Parent Training Blog

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March 18th, 2020

Using Better Communication Skills in Times of Crisis

By: Denise Montgomery

Leader Effectiveness Training, Parent Effectiveness Training, and Teacher Effectiveness Training are specific applications of a universal approach to nonviolent, respectful, […]

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March 4th, 2020

Here’s to Thomas O’Gordon’s Clever Endeavor

By: Linda Adams

In the year of 1962 Dr. Gordon decided to do A course for every parent Even those who were errant […]

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February 5th, 2020

What Makes a Good Relationship?

By: Dr. Thomas Gordon

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we thought this topic would be a good one to share. And while it’s not […]

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January 22nd, 2020

“With Parent Effectiveness Training, I feel understood.”

By: Sheryl Wilde

This impressive young woman was raised with P.E.T. and shares her story about the Gordon Model, bullying, school pressure, helping […]

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December 11th, 2019

Practicing What I Preach: P.E.T. Interview with Lance Johnson, father of two and employee of Gordon Training International

By: Sheryl Wilde

This, our last parenting blog for 2019, is quite simply, awesome. Lance has been working at GTI since 2011. An […]

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Mother brought her son from the brink of death … back to life

November 7th, 2019

“Yes, I want to die.”

By: Sheryl Wilde

“Yes, I want to die.” These were the words of a seventeen-year-old to his mother. What would you, as a […]

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October 28th, 2019

A GPS for your Relationship: Problem Ownership and the Behavior Window – a basic tutorial

By: Linda Adams

There are four basic areas of problem ownership in your Behavior Window: Other Owns a Problem No Problem Area I […]

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Family parenting

September 25th, 2019

“I’d rather be your partner in this than your warden.”

By: Sheryl Wilde

This may be a controversial blog. We’ve been speaking with individuals from across the globe, raised with P.E.T., Parent Effectiveness […]

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Family parenting

September 11th, 2019

“I understand.”

By: Sheryl Wilde

How many of you have yearned to hear those two simple words from a family member, a friend, or a […]

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Family parenting

September 4th, 2019

“I had a very wonderful, peaceful childhood.”

By: Sheryl Wilde

Would you like for your children to be able to say this? “I often tell people that I had a […]

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