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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerSep 16, 20131 topic

Five Conversations to Have with Your Spouse Before the Holidays

Many people experience stress during the holiday season. Some get the blues. Others find that the holidays donât quite turn out they way they had hoped. To make sure your holiday season creates more joy and less stress, have these five conversations with your spouse soon. Conversation One: Share Expectations Get clear about what you want from the holidays and express that to your spouse. Do you know what you want? Are there parts of last yearâs celebrations you want to ch

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerSep 16, 20131 topic

Winning the Candy Wars

Our children are being bombarded with candy from every direction. Chocolate bars, gum, suckers, and assorted gummy candies line the checkout lanes in grocery stores. School fundraisers sell candy bars, cookies, and brownies in the hallways during lunch hours. Every mall, skating rink, soccer complex, movie theater, and even the video store has a place to buy candy. And then there is the holidays. Halloween trick or treat bags bulge with every kind of candy imaginable. Christm

Primary topic: Family

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerSep 16, 20131 topic

The Christmas Question

What do the kids want for Christmas? Where shall we celebrate Christmas? How far shall we travel for Christmas? Who shall we invite for Christmas? How much money shall we spend this Christmas? What food shall we cook for Christmas? Many people are currently investing time and effort answering the questions above and scrambling to make sure those answers are implemented appropriately. Itâs as if the structure, direction, and quality of our Christmas depends on how we answer

Primary topic: Family

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerSep 16, 20131 topic

Rekindling the Holiday Spirit

The Holiday season will soon be upon us. And for many it will be accompanied by a hectic pace, bah humbug attitudes, or the holiday blues. Already, spouses are beginning to cringe at the thought of spending a portion of the holiday season arguing with the family or spending long hours traveling to have dinner with relatives. Visions of children being out of school for three weeks, with the weather turning too cold for them to be outside, has some parents shuttering in anticip

Primary topic: Family

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerMar 28, 20081 topic

Teaching The Attraction Principle To Children

Millions of adults are using the Attraction Principle to build wealth and health, find a soul mate, and attract meaningful work. Since these adults get positive results from using this important law, an increasing number of them (parents and teachers) are actively teaching it to children. Their belief is that it is important for children to understand and appreciate how our thoughts manifest external results and how emotions can be used to guide our thought processes. They se

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerMar 19, 20081 topic

Teach Your Child The Charity Habit

Charity and the spirit of giving have been elevated to a new level following the recent Katrina hurricane. After witnessing the horrific images of pain and suffering streaming steadily across their TV sets, more people than ever before have dipped deeper into their own pockets to offer needed relief to the survivors of this unprecedented tragedy. nnMany parents are using the destruction delivered by the disaster as an opportunity to help children learn about charity and the i

Primary topic: Charity, Nonprofits and Volunteering

Charity, Nonprofits and Volunteering

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerFeb 27, 20081 topic

The Language Of Learned Helplessness Quiz

Not many parents set out to raise a thirty-year-old Nintendo player who sprawls on the couch all day sucking up pizza and Diet Pepsi. Yet many parents unknowingly subvert their positive intention of raising responsible, confident, fully functioning children. They do it by unconsciously using Parent Talk that allows and encourages helplessness.nnWhat about your Parent Talk? Does the language you use with your children build autonomy and independence? Or is it filled with words

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerFeb 27, 20081 topic

Guilt Tripping

Larry and Corrina Johnson took their children on a trip this summer. No, they didn't visit Mt. Rushmore or the Grand Canyon. Fenway Park, the Field Museum, and the Mackinaw Bridge weren't part of the itinerary either. In fact, the Johnson family never left home. The trip their children experienced was delivered at the kitchen table. They received a full blown, all expenses paid, guilt trip delivered by Larry Johnson and lovingly supported by his wife, Corinna.nn"You ought to

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerFeb 27, 20081 topic

Time Out For Time Out

âJillian, if you donât stop talking back to me, youâre going to sit in the time out area until you learn to respect me!ânnâYou know that when children in this family wonât put their toys away they have to sit in time out. Is that what you want? If not, you better start putting those toys away right now.ânnâRoberta, youâre being naughty. Naughty girls have to sit in this naughty chair until they learn their lesson. Go to the naughty chair now. Iâll tell you

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerApr 13, 20071 topic

How to Invest in Your Children This Summer

My neighbor recently purchased a $400 sandbox for his young children. How can anyone spend $400 dollars on a sandbox, you might wonder. Simple. It's a state-of-the-art sandbox with a swing set and slide attached to it. It's high quality through and through.nnWith all due respect to my neighbor (who loves his children and has the best of intentions when making major purchases for them, I am sure), children do not need a $400 sandbox. What they do need is the experience of goin

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerApr 13, 20071 topic

Playing the Sporting Game

Springtime means Little League, soccer, and other sports as children head to the out-of-doors to join teams that that help then have fun, get exercise, and learn to work together with teammates. But are the results of joining a team always positive? Canât the experience be embarrassing, shaming, or unrewarding? nnYes, playing on a team has the potential to be positive or negative, fun or frustrating, worthwhile or harmful. Parents, concerned about the effects of athletic pr

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerApr 4, 20061 topic

How to Say âI Love Youâ with Meaning.

âI love youâ are three words all children need to hear often from their parents. Do you want those words to have real meaning to your child? Do you want them to connect one heart to another? Do you want to use these words to develop a level of intimacy in your family that communicates your heartfelt affection for your children? If so, consider strengthening I love you with the following suggestions.nn1.) Use eye contact. Give your children your eyes when you say, âI lov

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerJan 11, 20051 topic

Charity Begins at Home

âMom, weâve got to have a family meeting. We need to vote. We have to give our charity money to the children. We have to send it right away.â nnThose excited words were uttered by eight-year-old Madison Willow, who was moved to action by viewing the tragic outcomes resulting from the recent Asian tsunami. Madison, like millions of people from around the world, had been touched by the suffering, loss, and grief of the survivors she saw on TV. But unlike many of the peopl

Primary topic: Child Development

Child Development

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerJan 2, 20051 topic

Explaining World tragedy to Children

Your 6 year old has just seen video of real children being washed out to sea. Your teen sits transfixed watching images of people clinging to trees, mothers wailing as they discover dead children in an endless line of unclaimed bodies, and babies crying hysterically for their mothers. At the dinner table your 5th grader asks, âCan anything like that happen to us, dad?ânnHow is a parent to respond? What should you say? What should you do? How do you deal with your childâ

Primary topic: Child Development

Child Development

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By Chick Moorman and Thomas HallerDec 20, 20041 topic

Banishing Bedtime Blues

âMy son won't go to bed at night without a struggle. He keeps getting up with all kinds of excuses. It doesn't seem to matter what we tell him. Nothing works. What do you recommend?"nnThis question was posed by a concerned parent in the middle of a fifteen-minute question and answer period following one of my Parent Talk System presentations. I knew a five-minute response to this important question was inadequate, but I offered advice anyway. I don't recall my exact answer

Primary topic: Parenting

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