Index: Addictions
April 28, 2020
This is a recording of the full-day online seminar we held in April 2018. Once you purchase, the video recordings can be found in under the Courses menu on the Members page. You can watch it all at once in a single day, or break it up over as many days as you need. There are 4 parts of about... Read more »
April 28, 2020
This class teaches parents how to create habits of effective communication at home instead of getting caught in an efficiency trap. In this class, Nicholeen says that when you have an “Urgency Addiction,” it means that you try to make everything so urgent by being so efficient, that you stop being effective. This class teaches parents how to create habits... Read more »
November 29, 2021
Sadly, teaching strategies for proper social and emotional health are often unorganized and conflicting. Parents are left feeling like they need to choose between teaching children to have self-control and teaching children to be emotionally heard. These choices seem like opposites to most people. But, to a person who has true emotional intelligence, both of these choices can be the… Read more »
January 25, 2021
Even though there seems to be more self-absorbed people around us than ever before, calling someone a narcissist may miss the mark. In fact, many people who seem to possess narcissistic behavior, might just be prideful. There is a difference. People all over the world share their relationship struggles and personal development goals with me in an effort to better… Read more »
July 12, 2017
Bethany, a troubled parent, recently shared a shocking story that all too often illustrates what parents nowadays are dealing with: “After we caught our 11-year-old son sending pornographic photos of himself to strangers on Snapchat, we took his phone away. We told him he could have it back in a couple of weeks, but that he needed to learn his… Read more »
April 28, 2020
Get a 1-hour, 1-on-1 mentoring call with one of our most experienced certified mentors. Get immediate answers and problem solving to help your family overcome problems and implement Teaching Self-Government. Many people have found that one of these 1-hour calls has helped their family to overcome problems they’ve been struggling with for years and helped them fill a gap in their understanding... Read more »
May 10, 2023
by Nicholeen Peck There is an attack on motherhood. However, May, the month of flowers, birds, and life, the month that reminds us of all that we are grateful for, brings our hearts back to the simple, yet powerful lessons of our mothers. Lessons of gratitude, strength, work, and love, that mothers teach, need to be honored. May, the… Read more »
May 17, 2021
Chris W. shared this shocking story with me about his experience last week with his son at a California park. “My son and I were playing soccer at a park in the bay area of California. Multiple African American boys came up to my son and started punching him in the head for no reason. When I attempted to stop… Read more »
February 7, 2019
A while ago,I was driving down the highway looking at the clear blue sky and the snow-capped mountains.A bird with a bright yellow head and a black body was perched on a wooden fence on the side of the road.The mountains were so beautiful.The spring flowers were starting to bloom.The radio played my favorite classical music station.The drive felt calm,… Read more »
March 7, 2021
Think of the voices that surround our children. Voices leading children to love money, God, family, power, popularity, prestige, entitlement, activism, intellectual achievement, personal worth, truth, pleasure-seeking, time wasting, productivity, industry, judgment, despair, and more. It’s easy to see how some of these voices mislead and hurt a child’s potential. Yet, these voices oftentimes come from people who say,… Read more »
December 10, 2014
Generally, most parents want their children to have good social skills. They want them to be well liked and to be kind, respectful communicators. Unfortunately, some of these very well-meaning parents might actually be destroying the child’s ability to become this kind, respectful and socially mature person, and they don’t even know they are doing it.… Read more »
April 13, 2018
No matter the amount of technology that’s developed to filter devices in order to keep children from viewing objectionable material, the mental, physical and spiritual risks of digital devices facing children have never been greater. Note: In this article I’m using the word “phone” liberally to mean all digital devices that are in regular use in the lives of our… Read more »
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Addictions
- Eating Disorders (11)
- Food (13)
- Masturbation (20)
- Media (110)
- Pornography (36)
- Social (132)
- Urgency Addictions (20)
Age
- Adult Children (204)
- Adults (219)
- Grandparents (68)
- Teens (Youth) (430)
- Toddlers & Younger Children (402)
- Tweens (205)
Behaviors
- Attitude (157)
- Bedtime (54)
- Begging (18)
- Boundaries (105)
- Bullying (41)
- Car Behavior (13)
- Depression (44)
- Entitlement (116)
- Etiquette (10)
- Hitting (30)
- Hoarding (7)
- Lying (61)
- Manipulation (155)
- Meal Time (16)
- Micromanaging (25)
- Negative attention-seeking (109)
- Out of Instructional Control (147)
- Picky Eaters (17)
- Religious Troubles (27)
- Self-harm (1)
- Sex (27)
- Shy Children (13)
- Whining (50)
- Yelling (33)
Consequences
- Chores (150)
- Motivating and Inspiration (153)
- Privileges (53)
- Rewards (40)
- SODAS: Problem Solving Exercises (51)
- Time-Out (for ages 7-8 and younger) (47)
Education
- Homeschool (159)
- Private School (37)
- Public School (59)
Relationships
- Abuse (33)
- Authority (114)
- Babysitting (21)
- Character Building (199)
- Control (104)
- Couple Relationship (116)
- Culture (202)
- Dating (34)
- Expectations (196)
- Marriage Relationship (103)
- Money (13)
- Mutual Respect (124)
- Power Struggling (172)
- Priorities (3)
- Respect (215)
- Roles (278)
- Sibling Interactions (168)
- Spouse (91)
Skills
- Accepting No Answers and Criticism (244)
- Analyzing (208)
- Correcting (272)
- Disagreeing Appropriately (187)
- Dropping the subject (87)
- Encouragement (113)
- Following Instructions (129)
- Four Basic Skills (165)
- Group Problem Solving (72)
- No Answers (194)
- Praise (138)
- Pre-Teach (292)
- Problem Solving (150)
- Rule of Three (ages 6-8+) (119)
- Social Skills (192)
- Work Ethic (71)
Structure
- Family Culture (340)
- Family Economy (30)
- Family Standard (84)
- Mentor Sessions (81)
- Mission Statement (26)
- Priorities (89)
Tone
- Anxiety (112)
- Assertive Communication (199)
- Balance (113)
- Calm (267)
- Changing Hearts (205)
- Common Vision Creation (190)
- Connecting (Looking in the eyes) (105)
- Describe (82)
- Family Unity (205)
- Mission (52)
- Power of Calm (125)
- Seek to Understand (133)
- Unity (127)
- Vision (155)