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 [...]

Your advice sounds similar to what we did with my son. He said he didn’t believe in our church anymore. We told him he didn’t have to believe it, but he did need to attend to show respect for the family and our beliefs, which included his conduct at church and home. So he went, [...]

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 [...]

I don’t know any BAD children.  Sure, there are children who make bad choices, but inside, those children all have a spark of goodness.  Without this philosophy, I could have never decided to take foster children into my home.  As soon as they arrived in my home I saw it as my job to find [...]

… a comment to your response to My baby won’t sleep through the night..  I just wanted to make a quick comment.  I have nine children, and I feel like the best book for this is Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth.  I think it should be called Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Parents!!
Joy Petty [...]

“We have not staked the future of our society upon the power of government — far from it. We have staked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity for self-government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten [...]

I had a question about getting my 9 month old baby to sleep?
I have been nursing him to sleep since he was born. Because he needs to be nursed to sleep, he sleeps in our bed. When I try to put him to sleep in his crib, he pulls himself up to standing and starts [...]

You use the word “criticism” often when you’re talking about corrective teaching…That word however, has a very negative connotation to me, and each time I hear you say it on your CD’s, I cringe inwardly…
I listen to and read a lot of stuff on marriage and parenting, and the word “criticism” is always used as [...]

We used you family standard made some changes and put it in our family book.
My question is, do you have a family mission statement?
I am so glad you liked the standard.  Ours is also in our family meeting book.
Here is our family mission statement:  ~Nicholeen
Peck Family Mission Statement: Repeated Daily
 
We the Peck family, will love [...]

         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 [...]