Index: Relationships

Over $70 value! We have been making do with scribbles for our meeting notes – but these are so beautiful and so many pages!  It will be so great to have all our meeting and SODA history in one place to refer back to. Thank you! — parent Includes: Family Meetings Journal Couples Meeting Journal Mentoring Journal S.O.D.A.S. Journal... Read more »

Technology can be a beautiful thing. It’s great to be able to catch up with people I’ve lost contact with. I love being able to video chat with someone who lives in another country for free. The access you have to worthwhile information never ceases to amaze me. Technology has developed so rapidly in the last decade, though, that I… Read more »

“Mom, I think I’m in a phase where I just want to dress comfortable instead of cute. For the last couple of weeks, I don’t even think about dressing nice,” said Londyn, my 15-year-old daughter who has an eye for style, and who always looks good. “Do you think it’s really a phase?” I asked. “Yes, it’s just a temporary… Read more »

Hovering gives a message of not trusting. Ifhe thinks that you don’t trust him,he will think of himself as a dishonest person based upon your behaviors. Hovering is also a form of a power struggle. So, if you shouldn’t hover over a child to make sure that he follows through with earned consequences, or instructions that have been given, what… Read more »

You use the word “criticism” often when you’re talking about corrective teaching…That word however, has a very negative connotation to me, and each time I hear you say it on your CD’s, I cringe inwardly… I listen to and read a lot of stuff on marriage and parenting, and the word “criticism” is always used as a negative term. It’s… Read more »

The first cellular phone became available to the public in 1984. By 2007 Apple had made the Apple iPhone, which has since taken the cellular phone world by storm. In 23 short years, society went from brick-sized phones to handheld computers. Today, smart phones are everywhere. Even many of the tribal people in Africa now carry smart phones. It’s not… Read more »

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 »

A Mother’s Question About Building Self Esteem In Children “Emma said to me at bedtime that she thinks that she’s ugly. I’m not exactly sure where she heard this since I’m always telling her how cute she is, but what would you say to your kids if they said that?”… Read more »

This audio class is designed to help families make a quick shift in their home culture so that they can more easily implement the Teaching Self-Government principles.  In this class, Nicholeen Peck talks about how to improve a floundering culture at home in just 15 minutes a week!... Read more »

Those voices all around me; “You’re wasting time,” they say. The yard,dishes,big project… Read more »

Those voices all around me; “You’re wasting time,” they say. The yard, dishes, big project Were waiting for today My lists are overwhelming; Still waiting to be checked. If I don’t get those things done This day just might be wrecked. My boy; age three, approaches. His eyes are set on me. “Mommy, help me with my socks,” He says… Read more »

There are more sources for comedy than ever before with online video platforms, social media memes, and GIFS, yet people aren’t happier. In fact, depression and suicide statistics that are increasing all the time show us that people are sadder and more hopeless than previous generations. No program, hotline number, or amount of money or worldly goods will make society… Read more »