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Yearly Archive: 2012

Dec 31

Happy New Year

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I will be enjoying my last day of holiday off-time today.  Episodes will resume this Wednesday (1/2/13) at our usual times.  The Real Family Guys Podcast is slated to return the following Friday. I hope that everyone has a safe night tonight, and a happy New Year.  We will see you all in 2013! Subscribe …

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Dec 28

Episode 25 RFGP Stop, Collaborate and Listen: Coming Along Side our Kids

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss: How to avoid resistant and defiant behavior and “come along side” our kids instead. Dealing with heavy-duty conflict with our kids. How do we work with our resistant kids without destroying their spirit.       SHOW NOTES First, please forgive the occasional …

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Dec 24

Episode 183 Raising Kids Through Respect

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss:   How we demand respect from our kids, but often don’t return the favor. How somewhere we left respectful parenting behind and traded it for behavior we would never allow others to use on us. The alternative to treating kids like property. How …

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Dec 21

Episode 24 RFGP I’m So Proud of You

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join Jeff and I as we discuss:   How kids long for our attention, and to make us proud. How, even with this desire, parents waste it by not showing them how to make them proud. How we tend to focus on the negative and produce MORE negative from our …

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Dec 19

Episode 182 Steve Harris on Kiddo Preps

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download   Join me as we discuss:   Kids and kiddo preps.   Including kids in getting prepared for major disasters like hurricane Sandy. Getting kids involved with activities NOW that will make them more comfortable if the power goes out.           SHOW NOTES In …

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Dec 17

Episode 181 Helping Kids Cope with Tragedy

Newtown Remembrance
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss: Today we discuss the tragedy of  Sandy Hook Elementary   How to talk with your kids about these seemingly insurmountable traumas.    How to find your kids coping skills and build them up.           SHOW NOTES December 14th 2012 …

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Dec 14

Episode 23 RFGP Christmas Traditions: How Jeff and Trey are Against the Grain Christmas-ers

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss: How your family absolutely NEEDS its own traditions. Christmas traditions in the Emery and Gibson household.  How they might not be what you would think. Family rituals and traditions that are not necessarily linked to holidays and special events. How to create your …

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Dec 12

Episode 180 Positive Parenting: It’s Not Just About Saying Good Job

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download   Join me as we discuss: What exactly is positive parenting and how it’s not about only telling them good job. How positive parenting isn’t fluffy, powder their booties either. A brief history in understanding how we got to where we are What positive parenting looks like and …

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Dec 10

Episode 179: Birds and the Bees – Sex Talk with Kids

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss: Having the sex talk with kids.  How the birds and the bees talk can be just as comfortable as talking about literal birds and bees.  How to talk to your younger kids about set. How to talk about your older kids about set. …

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Dec 07

Episode 22 RFGP: Discipline, Correction, and Punishment. Not The Same Thing.

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download Join me as we discuss: Discipline, Correction, and Punishment.  How they are very different things. How most times, these concepts are completely confused and how there really are more things that just spanking. Stories  from both Jeff and Trey on failures, successes, and what we did about them.   …

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