Becoming an adult requires doing adult things, and learning adult skills for daily living and communication. Planning a party is a great way to do all three of these things. Recently, my children planned parties. See what they did and learned here.
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Why does everyone think they are bad at math? It’s like an epidemic in our country. Just saying the word math can make some people get anxiety. I have to admit I was raised hating math too. Let me clarify. I loved thinking, but I hated memorizing formulas and procedures. I didn’t see the point.
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Generally, most parents want their children to have good social skills. They want them to be well liked and to be kind, respectful communicators. Unfortunately, some of these very well-meaning parents might actually be destroying the child’s ability to become this kind, respectful and socially mature person, and they don’t even know they are doing it.
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I am a picky parent. I deliberately decide what my children will see and won’t see while they are young. The reason me and my husband have decided to take special precautions to keep our children’s minds safe is because seeing even one wrong image can have a huge impact on the mind of a child.
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I have a special message just for you Support Group members. Listen to this short audio class about three ways you can practice having more gratitude in your life.
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“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” (Cynthia Ozick) When I was nine years old I had a terrible bicycle accident and broke my back in five places and fractured my skull. It is a miracle that I have been able to live a relatively normal life. However, through
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“Nicholeen, what do you think about spanking? Can it ever be okay? When I was a child in the early 1900s everyone was spanking. My mother always did it out of love. We never questioned her love for one minute. She was a great parent and when we were naughty, we knew we deserved it.
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“Exculsive Audio” mini class on how to do the Rule of Three effectively and on how to show mercy when the child has shown a change of heart.
This great question was asked on the TSG Support Group Facebook Forum.
By Nicholas Pond Are you teaching your child to play the “grade game”? If you are…you’re not alone. Everyone in the educational institutions from the principal, to the teachers, to the students themselves have been doing the same thing…teaching your child to play the “grade game”. While grades are important as a rule, they should
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[Support Group GEM] People have different views about allowance. Some parents think thatchildren have to have allowance to learn how to manage money. Others think that allowanceteaches children to be lazy and expect handouts. People often ask me how our family teaches ourchildren about money and if we do allowance.
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To create a rock-hard family, we must first understand the terms involved. What does it mean to be rock hard? The adjectives solid, firm and impenetrable come to mind. If we can create a bond between the members of our family that fits this description, we will have created a family that is impenetrable to
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During this time of year, one of my favorite things to do is to harvest all the produce that I grow on my half-acre of land.But why is harvesting and canning so important?
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https://vimeo.com/ondemand/tsghomeschool Ever since the BBC show came out and people recognized that I homeschool my children, I have been flooded with requests to talk about what I do at my home, and how to homeschool. I have made some audio shorts in the past talking about some of the things I do to homeschool my
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I have a few poems that are my all time favorites. This is one of them. It reminds me that to have courage when I need it most I must already have it within me. I must nurture my courage each day as I step out of my comfort zone and do hard thing after hard thing.
Families all over the world recently gathered around their computers to see how to have a great family night. This video is fun for all ages. Could the “cure for the common cold-hearted world” be as simple as having weekly family night activities and laughing and loving as a family? For many years family experts
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Support Group [weekly GEM] Songs are powerful. They can change the mood in a room, and can change hearts. Of course the wrong kind of music can change the feeling in a room or heart for the worse, but uplifting music with a true message easily makes people and environments feel comfortable. My children aren’t
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This is the best family idea we have had in a long time!
Do Your Family History in One Minute A Day And Change The Lives of Your Family Forever! Read More »
When I was a little girl my mother told me about her youth. She explained that parents didn’t talk with kids about certain subjects. Parents stayed away from subjects like money and sex as a general rule until a child reached older ages. But, parents did talk about behaviors. They saw when a child did
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There are times for all of us when we “hit walls.” These walls can be tough.Walls are really big and really heavy. To break one requires certain things. But, it is possible tobreak these walls. To do so, you need certain things. What does it look like to break a wall? And how does it relate to parenting?
What is a teacher or parent to do when they have a group of troublesome toddlers or cheeky children? They don’t stay in their chairs, they crawl all over the carpet when they are supposed to be listening to a lesson, they talk out of turn and to each other, they don’t participate, and they
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