Posted on April 3, 2012
When you browse through our website, you will notice the emphasis on the phrase “communication habits.” Although “communication skills” is a more commonly used term, we felt that when it comes to kids and parenting, our goal is to build lasting communication “habits.” Here’s the difference: While a “skill” is the ability to do something well, a “habit” is a practice that is repeated until it becomes almost involuntary or natural. “Habit” is related to the word “habitat,” which means…
Posted on March 31, 2012
In this edition of Parentology 101: A short video to help parents reflect upon the difference between “communication habits” and “communication skills” ! Next week, our Parentologists will delve a bit deeper into how these concepts apply to your kids and how you parent them. Check it out, and as always, let us know what you think! We want to hear your feedback so we can get better for YOU!
Posted on March 24, 2012
Parentology 101: “Your Family’s Net-Worth” What can YOU, as parents, do to increase your family’s net-worth? » The strength of connections, or the family network, and how well we communi…….oh wait! What are we doing?? We know you want to know more so, instead of reading, check out this short video to get a better idea of this simple, yet evolutionary, concept!
Posted on March 16, 2012
Welcome to Parentology 101: This video series is meant to provide YOU, the parent, with quick tips that cover a plethora of parent/kid-related topics! Don’t have time to read our in-depth blog posts? Believe us, we definitely understand that! (We’re moms too!) Need something short and sweet? That’s exactly what the “Parentology 101” series is here for. Featured every Friday, these short videos are aimed at providing you, the parents, with helpful, mini-bursts of TOG wisdom that you can whip out…
Posted on February 4, 2012
Subject: Nitasha K. – Age: 12 Situation at hand: Disagreement over which middle school to go to. Object of attack: Me — the mother — the receiver of all fired missiles at home base! Nitasha insisted that that we support her decision of going to the local middle school where ALL (but one) of her friends were heading to after matriculation from elementary school. The truth is…it was not her decision anymore! We had tried to reason with her, taken…
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