“My 2yo has started crying a LOT the past few days.  Over every little thing.   Nothing is different physically or environmentally that I can tell.  He already has his 2yo molars, too..   He’s just been crying about everything that he doesn’t like, with some pretty good tantrums thrown in the mix of the average crying.  [...]

“I was wondering….what do you do about name calling, or when children say bad words? My children say crap, stupid, dumb, etc… No matter how many times I tell them to stop, they don’t. So would you have them do a chore everytime they named called, or said a bad word? or Would you do [...]

Seeing James and Hannah so much improved and obviously happier makes it all worth it.  We love them!  Well done James!  Well done Hannah!  ~Nicholeen

The first page of  Parenting A House United says:
“Is your home in crisis?  Do your children never do what they are told?  Do you find yourself completely overwhelmed and hating to interact with your children?  Do your children treat you with disrespect and cause contention at home?  Are you out of control of your emotions [...]

I have told many people the pre-sold books would start shipping today.  I went to pick them up from the printer today and couldn’t bring them home because there was a problem with the printing.  The printer told me they will be ready to pick up Monday.  Sorry for the delay. 
Since I don’t actually have the [...]

http://www.ldsehe.org/parenting-q-a-a-video-session.html

My problem is that I never can think of appropriate consequences when my kids misbehave. Do you have any suggestions? I have five children ages 9-18. Thanks, Amy
Consequences can be difficult to think up, but the trick is to only do it one time.  A parent who has to reinvent the consequence every time a [...]

In June I was interviewed about the BBC experience. Below are the links to the interview, which is now available.
The short version is here
http://nicholeen-video-interview.s3.amazonaws.com/2008NPeck-e-conf-tele-interview-7-min-version.mp3
The full version is here:
http://nicholeen-video-interview.s3.amazonaws.com/2008NPeck-e-conf-tele-interview-editedversion.mp3

There are only a few more days to get your copy of Parenting A House United for 25% off the regular price.  Next week the book will be done printing and at that point it will be regular price.  Click here to get your book on sale now!

My sister, Janelle, who was featured on the BBC World’s Strictest Parents spoke with me recently about her one regret about the show.  If you have seen the show, you will remember we took our British guests to a homeschool youth event.  Janelle was in charge of creating an event which would push the youth, [...]