Support Call 6-6-18
This Call Covers:
- Potty training for hard children
- Stopping swearing
- Figuring out the next steps for your family
- How to stay consistent
- Helping siblings get along
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What Will You Sacrifice?
Sacrifice is vital for happiness. Most people think the word “sacrifice” is bad and sounds like a hardship, not a joyful journey. Happiness sounds much better! But without giving up some of our indulgences, excuses and time wasters, it’s difficult to accomplish the things that bring the most happiness, like fulfilling our roles as parents
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Support Call 6-1-18
This Call Covers:
- Slowly implementing TSG
- Stoping Back-talking/implementing the Rule of Three
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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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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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Respecting Property
Some 10 years ago, my four-year-old son was standing on the back porchone afternoon,talkingto his sister.They weretrying to make each other laugh by doing funny things.This is a common game with the two of them.All of the sudden I heard a loud BANG on thewindow located right nextto the porch.I ran to the door and saw my four year old standing there holding a garden shovel, smiling and laughing with his sister.
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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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Support Call 5-4-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping children become less critical of others
- Stopping children from becoming voilent
- Keeping children on task who struggle with focusing
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Staying Focused on Correct Parenting Principles
I remember one day talking with a dear friendabout parenting.She told me that for about a monthshe was doing so good with the Teaching Self-Government principles in her home.She said she really saw results whenever she remembered the principles and used them.Then she said that her family went on a trip for a week.On the way home from the trip, she stopped using the Teaching Self-Government principles.She said that for some reason she just went back to her old, inefficient way of running things at home.
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Support Call 4-27-18
This Call Covers:
- Dealing with other adults who want to correct your children
- Helping children overcome perfectionism
- Stopping manipulation on time out
- Being assertive as parents
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Support Call 4-21-18
This Call Covers:
- Potty training issues
- Helping children use self-government with each other.
- Calming techniques
- Dealing with the gay issues at church.
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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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Support Call 4-13-18
This Call Covers:
- Talking with teenagers who don’t want to talk
- Helping children not manipulate while on time out
- Sleep training with young children
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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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Support Call 3-30-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping a young child with a computer addiciton
- Rebuilding a relationship with a rebellious teen
- How to truly master the TSG skills
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3 Ways to Foster Unity in a Contentious World
I participated in a recent demonstration at the United Nations to oppose the sexualization of children by UN agencies. These agencies are supposed to protect children. Right in the middle of my speech, a woman opposed to my views stuck a piece of paper in front of my face. The contentious act by this woman,
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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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Thanks to Pre-Teaching, Melanie Sees the Future
Years ago I was participating in a sewing activity at my church. Many women had gathered at the church with their sewing machines. At this activity, there was a four-year-old girl that kept touching the knobs on the sewing machines. Her mother tried to keep her in control and punished her by putting her into time-out when she touched the machines. She didn’t stop trying to touch the machines —even though this girl was punished each time .
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Voice Tone: How Do You Sound?
Dear Nicholeen,I attended your seminar in Bountiful.I certainly had many other choices about how to use that time and I am very glad that I chose to come.I glanced at your blog the day before and because of that I took the time to speak with and hug my upset daughter before leaving, even when I thought I was already running late.I didn’t miss a thing and I was so glad that I took time for her.
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Support Call 3-2-18
This Call Covers:
- Helping husbands develop more self government skills
- How to help children not power struggle while disagreeing appropriately
- Dealing with bullies
- Stoping children who struggle with being violent
- Restitution and correction of stealing
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