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Dad Needs Help to Work from Home
October 9th, 2007 | Share this with a friend!
Dear Deb,
I saw the Channel 9 news segment this morning. Would you consider us for your segment where you come into the home? Our family issue is that my husband works from home and I stay at home with our 5 year old son and 2 year old daughter. My hubby needs quiet time to complete his work. This has become a challenge as my 2 year old has learned to screech or scream when she wants something. I could use some advice in how to better manage their arguing and bickering. Thanks for any info you can share!
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Teaching Son to be More Assertive
October 9th, 2007 | Share this with a friend!
Dear Deb,
We have a 4yo son Chris and a 3 year old daughter Jennifer who are best of friends. However, Chris’s younger sister Jennifer seems to be more the leader and Chris the follower. Jennifer bosses Chris around and takes what she wants from him, and Chris just lets her. We wonder how we can get Chris to be more assertive and not to be a pushover. We also worry that he is going to let other kids treat him the same way and we don’t want him to be taken advantage of by his peers. Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.
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Using the Appreciation Station in a Classroom
September 14th, 2007 | Share this with a friend!
Dear Deb,
I am a teacher that would like to us the Appreciation Station in my classroom. Can you give me some suggestions on how I might use it? How do I handle the students who do not get tokens? Some of my students exhibit poor behavior week after week—how can I encourage them using the Appreciation Station if they never qualify for a token?
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