Excuse me if I don’t post anything this week…I have a television crew at my home making a week long documentary of my home.  All is going well…It is a very different experience, but the family is learning lots about film making… and relationships.  :D 
Many Apologies,
Nicholeen

“I read your post about the Dawdler getting in the way of family routines, but what do I do with a dawdler when it comes to accepting consequences.  Here is the situation:

 
My 10 yo daughter Chose to dawdle for 4 hours and not do her chore (clean the entertainment room).  The consequence was that she [...]

        A parent says, “Billy, come make your bed.” 
        Billy doesn’t come immediately so the parent says,”One…….Two………Three.” to get Billy to come. 
        Have you ever done this?  Everyone knows Billy better start running either at or before his mom hits the number three or else Mom could turn into a monster. 
        As I travel around, I notice counting [...]

It has come to my attention that I made it really hard for people to contact the hostess of my upcoming seminar by putting the wrong email.  Emily Satterthwaite’s email is emilysatt@gmail.com    her phone is
801-941-3018
 The seminar is May 16th from 9:00 - 5:00  in Pleasant View, Utah.
So Sorry  (blush*)

Rachel’s Bean Magic
 
            A few years ago a stateswoman, Rachel DeMille, shared a fun motivational program she used in her home, called “bean counter”, in a lecture I heard.  I don’t where the idea of a “bean counter” originated from, but I do know that it is effective.  Thanks DeMille family!
 
Our “Refusing to Help Each [...]