Family Culture

Support Call 3-29-2023

This call covers:

Electronics Addiction
Solo Mum – And 15 Wants To Give Commands To Siblings
Practicing Calm Down
24 Hour Loss of Privilege and Major Maintenance
Does Co-Sleeping With Children Discourage Self-Government
2 And a Half Year Old Boy Does Not Accept a “No” Answer
Job/Phone/and Out of Control
Speaking Over Me During Pre-Teaching
Bedtime Battle
Implementing TSG with older children
Emotional Bondage Habit After Loss of Privileges
Dinner Time With Seven Year Old Son
“I Want Things To Be Fun and Funny!”
Navigating Values With a “Culture War” between parents
Young son is physically abusive and won’t take responsibility
Anger during role playing session
Navigating work time with young children

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Today’s Complexity Demands More Simplicity

by Nicholeen Peck “It’s harder for children nowadays with all of the technology and temptations and bad examples”, a mother said to me at a recent conference where I was speaking. We talked for a moment about the differences between her childhood and the childhood of her children. She was concerned. She felt lost and

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Support Call 3-15-2023

This call covers:

Calming Down a 6 Year Old
Daughter Thinks TSG Doesn’t Let Her Have Control
Teen son not learning the lesson from corrections and extra chore
Teen At Risk
Messy bedroom and constantly out of instructional control
Love of Learning
Problems At School
Children feel mother’s cleanliness standards are too high
Teen sneaking cell phone into the house
17-year-old daughter is always late to work and boss is enabling behavior
Success story: pre-teaching Rule of Three
Using TSG in a homeschool co-op group

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Support Call 3-08-2023

This call covers:

4-year-old toilet issues
Homeschooling, disorganized home, work/money
9 yr/old that won’t make eye contact
Advice about grandparents’ visit
18-year-old daughter living at home, not working, not going to school
Incorporating TSG in Children’s Ministry
Calming down in all situations & mutism
Video game addiction and mental fracturing
Finding a media balance for the family
Praise becoming a negative trigger
Success story with children at a funeral

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Español (Primera Edición)

“Enseñanza de los hijos: Un Hogar Unido” está basado en la serie de seminarios populares “Enseñando a Gobernarse a Sí Mismos” de Nicholeen. Este libro muestra a los padres las habilidades comunicativas necesarias, a fin de enseñar a los hijos a gobernarse a sí mismos. Las familias pueden llegar a ser más felices por medio de un ambiente familiar adecuado y la comprensión del comportamiento de los niños. Si las familias implementan, de manera simple, algunos de los principios de enseñanza comprobados, la familia mejorará. El cándido estilo de Nicholeen y su experiencia con adolescentes difíciles hacen muy útil este libro y lo convierte en un entretenimiento para todos. Aunque usted ya haya escuchado a Nicholeen anteriormente, no debe dejar pasar la oportunidad de leer este libro. Nos brinda nuevas historias, ejemplos, preguntas y respuestas de mucho valor y otros pensamientos nunca antes compartidos.

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Mindset Makes or Breaks Family Bonds

“My daughter is so ungrateful! All I do is serve her, but she doesn’t care about me or what I feel. And, she never helps out, even when I ask nicely,” an exasperated mother told me about her teenage daughter. In a later conversation, Emily, the daughter said to me, “I never get anything my

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The Kindness Advantage

Choosing kindness strengthens relationships, increases resilience and promotes emotional non-fragility, helps us solve problems, and is a choice that leads to happiness. Many parents tell me that they hope for their child to develop kindness. Indeed, kindness is a characteristic that develops. It’s a word that describes actions that display love or respect for others.

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Practice Good Relationships This Christmas

It may seem trite and slightly overused to say it, but the old adage, “Make every day Christmas,” has more power than you might think. In fact, maybe, just maybe, the way to have life feel like Christmas every day is to truly live the spirit of Christmas in our relationships at Christmas time. Practicing

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Parents Want To Rescue Their Youth From Confusion

Nearly every day parents ask me how to help their “wayward young adult” or how to heal the heart of their “disconnected teen.” Children displaying unnatural affection by disconnecting from loving parents is an epidemic in our modern society. Normal human development involves increasingly seeking for autonomy as a person launches into adulthood. However, turning

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7 Tips For Reducing Stress and Anxiety In Children

Families are concerned about their children who are struggling with stress and anxiety. Why are stress and anxiety so prevalent nowadays, and what can families do to help in loving ways? Understanding Stress and Anxiety Stress and anxiety are real feelings that many children suffer with daily. According to Georgetown University Health Policy Institute Center

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Two Ways To Guide Youth Toward Purposeful Living

An exasperated mother said to me, “My teenager doesn’t like to work hard. She expects everything in life to be easy. How do I teach her to like work?” “Do you like work?” I asked the mother. “Most people who don’t see value in work, or don’t like work, are taught somewhere along the way

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Support call 9-21-22

This call covers:
modified rule of three.
When to start rule of three.
TSG in public.
child wanting to sweep things under the rug.
Child disagreeing appropriately EVERY time.
Consequences for 2 year old with speech delay.
Children following instructions to avoid consequences.
Showing compassion but helping adult son improve.
Daughter wanting to cut her hair short.
Child disrespecting mom.
Husband undermining mom.

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The Vocabulary Gap And Its Effect On Families

When people don’t speak the same language, it’s hard to understand each other. Likewise, when parents and children don’t speak the same language, then they can become disconnected because of lack of understanding. Understanding creates a feeling of respect and bonding in relationships and is a vital component to creating family unity and solving family

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4 Steps For Increasing Your Patience

Some people seem to be naturally patient, while others seem to struggle with increasing patience because of their strong/hard natures or how they were nurtured. However, when patience is more understood, we all might find that we’re taking more steps toward patience than we think we are. And, if we keep taking those steps, then

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Being Your Child’s Safe Place

It’s currently commonplace to see youth aggressively confronting adults when, not too long ago, that behavior would never have been condoned. And, sadly this aggressive behavior is being misinterpreted as behavior necessary for the emotional safety of the child. If parents want to be the ‘safe place’ for their child, then it’s vital that they

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Self-Governed People Train Their Focus Forward

“I think I ruined my child,” a mother told me in desperation as she explained some of the behavior problems and disconnection problems her teenage son was having. She was being honest with herself about mistakes that she might have made in her son’s upbringing. My heart ached for her. She might have unknowingly done

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7 Lessons Aging Mothers & Grandmothers Teach Their Families

Mom has a bad knee, but that doesn’t stop us from making multi-generational memories to last a lifetime. Months ago, when I asked Mom to accompany me on a trip to Alaska, she said, “Sure, I’ll come if you really want me to go with you. I don’t move very fast anymore because of my

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When Things Don’t Go Your Way…

As nice as it would be to have complete control over outcomes, it isn’t humanly possible. Cause and effect is a principle of life that we can usually rely upon, but sometimes there seems to be another will for our days and experiences that turns our plans upside down. Sometimes these unexpected turns can create

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