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October 25th, 2016

Listen Up! Helping Children Deal with Difficult Emotions

Date: October 25th, 2016 | BY Joe Wilmot I read an article about Andy Williams, the 15-year-old Santana High School […]

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October 24th, 2016

I-Messages in the No-Problem Area: They’re Not Just for Confrontation

By: Denise Montgomery

We spend a lot of time, when we do Leader Effectiveness Training, thinking about the top and the bottom of […]

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September 20th, 2016

No Conflicts, No Drama. No, REALLY!

By: Denise Montgomery

One of the reasons it can feel so downright odd, awkward, and alien learning the Gordon Model communication skills is […]

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September 6th, 2016

Bad Leadership Up Close and Personal: A Case Study

By: Denise Montgomery

If there is one thing that is true in my life it is this: The Man and I are exact opposites in [ ... ]

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August 29th, 2016

More Helpful Stuff for Better Active Listening

By: Georgina Watson

P.E.T. suggests that when children own problems that the parent respond by: Attending, Accepting, Active Listening. It is important for [&he

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August 29th, 2016

An Annual Performance Review? Just Stab Me in the Eye with a Fork Instead.

By: Denise Montgomery

Can we talk about that yearly ritual nearly all of us have to go through–one we’d probably be willing to […]

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August 8th, 2016

The Many Different Kinds of Listening

By: Georgina Watson

(Excerpted from the P.E.T. Workbook) Listening is one of the most vital ingredients of our communication with children, partners, [...]

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July 19th, 2016

Pokémon Go: It’s Awesome! It’s Stupid! It’s…Causing Conflicts

By: Denise Montgomery

She: “Put your phone away right. Now.” He: “Are you kidding me? There’s a PokeStop with a lure at the […]

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June 14th, 2016

“An Open Letter to My Child Who is in the Next Room”: Rewriting A Mother’s Letter to Her Teenage Daughter

By: Larissa Dann

“An Open Letter to My Teen Daughter Who Is In The Next Room” is a short blog by Margarita Gokun […]

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May 23rd, 2016

Facebook and Twitter Are Trying To Kill My Empathy…and Burn the Body

By: Denise Montgomery

Never read the comments. That’s a sanity-saving rule for All Things Internet. It’s served me well for at least twenty […]

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