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Paije Baumert

I'm a mother of three, living in Idaho with my husband, toddler, and twins! They are the light of my life, as well as one of the main things that help me grow and progress as a person, trying to fulfill all her roles. I've been a certified TSG mentor since 2016 and love helping people discover structure and consistency while increasing love and calmness in their relationships. I have a degree in Marriage and Family Studies and I love that I get to use it every day!

When Full Lives Become Too Full: The Hidden Cost of Over-Scheduling Our Children

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How can parents tell when a child’s busy schedule is hurting family connection and emotional health? Research, including a 2002 review from the American Psychological Association on family routines and rituals, shows that predictable family rhythms are vital to successful child outcomes. Sometimes children know their lives need more balance even before their parents notice. […]

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“A Soft Answer” and Yelling Inside and Out

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Proverbs teaches that "a soft answer turneth away wrath," but many parents know that not yelling out loud is only the beginning. A parent can be quiet and still be stormy inside, and children often feel that hidden tension through facial expressions, tone, body language, and emotional distance. Teaching Self-Government calls parents to a deeper

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Choosing Calmness: How to Calm Your Thoughts Before They Control You

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What can parents do when anxious or stressful thoughts take over and make calm parenting feel impossible? By Nicholeen Peck When Stress Takes Over the Brain Cortisol is real — and powerful. When stress floods the brain with cortisol, it’s almost impossible to think clearly. Logic fades, emotions heighten, and even small worries can spiral

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The Truth About War & Peace

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Peace is not simply the absence of disagreement. In families, communities, and nations, peace begins when people govern their own thoughts, words, and reactions before trying to control someone else’s. Teaching Self-Government applies this principle first in the home, where children and parents learn calmness, respectful disagreement, and connection even when opinions or emotions are

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Why Parents Should Correct Their Children More Often

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Many parents worry that correcting children too often will damage connection, but children still need steady teaching, clear expectations, and calm follow-through. In Teaching Self-Government, correction is not shame or control. It is a loving teaching process that helps children practice better skills and learn how to govern themselves. By Nicholeen Peck In today’s parenting

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The Inevitable Behavioral Tight Spot That Parents Must Face

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Why do children often resist right before they learn better behavior? Growth usually requires a tight spot: a moment when a child has to practice calmness, accept a limit, or choose a better skill instead of staying in old behavior. This article explains the Hour Glass Principle and why parents should not panic when teaching

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Raising Boys Into Good Men: Why Mentorship Matters Now More Than Ever

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How can parents and mentors help boys grow into responsible, purposeful men in a distracted world? Boys need more than correction when they drift; they need examples, useful work, belonging, and trusted adults who help them see their strength as something to discipline and direct. Mentorship can give boys a practical picture of manhood that

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Tell Your Teens a Truth They’ve Been Waiting to Hear

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What truth helps teens understand why parents still guide and correct them? Teens want freedom, but they also want to know that their parents’ guidance has a reason. When parents explain their role with calmness and respect, teens are more likely to see boundaries as preparation for adulthood instead of rejection or control. By Nicholeen

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The Contagious Cycle of Thankfulness

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How can gratitude change the emotional tone of a family? Thankfulness begins as a choice of focus, but it rarely stays private. When parents notice and praise small good things, their changed focus can soften their own hearts and invite children into a more loving family pattern. By Nicholeen Peck Challenges happen to us all.

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Loving Life and Seeing Good Days Despite Disappointment

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How can a person love life and see good days when the world feels divided or disappointing? Self-government gives us a way to stay free inside, even when events around us are uncertain. Instead of letting anxiety, politics, or disappointment govern our hearts, we can choose calmness, truth, love, and purposeful action. by Nicholeen Peck

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Comfort Zones | Why Kids Need Someone To Push Them

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How can parents help children leave their comfort zones without being unkind? Children need loving adults who see their potential, stay calm during resistance, and invite them to do hard things with support. A gentle push, given with safety and purpose, can help a child discover courage that comfort alone would never teach. by Nicholeen

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Canceling Parents Has Negative Consequences

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What happens when parents are silenced or made afraid to lead their families? Children need loving guidance, open communication, and principled correction from the people most responsible for them. When a culture trains parents to step back, the home can lose the very influence children need for security, identity, and self-government. by Nicholeen Peck In

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“I Finally Have Command”

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What does healthy parental command look like without fear or force? In Teaching Self-Government, command is not domination. It is calm confidence, clear structure, consistent follow-through, and warm leadership that helps children feel secure while parents guide the home. by Nicholeen Peck Having command is not a bad, dominant, or militant thing. Feeling calm command

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Home Power – The Solution to Social Ills

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How can strong homes help repair social problems? A peaceful society is not built only in public meetings, schools, or laws. It begins in homes where children learn truth, work, respect, calm communication, family roles, and the skills of self-government. by Nicholeen Peck Society, with all its innovations and intricacies, has lost the vision of

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“I’m Sorry” Shows A Lot

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How can parents teach sincere apologies instead of forced apologies? The words "I’m sorry" can heal when they come from a humble heart, but they can also become social performance when the heart is not engaged. Teaching children about apology starts with helping them understand conscience, repair, and the condition of their own hearts. by

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Marriage, Motherhood, and the Destructive Intersectional Lens

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Why does Teaching Self-Government defend marriage, motherhood, and family roles so strongly? Because family relationships are not merely economic arrangements or social labels. They are sacred, formative bonds that shape children, strengthen society, and give meaning to sacrifice in ways no outside system can replace. by Nicholeen Peck This year at the Commission on the

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Correcting Behavior Vs Understanding Personality

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How can parents tell the difference between a child’s personality and behavior that needs correction? Understanding personality helps parents appreciate differences, but it should not become an excuse for harmful habits or poor choices. Wise parents learn to honor who a child is while still teaching skills for better behavior. by Nicholeen Peck Discerning between

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How To Talk To Your Kids | Bridging The Information Gap

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How can parents talk with children about hard topics without damaging connection? Children need parents who can discuss serious concerns with calmness, privacy, respect, and clear words. When parents prepare how they communicate, difficult conversations can become moments of trust instead of distance. by Nicholeen Peck Parents have to navigate some pretty tough topics in

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Punishment and Parental Authority

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by Nicholeen Peck Punishment is a topic that evokes much debate. In the Bible we are told that the Lord loves those whom He chastens, and that enduring chastening brings us closer to God (Hebrews 12). In Webster’s 1828 Dictionary the word chasten means “correct by punishment…to purify from errors or faults.” But, to punish

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Vital Focus For Improving Family Togetherness In A Disconnected World

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by Nicholeen Peck Ironically, in an age when business communications and social networking are easier than ever due to technological advances and global platforms, families are struggling more than ever to feel connected as groups. When the problems facing families seem endless and intricate there is one principle that we must keep in mind. “Our

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No More Standing on the Parenting Sidelines

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by Nicholeen Peck Children sometimes say, “I wish my parents would stop getting involved in my life.” But is that what they really want? This idea of having total freedom without any oversight, teaching, or correction sounds very attractive to a child . However, when a person looks at the long-term effects on children who

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Increase Confidence by Telling Yourself “No”

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by Nicholeen Peck Many parents want their children to learn to take responsibility for themselves: to learn self-government. A self-governed person, no matter the age, will be able to show the following characteristics. They can: give themselves instructions, follow through on commitments, accept the consequences of life, talk openly with people, discuss a difference of

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Self-Regulation Skills for All Ages —Even Toddlers!

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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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Cultural Rejection of Self-Government

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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 by

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Family Roles Are Often Misunderstood

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by Nicholeen Peck Honoring self-evident family roles promotes increased family identity, a functional family culture, and secure children. In order to honor the family roles of children and parents, it’s vital that we understand what family roles are and how they help us succeed. Misconceptions about roles have confused so many people and discouraged young

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Today’s Complexity Demands More Simplicity

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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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