Words/Speech

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Gaslighting

With cultural change happening so fast, the dictionary is always deleting and adding words to reflect those changes. It seems that while some words are outdated and no longer necessary, new words are popping up all the time. The folks…
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Trend Alert: Holiday Communication

Thanksgiving and Christmas… They’re almost here. And if your family is like mine, the holiday season affords you more time than usual to spend together. Your kids are home for a few extra days  of vacation, you spend more time…
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Reckless Words Wound Kids

Today we continue our look at Dr. Ted Tripp’s great advice for parents, regarding the common communication pitfalls we so often fall into with our teens. Dr. Tripp reminds us that reckless words are extremely harmful, not only to our…
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Episode 19 – Teaching Formats

Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Kyle Hoffsmith (website) Old North Church (Kyle’s church) Linda Oliver…
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Allyship – Word of the Year

One of ways that you can keep up with changes in today’s youth culture is to check out the word of the year. As culture changes, words that are no longer relevant are removed from the dictionary, and new words…
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Cheugy

Just when you think you’re starting to understand the vocabulary words unique to teens, some new word comes along that leaves you scratching your head. The word is Chew-gee, and it’s spelled c-h-e-u-g-y. The word originated back in 2013 when…
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