This call covers: Thoughts on being an older mother Shame VS. Guilt (“mini class”) Coming up with better consequences Letting go of negativity Is it a need for attention or just being overwhelmed?

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on December 17, 2016

Whole Call: https://s3.amazonaws.com/1-SupportCalls/2020/10October/TSG_SC_10-27-20_WholeEdited.mp3 Question: Hi Nicholeen, My daughter is 10 years old and an avid reader. She is constantly wanting new material to read. Can you recommend a resource other than the Good and the Beautiful that has previewed books we can choose from. My local library and church library are not that great and we need to purchase just about everything. There are so many books that could be suitable that have good themes about God but may have a few bad words like ‘idiot’ or ‘stupid’ or mild boyfriend and girlfriend relationships or issues about divorce or death of parents. What is your view on these types of books? I am totally not keen on these books but I feel a little pressure to allow her to read them. From her and sometimes from my good christian friends. How do I address this issue? How do I preview …

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Posted by Nicholeen Peck on October 30, 2020

This Call Covers:Helping small children deal with separation anxietyPassive-Agressive out of control childrenLearning to love children who won’t show love back

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on October 25, 2019

This Call Covers: Figuring out correction differences between spouses Proper tolerances for bad behavior Teaching Self-government to toddlers

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on October 15, 2018

This Call Covers:helping children stay calm and avoid attention seeking behaviorsHelping your spouse be consistent with implementation to help the children progressTeaching children to play.The proper way to make decisions for your children.

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on January 5, 2019

This Call Covers:How to help my family understand my visionMicromanaging and touchy childrenMasturbation in teenagersHelping a spouse change their attitude

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on January 17, 2020

I am not a stress out type person. My part ‘yellow’ personality usually keeps me rather laid back and happy no matter what troubles come my way. This has been a blessing many times in my life. But, I can feel stress, and sometimes I do. Here is my story of how I conquered the worse case of stress I have had. Stress And Anxiety Symptoms

Posted by Nicholeen Peck on March 12, 2013

A friend of mine asked me what she could do for her teenage exchange student. This student was in the middle of a multiple, day-long teenage tantrum. The mother had told her exchange student that she couldn’t attend a sleepover because the family doesn’t do sleepovers. The teenage exchange student, in turn, became very emotional and quite upset. There are many layers to a story like this. We could examine whether or not the child fully understood why the family had this rule. Or, we could determine if she was accustomed to getting “No” answers from her parents. Likewise, we could find out if the teen even had the skills necessary to be fully understood and happy in a situation like this. This mother sincerely wanted to have a good experience with her exchange student, but she didn’t want to change the established family rules just to please this girl …

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Posted by Monica Pond on January 17, 2018

“If our society is coming apart at the seams, it is because the tailor and the seamstress in the home are not producing the kind of stitching that will hold under stress. In the name of giving advantages, we have too often bartered away the real opportunities of our children.” (1981, Be Thou an Example, Gordon B. Hinckley)In these modern times, Hinckley’s statement might be seen as too blunt or even not understanding of some parents who are trying their best to raise good children in these hard times. To focus on what this statement is not, however, misses the mark completely.This honest assessment by Hinckley is a call to action for parents. He was saying that parents are creating something in their homes. They are producers of a product, just as tailors and seamstresses are producers of clothing. The valuable products parents potentially produce are good adults who strengthen …

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Posted by Monica Pond on January 4, 2019

Parents and school administrators have requested that I make a short, free curriculum that parents can use to help their children navigate some of the social issues children are often forced to encounter at young ages. This curriculum is basic but deep, and it’s a principle-based lesson plan to help parents prepare their children to be free-thinking, discerning, loving, and confident during these times of ideological warfare. The goal of this lesson plan is to initiate parent/child discussions that lead to families deliberately living by principles, better parent/child bonding, and create an environment where children are prepared to stand out and speak up when needed in loving ways about hotly-debated topics or differences of opinion. The lessons build upon each other and are meant to be implemented in order, although they don’t have to be. For additional insight on these lessons intended to create uniting and empowering family cultures for …

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Posted by Monica Pond on June 22, 2021

The other day I was attending a very heated legislative committee meeting in Utah where changes to the way state school teachers teach about sexual health were proposed. I recognized someof the legislators were not acknowledging the real solution to the problems facing teenagers. Debate and public comments on the proposed changes went on for hours. Lawmakers didn’t like the bill and ended up voting it down. However, right before the bill was officially refused some legislators expressed concern about some of the sexual problems they see pertaining to young people nowadays. Even though it wasn’t the solution, they understood why the bill was proposed. One legislator said that he didn’t know the solution to all the problems he was seeing in young people, but he would really like someone to figure it out. He also said that since times have changed, we need to make some changes, but he …

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Posted by Monica Pond on February 10, 2017

Parents are meant to shepherd their children toward truth and safety, as well as in learning skills, in order to prepare them for the purposes of their lives. But not all shepherds are the same.Two sisters were given some sheep to care for, and a promise that the sheep would be of great value if tended properly.The younger sister wanted her sheep to bring her wealth and praise quickly, so she promptly put them out to pasture to fatten the sheep up. The tending was easy at first. She gave them a grassy place to eat and left them alone. Since the sheep were busy, she could do the things she wanted to do. She felt she was getting more done by keeping her sheep occupied with their grassy hill, while she spent time with friends, received spa treatments, and built her wool business. She created a website and established …

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Posted by Monica Pond on April 18, 2019