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Gage County
1115 West Scott St.
Beatrice NE 68310
Phone: (402) 223-1384
FAX: (402) 223-1370

TIPS -
To Improve Parenting Skills

A series of articles focused on the principles, ideas and skills necessary for the very important job of parenting.

2004 Series
-- An Introduction to TIPS
-- Look at the Whole Picture
-- Focus on "Do"
-- Focus on One Thing at a Time
-- Focus Forward
-- Rules for Setting Rules
-- Safe Understandable Limits( part 1)
-- Cooperation vs Obedience
-- Realistic Expectations
-- Safe Understandable Limits (part 2)
-- Change Surroundings Instead of Behavior
-- Clear Communication
-- Work With, Not Against, Your Child
-- Praise and Encouragement
-- Anger Management
-- Set A Good Example
-- Problem Solving
-- Teach Your Children to Resolve Sibling Conflicts
-- Be Consistent
-- Sibling Conflict: Equal vs Fair
-- Understanding Children's Feelings
-- What Can You Do About Bullying?
-- Sibling Conflicts: Roughhousing vs Abuse
-- What's A Parent To Do?
-- Pitfalls to Avoid in Conflict Mediation
-- Aggressive Behavior of Children
 -- Parenting Reaction or Responding
-- What has Happened to Family Time?
-- Prevent Problems Before They Start
-- Managing Day-to-Day Stress
-- Don't Shut the Door on the Conversation
-- Sibling Conflicts: Tattling, Bickering & Teasing
-- Parenting In A Difficult Situation (Web-based course)
-- Children and Rejection
-- Children and Money
-- A Regular Allowance
-- Using Family Councils
-- Partner abuse increases risk for child abuse
-- Bribery vs. Motivation
-- Give Children Choices
-- No and Conditional Yes
-- Eliminate No
-- Kids Learning From Mistakes Is Not Easy For Parents
-- Self Responsibility
-- What Kids Need to Be Successful
-- Taming Temper Tantrums
-- And the Winner Is....
-- Discipline and Punishment
-- Spanking
-- A Guide To Discipline
-- Celebrate Unselfishly This Season
-- Parenting Your Child by "Choices"
-- Timeouts and Other Techniques

2005 Series

-- Children and Divorce
-- Parent's Prevention Primer: Risk and Protective Factors
-- Methamphetamine: Facts for Parents
-- Methamphetamine: Facts for Parents- Risk Factors
-- Methamphetamine: Facts for Parents- Role Modeling
-- Encouraging Money Skills with Adolescents
-- Any BODY is Some BODY Important
-- Feeling Great in Any Size or Shape
-- Money Matters: Knowing the Difference Between "Wants and "Needs"
-- Considering the Costs and Benefits of Credit as a College Student
-- Financial Considerations for College Students
-- How Do I Get My Kids to do Chores
-- Developing Healthy Attitudes About Money
-- When Your Child is Home Alone: Good Guidelines for Personal Safety
 -- Helping Children Acquire Characteristics for Staying Home Alone
-- Teaching Children About Money
-- Does Your Teen Want a Car
-- Taming Temper Tantrums
-- Who Mentors Your Children
-- Encourage Children to Develop Sensible Money Attitudes
-- Children's Allowances - When and How Much
-- Building Your Teens Money Skills
-- Kids and Money
-- Protecting Children From Environmental Risks (part 1)
-- More Ways to Protect Your Children- Environmental (part 2)
-- Make Every Ride a Safe Ride - ATV
-- If Your Child is Bullied
-- Set Positive Money Management Example for Children
-- Tractor Safety is Everybody's Business
-- Protecting Identity is Important for Adolescents and Adults (part 1)
-- Protect Your Identity (part 2)

2006 Series

-- Bankable Teens
-- Being an Involved Father
-- Becoming a More Involved Father
-- Changes in Fathering
-- Communicating With Children
-- Communication and Language in Play
-- Coping With Life
-- Dealing With Parental Conflict While Parenting
-- Encouraging Positive and Prosocial Behaviors in Teens
--Everyone is Eligible for Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage
-- Helping Your Teen Through the Physical Changes of Adolescence
-- How to Motivate Your Teens
-- Is There a Hazard on Your Farm
-- Language and Communication Development
-- Make Shopping With Kids Pleasant
-- Make Your Spouse Your Prioity
-- Managing and Reducing Debt
-- Managing Conflict With Others
-- Medicare Needs Your Help to Get Seniors Enrolled in the New Prescription Drug Coverage
--Parenting Athletes to be Good Sports
 --Parents Teach by Doing
-- Parents: Protect Yourselfs and Your Children From Identity Theft
-- Providing vs Loving
-- Reduce Risk of Childhood Obesity
--Savings are in the Details, Medicare D #2
-- Senioritis...is it affecting your teen
-- Supervision is Key to Safety Around Ponds
-- Talk to Your Teens About Safe Dating
-- The Sandwich Generation
-- The Secret of a Good Life With Your Teenager
-- Think Safety During Field Work
-- Too Busy for Family Time
-- Tell Us A Story!
--You're Responsible for Your Own Boredom
-- Appreciation and Affection For Each Other (1 of 6)
-- Commitment to Each Other: The Family Comes First (2 of 6)
-- Positive Communication (3 of 6)
-- Successful Management of Stress and Crisis (4 of 6)
-- Spiritual Well-Being (5 of 6)
-- Enjoyable Time Together (6 of 6)

2007 Series

-- Brain Biology & Gambling - The Biology of the Brain
-- Building a Strong Family
-- Building Baby's Brain: How the Brain Develops
-- Bullying and Harassment Stop When Parents Help Break the Silence
--Children and Adverting Pressures
-- Coping With Life
-- Creating a Cultural Foods Night With Your Children
--Fabulous Fruits - Versatile Vegetables
--Family Benefits From Strong Marriage
-- Family Community Service
-- Family Time Builds Family Strenghts
-- Fruits and Veggies, More Matters
-- Helping Children Become Problem Solvers
-- Helping Children Learn
-- Is Love in Your Home
-- Knowing Your Child's Learning Style
-- More Fun in Your Family Life		 -- Overscheduled Kids
-- Parenting Information..Sorting Through the Internet Clutter
-- Pathological Gambling
-- Plant the Seeds for Retirement Savings
-- Positive Solutions for Families
-- Promote Integrity and Teach Trustworthiness in the Family
-- Silly Snacks
-- Simplifying Your Life
-- Social Survival...Teaching Kids Manners
-- Sportsmanship
-- Start the Day the Breakfast Way
-- Talking With Children About Living
-- Talking to Your Children About Saving for Retirement
-- Taking Steps to Health as a Family
-- Teens & Cell Phones, Cameras, Internet and Music
-- Teens, Cellular Phones & Text Messaging
-- Understanding the Relationship Between Communication and Behavior
-- Ways for Teens to Cut Spending
-- Why Health Prevention
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to Contact our Staff

Paul C Hay, Extension Educator
Jane Esau,, 4-H Program		 Dianne Swanson,, Extension Educator
General Address: gage-county@unl.edu

Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United States Department of Agriculture.
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