disney movie “Cars 3.” On the surface, this movie looks like a typical Disney movie where the hero has to overcome a large obstacle to be
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Support Call 12-29-17
This Call Covers:
- How to create a solid and wholesome family culture
- Some questions about children’s behavior during extra chore time
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Support Call 12-22-17
This Call Covers:
- How to help children who are compulsive liars
- Ways to show compassion without coddling your children
- Dealing with anxiety in small children
- Helping a child overcome swearing and backtalk
- Fun Games for the whole family!
- Dealing with calm down spot infractions/staying calm yourself
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Support Call 12-15-17
This Call Covers:
- What a TSG bedtime looks like
- When is it ok to micromanage?
- Helping children with potty training
- Using the modified rule of three
- Disciplining yourself during pregnancy
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