Category: Parenting
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Good Night Tidings: 3 Words for Love & Kindness
Sleep-Felt Tidings Put your thoughts to sleep, do not let them cast a shadow over the moon of your heart. Rumi Got Stress? When you watch media of any sort, what do you see? So many think their rationally based thoughts, but so few are happy, let alone engaging at the moment. No wonder a…
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Practical Parenting: Hey Papa, Can I Buy GFUEL?
One believes things because one has been conditioned to believe them. ― Aldous Huxley, Brave New World One believes because one’s conditioning trains them to do so. I could see this wholeheartedly in my son’s drive to have us buy GFuel, a new energy drink product. He is a gamer, the very demographic I am sure, is…
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Practical Parenting: Will We Survive the Storm
Practical Parenting During COVID 19 Hope you enjoy. Began this project earlier this week. I am utilizing YouTube as a live broadcasting forum to answer your question regarding psychology, parenting, and other issues during this unprecedented time. In this segment, I explore in a live Q and A Session the nuances of raising children during…
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Practical Parenting: Establishing Respect Amongst Children of Today
Dr. Tom explores the family value of respect as it relates to the ability we have to foster trust in our strengths and capacity to overcome our weaknesses.
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Practical Parenting. Dr. Tom Explores the Concept of Doing the Best We Can?
Ever wonder how you can raise successful children who become functionally independent? Ever wonder what the secret is to raising, happy, healthy children? Dr. Tom Explores
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Practical Parenting: How Much Screen Time is Enough Anyways?
Dr. Thomas Maples of the Stockton Therapy Network explores how much screen time is enough for your children and ways you can use screen time to pass on family values.
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Practical Parenting: Dealing with Childhood Nightmares
Dr. Tom of The Stockton Therapy Network explores how helping your children make sense of their dreams has a positive effect on their psychological development.
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Practical Parenting: Children, Animals, & Initial Lessons in Responsibility
Then God said: Let us make[a] human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and all the creatures that crawl on the earth. (Genesis 1:26) Our family recently bought a new puppy. My…
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Practical Parenting: An Interactive Parenting Forum with Dr. Tom & The Stockton Therapy Network
Practical Parenting: An Interactive Forum with Dr. Tom is an open Youtube Live Forum with Dr. Tom Maples. Points of discussion are: Positive Parenting Procedures to Raise Healthy Children Setting Appropriate Boundaries and Rules to Help Your Child Find Optimal Success Establishing and Maintaining Family Values Positive and Negative Reinforcement Schedules for Household Rules How…
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Practical Parenting: Time Management, Work & Life Balance, & Healthy Psychological Development
It was 6:15 AM. I was returning home from the gym to begin herding my children towards their first point of destination for the day. A quick bath, check. Assuring that 6 bags were packed and ready to go by the door, check. Dressing a nine and a five year old, check. Shoved two breakfast…
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Practical Parenting: Fostering Your Children’s Dreams
Practical Parenting: Fostering Your Children’s Dreams. Dr. Tom explores what your # 1 job is as a Practical Parent: Dream and Dream Big!!!
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Practical Parenting: It’s A Small World After All
As a child, I remember watching the nightly news with my grandfather. I can remember the ticking time watch of 60 minutes counting down, as the news anchors would discuss factual events of the day, leaving the commentary for the viewers to work through on their own accord. Back then, it seemed like we were…