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Do You Want a Guaranteed Way to Deeply Connect with a Child? Read Aloud!

2022-06-06T21:29:12-06:00 June 7th, 2022|Categories: Summer Preparation, Adult to Child, Continued Learning|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever wanted a guaranteed way to have meaningful connections with a child? Have you ever felt disconnected from your child? Would you like a habit that will provide repeated, deep and lasting emotional connections with your child? The answer to all of these questions is Read Aloud Together. We talked about this blessing in [...]

Do You Want to Know My System and the Right Way to Do It?

2022-05-16T15:36:41-06:00 May 17th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever known a child who insisted their way of doing things was the “right” way, and they had a system in place to prove it? As we finish the Adult to Child Relationship DISC series, the final combination we will discuss this week is the High C-Style Adult with the High C-Style Child. As [...]

I Can’t Begin to Live Up to Your Standards So Would You Please Treat Me With Grace?

2022-05-09T15:15:15-06:00 May 10th, 2022|Categories: DISC Basics, DISC and Communication, DISC and Motivation|Tags: , , , , |

Have you ever had a child who was so tenderhearted that just “the look” would bring them to tears? Or perhaps this child was a patient who completely shut down and got very quiet under a reprimand that they needed to do a much better job of wearing their headgear or elastics? As we go through [...]

But I DID Clean My Room! Now Can I Go Play With My Friends?

2022-05-02T03:01:38-06:00 May 3rd, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever had a child who added the element of fun to everything they did? And were so persuasive, they could talk anyone into sharing that fun with them? So how does this high energy, fun-loving child relate with a parent who is slower-paced, and detail-oriented? We all strive to have better relationships with the [...]

No Time to Sweat the Details, Mom – I’ve Got to Do It NOW!

2022-04-25T16:23:03-06:00 April 26th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication|Tags: , , , |

Have you ever worked with a child who is always active, has more energy than they truly know what to do with, while having LOTS of ideas on what they can do with all that energy and when? In other words, they are driven to be in charge, they have the ideas and the energy to [...]

So Would You Please Tell Me Precisely How That Works and Why?

2022-04-18T20:51:33-06:00 April 19th, 2022|Categories: Adult to Child, DISC Basics, DISC and Communication, DISC and Stress|Tags: , , , , |

Have you ever had a child who wanted to know every detail of everything they were involved with? If you are the one putting braces on them, as many of my readers are, they pepper you with questions from the moment they arrive in your office until the door closes behind them. These children just LOVE [...]