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Kaye Wilson
- Oct 31
- 3 min
Being Picked On: A Trick-Or-Treat Story
It was a Halloween party! Some of us school friends (all girls, of course, 4th or 5th grade) were going to Trick-or-Treat in our friend's...
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Kaye Wilson
- Oct 24
- 3 min
Authority: Is It Good or Bad?
A lot of people think of "authority" as a bad word; it brings to mind images of drill sergeants, mean teachers, and dictators. Each of...
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Kaye Wilson
- Jul 14, 2022
- 3 min
How You May Be Undermining Your Own Authority
One of the most important aspects of being a good and effective parent is making sure you've established your authority. What this means...
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Kaye Wilson
- Feb 27, 2022
- 4 min
Happily Obedient: An Oxymoron?
Parents want their children to be happy. Parents want their children to be well-behaved and obedient. The hard thing is that, for many...
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Kaye Wilson
- Feb 22, 2022
- 5 min
Stop Yelling: Here's How
The only parents who have never yelled at their kids are those who are: A. never around their kids, B. never ask them to do anything, C....
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Kaye Wilson
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Are You Laying a Solid Foundation in Your Kids' Lives?
In one of his parables, Jesus describes the difference between a foolish person and a wise person by asking his audience to imagine two...
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Kaye Wilson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Who I Am, What I Do, and Why I Do It
Welcome to my website! For the benefit of those who are new to the site, and for those who may not know me, I'd like to introduce myself....
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Kaye Wilson
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Bullies…and "Sissies"
Over the past few years, bullying has become sadly common. Tragic incidents of children committing suicide after having been bullied,...
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Kaye Wilson
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
What Rules Are For
We're surrounded by rules. Even though we know and understand that rules are a necessary part of living with other people, they sometimes...
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 8, 2020
- 4 min
How to Make Sunday Mornings Work
If you're a church-goer, you know that Sunday mornings can seem as though they come from . . . well, not from heaven. Sunday is the day...
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Kaye Wilson
- Jul 30, 2020
- 4 min
Do Manners Matter?
I am among the many people who mourn the loss of civility in everyday life, remembering fondly the days when people dressed up to travel...
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Kaye Wilson
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
Get Them Ready To Get A Good Education, At Home or At School
School will be starting again, sooner than we realize, and regardless of the format it's going to take, the goal is for our children to...
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Kaye Wilson
- Jul 10, 2020
- 3 min
Learn to Speak the Language of Effective Parenting
Do you ever feel as though you are maybe not as effective in your parenting as you'd like to be? Do your children routinely ignore you...
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Kaye Wilson
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
How to Deal With Family Conflict
Nobody enjoys living in an atmosphere of conflict and stress. Unfortunately, that's the norm in many families. While conflict is...
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- May 24, 2020
- 2 min
Thank-You Notes in Three Easy Steps
The dreaded “thank-you” note! As important as I know they are, I’ve often resisted writing them–thank-you notes can seem an overwhelming...
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- Nov 26, 2019
- 3 min
The Magic Words
Are you familiar with the phrase, “Say the magic words!”? I don’t hear it often anymore, but as a child I heard it almost daily, either...
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- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Doesn’t Work? Doesn’t Matter!
In the great adventure we call Parenting, most of us want to find solutions that “work”, meaning of course, solutions that will stop the...
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- Feb 23, 2016
- 3 min
Read This Book!
In her book Bringing Up Bebe, Pamela Druckerman, with a good dose of humor and insight, describes the differences she observes between...
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- Feb 4, 2016
- 2 min
Parent Or Politician?
Most people don't know I used to be a politician. I spent my days conducting opinion polls, canvassing voters, and working on "spin" for...
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