I want to share “The Haroldsen Family Song” that I wrote the night after the seminar.  Our family talked about creating a mission statement, but since that is going to take some time, I wanted something ‘right now!’ to pull us into the right frame of mind.   I penned these words to be sung to [...]

Nicholeen, 
“I’ve been to a couple of Love and Logic classes.  While l love the information about the brain, using love and natural consequences, I really struggle to implement the principles in the heat of the moment.  Here’s an excerpt from one of the articles on their website, I wondered what you thought given the skills [...]

I am in need of some help with my 9 year old son.  He is a major dawdler, and always has been.  I am a very efficient person and try to get things done as quickly as possible.  See the conflict already?  It takes gobs of time for him to do simple things like get [...]

In the year 1998, my husband decided to make a career change which involved lower pay and additional schooling.  We had already decided that I needed to stay home to raise our two children, so we didn’t exactly know how we were going to meet the needs of our growing family.  I appealed to a [...]

I would like to thank Kaisie Alba for helping me get this blog up and running.  The purpose of this blog is to have a place for families who are trying to teach their children how govern themselves to ask questions to Nicholeen and find solutions to their struggles with parenthood.  Teaching Self Government is [...]