“Hi Nicholeen, I hope you don’t mind me messaging you/adding you as a friend….I saw you recently on tv here in England, and as a mother of two I was so impressed and humbled by your patience and love. Nothing seemed to get you down. The love and respect your family have for each other [...]

        Another way I change my children’s hearts is to see what changes I have to make in myself.  If a relationship is suffering, it is usually a two person problem.  So, if I feel disconnected from my child, I take a good hard look at what I can do to change myself, motivate myself, [...]

My children range from 30 -7 and there are 13 of them.  I am wondering how you start this with your older children and how you brought your husband on board. I love the ideas and have passed them on to two of my children that are married and have children of their own.  Please [...]

This last week I have had the amazing opportunity to parent two of the cutest little boys you could ever see; my nephews James and Henry.  My nephews are both still toddlers, so life was a little crazy sometimes and absolutely adorable almost all the time. 
For instance, three year old Henry felt that it was [...]

Lately, my teenage son doesn’t want to go to church with the family.  I don’t really want to make him go.  Even though he is not especially religious right now, he is still a good boy.  Should I be worried about this? 
     It is really common for children, and sometimes even adults, to go through [...]

         Everything I teach in my home leads to duty and then VOICE.  Because, how can you be a leader in this world and not have any voice, or way to lead people?  Even example is a form of voice.  We need to all be walking messages for what we believe.  Someone who tries to be [...]

Most parents I know would say they love their children unconditionally.  This unconditional love is the most powerful kind of love there is.  Some Christians call this kind of love, “Christ-like Love.” 
Feeling love for another person in your heart is not enough to make your love unconditional.  True unconditional love is a kind of love [...]

As I was looking at your chore chart, I thought of another question I’ve been meaning to ask about chores. I noticed Sunday is listed as a day of rest on the charts–how does that work with things that have to be done everyday (like setting/clearing the table, dishes, animals, making beds, etc.)? Also, how [...]

This last weekend at the seminar in Clearfield, UT I was asked for a copy of my family standard.  In case it is useful to anyone else, it is below.  Warning, this is three pages long on word.  You should be able to copy and paste it back to word if you want to use [...]

After moving to a new neighborhood, many years ago, I found myself talking to a nice woman about who the different families were who lived around me.  I couldn’t wait to get acquainted with everyone, and her information about the names of families and what age children lived in what homes was very informative for [...]