There are times when I do things I wouldn’t normally do just because I wouldn’t normally do it. It’s a kind of self-check to make sure that I’m still open-minded and hopeful, instead of resting in a bias. Allow me to give you some context into my life so that you can understand why it […]
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by Nicholeen Peck As parents, my husband and I hope that our children will succeed as parents. My daughter, Paije, has exceeded my parenting expectations with her little toddler daughter, Clara. The skills that Paije has taught Clara to help her do self-regulation and self-calming are good skills for 21-month-olds, however, these self-government skills that
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by Nicholeen Peck Self-government, a key principle of individual and societal freedom, is culturally rejected by some academics. This malicious movement, if adopted by society, will undermine our cultures, our families, our economies, and our personal empowerment. Luckily, the solution to cultural warfare has a simple yet powerful and effective solution; strengthen the people
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This call covers:
* Misbehavior While On The Phone
* Summer Schedule
* 24-Hour Loss of Privileges Takes the Whole Day
* Success Story! Age 4 and Disagreeing Appropriately
* No Answers VS. Disagreeing Appropriately
* Teaching Disagreeing Appropriately to Young Children
* Teenage Sibling Bossy When Babysitting
* Husband Not Calm
* Role Playing “No” Answers and Corrections
* Daughter Afraid of Mother When Her Bedroom is Messy
* Age 7 Finds Joy in Blatant Disobedience & Age 10 is Bossy When Playing With Younger Siblings
Support Call 6-21-2023 Read More »
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
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This call covers:
* Socializing Skills
* Six Years Old Girl And Private Parts
* 23 Month Old And the Power of Calm
* Scheduling Academics
* 13-Year-Old Son Issues
* SODAS
* Correction Length
* Toddler Throwing Things
* Chaos with spouse while implementing program
* Multiple Children And Staying Calm
* Teen Loneliness
* Son Working Full Time in Summer
* 11 Year Old Girl Struggling After School
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This call covers:
* 24 Hour Loss of Privileges And Special Events
* Games
* Disagreeing Appropriately
* Nap Time For 3 Year Old
* Sleep Schedules
* Obsessively Timid Body Language
* Siblings Using The Skills With Each Other
* How To Quick Start The Program
* Family Vision
* 5 Years Old Getting Calm
* Verbal Aggression
Support Call 4-26-2023 Read More »
“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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This call covers:
Corrections
Single Mom Confused With Roles
Chores for certain ages
Disagree appropriately question
Following through
Book Recommendations
Fighting And Not Listening
Morning Chores Earned The Night Before
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This call covers:
Children exploding at parent.
Softening negative consequences.
Addressing screaming toddlers.
Son negative attention seeking continually.
Pulling/cleaning teeth question.
Going out of control during 24 hours loss of privileges.
Raging children.
Children earning money in the home.
Children not sharing with each other.
Support call 11-8-22 Read More »
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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This call covers:
Children feeling like they do more work then other children.
Husband hiding addictions.
Not knowing what child did what.
TSG for teens with ODD.
Child going to the bathroom for cleaning time.
Child spending super long in bathroom.
Support call 9-14-22 Read More »
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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This call covers:
Question about calmness.
Modesty question.
Stewardships question.
Trans gender question.
Violence 6 year old.
Disagree appropriately question.
Managing large groups of youth.
only child question.
Dyslexia question.
Chore question.
Power struggling question.
Question about period clothing.
Support call 7-20-22 Read More »
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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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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As part of learning cause and effect and growing into healthy adulthood, most children occasionally test boundaries by willfully choosing disobedience or even rebelling against parents. While taking risks and being a little bit rebellious here and there are usually healthy signs of normal development toward adulthood, obedience is required for wisdom and learning, too.
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This call covers:
Daughter pouting for attention.
Inuit parenting approach.
Feeling like you need to “break” you child of something, like a habit.
6 year old with autism.
How do I get calm going through hard days?
Child being out of control for 3+ weeks.
Balancing family participation and allowing children to seclude themselves.
Things getting broken while children are out of control.
Child disregarding rules about electronics in room.
Support call 3-2-22 Read More »
This class covers:
Insights on unification therapist.
Finically Supporting children through college advice.
Writing Chores on sticky notes.
Tips for pre-teaching and praising doing the task immediately and checking back.
Giving no answers all day long.
Helping my child let loose and be a good guest but not fall into peer pressure.
Son overheard parents talking and now doesn’t trust mom.
Allowed activities to do while reading.
Child has friend that has dated people of the same gender.
Support call 2-16-22 Read More »
Diplomacy is dying. MSN’s Feb 18, 2022 article called, “Is This The Year Of The Angry Parent? The GOP Hopes So,” talked about how parent anger about masks and social issues was helping the GOP and causing a problem. Yahoo News declared, “A parents’ revolt is currently sweeping the nation,” in their Feb 18, 2022
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