Teaching Tip: Student Should Hold the Item

Seems like I’ve been talking a lot about KNIVES lately. So, I might as well talk about this picture. It was taken at the same time as the photos from yesterday’s post. (see same outfit) We are all getting ready for a partay at our home – a party for the youth. When it’s over,…

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Snapshot: The FRUIT of Your Training

I’ve been sharing photos from the past, showing you HOW we TRAINED AHEAD when the kids were YOUNG. (if your kids are not so “young” right now, it’s NOT too late..start now.) Would you like to see the FRUIT of  TRAINING? . I hope this gives you a VISION of what YOUR children can do. Stay true to…

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Kids Unloading the DIshwasher.. and the KNIVES?

I’ve been writing about TRAINING AHEAD – meaning training your child BEFORE they are expected to do something. This involves YOU teaching them by talking in a calm adult voice (not baby-talk), at their eye level, with clear communication, and letting THEM HOLD whatever ITEM there is so that they are DOING whatever thing you are…

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High Chair Training: It’s Called R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Even children at the “high chair age” can be taught to show RESPECT. Yes, Respect… Communicating their needs with respect. Eating with manners  – by not throwing food, continually dropping their sippy cup onto the floor over and over, watching you pick it up  time and time again, without realizing that YOU have  allowed HIM to train YOU. Wait?…

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The Load Bearing Column

  Picture a large, beautiful southern plantation home with massive columns on the huge front porch. One, or at most a few, of these are LOAD-BEARING COLUMNS. The others are, well…. decorative,… and therefore, have no bearing on the sustainability and power of the structure as carrying the weight. The analogy is this: The load-bearing column is…

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