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Bill Corbett: Posted on Friday, April 20, 2012 10:45 PM
 Have you seen those stick figure characters on the back of family minivans and other vehicles? They’ve become quite popular and are made and sold by the Australian MY FAMILY™ company. This company promotes families to purchase them at an approximate $4 per sticker price and place them on the family vehicle. It is my opinion that they provide too much information to strangers and by displaying a representation of your family to the world, parents are increasing the risk that those with criminal intentions will take notice of their family first. |
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Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:42 AM
 What would you say if you met a parent who said to you, “It is my right to do whatever I want with my child.” Would you feel torn between respecting that parent’s right or feel compelled to act on the part of the innocent child? I’d like to hear from my readers on what your thoughts are. Recently on a social media discussion board, I was accused of being a part of a diabolical movement to take away the rights of parents who choose to use punitive and possibly harmful discipline with their children. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Monday, March 12, 2012 9:30 PM
 Does it happen to you? Your child seems to constantly crave attention and just when you're the busiest? It can be very frustrating because you feel like you give your child lots of attention and she just continues to want more. Keep in mind that anything that takes your attention away, such phone calls, work, the television, and even other people can make your child feel like she has competition for you. The number one thing to know about satisfying a young or even an older child's attention is to keep quiet when you're giving it to them. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:31 PM
My 14-year-old will do whatever she can to get out of having to sit at the dinner table and eat with us. From saying she’s full from her after-school snack to having too much homework to saying she’s tired. My wife and I ignore her excuses and calmly tell her that this is one of those things that we do as a family. I tell her it’s one of those “do as the Romans do” types of things and she usually slinks up to the table looking defeated. Before we know it, she’s perky and talking about the best and worst moments from her day at school. |
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Posted on Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:23 PM
 I teach parents how to help shape their child's world by helping to raise an emotionally balanced and peaceful child, and one that pays less attention to what's going on in the outer world. It is not healthy for us to raise our children caring about what's happening on American Idol or Jersey Shore. We must do this by helping our children develop a greater awareness of their connection with their inner self and their intuition. The constant barrage of reality and talent |
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Posted on Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:10 PM
School systems are in desperate need for an updated parent education system. Many still use the outdated S.T.E.P. program and teachers and hoping something will be introduced to help parents create more boundaries and limits at home. If parents are engaged and using effective discipline at home, then children will become easier to teach in the classroom where boundaries and limits are normally in place. With this in mind, I am launching a research project through my local university to create the evidence that many schools systems require to bring in a parent education program to the parents. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:57 PM
 Ever find yourself thinking about a great intention, such as making a date with someone special in your life, only to realize later that you didn’t do it? We have to accept the fact that most of us are living incredibly busy lives with so much to accomplish in any given day, week, month, or year. We definitely know that we don’t want to end up on our death bed thinking about all the things we didn’t get done. This means that we can’t just rely on our ability to remember to do something, we have to learn and use a process to help us get it done. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Friday, February 03, 2012 7:37 PM
 Too many parents are wired to react to their child's challenging behavior to simply stop it immediately. Rarely are they able to stop their reaction and examine what might be causing the behavior. Much of this reaction is fueled by the emotion the parent may be feeling at the moment, or it's the parent's internal belief system about the behavior. What if we contained our emotions or our belief systems long enough to find out why our children do what they do? We would become more effective as parents. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 9:11 PM
 Have you tried Pinterest yet? I know, another social media tool to overwhelm you and waste your time, right? Well this one is different because it allows you to post images on a virtual board to share with others. Putting a pin button on your browser, you can capture interesting images that you find while surfing the Web. You can then add text to further define what you’ve pinned and why. But you can pin up more than just images on the Web, Pinterest allows you to pin videos as well. |
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Bill Corbett: Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2012 8:21 PM
Don’t take it personal if they are embarrassed by you  According to Dr. Anthony Wolf, author of the book “Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me and Cheryl to the Mall?” teens develop an allergy to parents because the teens are shedding anything and anyone who is connected to their “baby-self.” Relax and know that you will be able to regain closeness with then on the “over side” of this development area, when they move into young adulthood. Know their friends and their friends’ parents |
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