My father used to always say, “Master your mother tongue and you will make a mark upon the world that will be noticed.” This advice changed my life. I am still not perfectly articulate, but it is always on my mind.
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This audio segment gives deeper understanding of what love really is and how to foster it with your family and friends. Some people misunderstand love and how interactions between those who love each other should look. In this weekly gem, there is also a fun family idea for communicating your love to each other all year round.
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Question: Nicholeen, I hate to admit this, but I yell at my family way too much. Okay, I guess any yelling is too much. I’m not the only one who yells though. My whole family yells at each other. I want the spirit of love in our home, but it seems like the moment after
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My daughter, Paije, and I were asked to do a podcast with Karen Trifiletti, the host of “I Believe.” This video is a portion of that podcast on the subject of SODAS.
Have you felt overwhelmed as a parent? Have you reached the end of your rope? Are you looking for new ways to communicate more effectively with your children? Check out this interview with Nicholeen Peck and her daughter Paije. They share principles of family and self-government that can help you and your family get on
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You won’t find the word “reactionship” in any dictionary, because I just made it up a short time ago. This is how it happened. While visiting a family with the purpose to help them see the best way to learn self-government I noticed that the way the parents were handling emotional outbursts from their teens
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Message from Paije Peck (Nicholeen’s Daughter) Disagreeing appropriately is, by far, my favorite self-government skill. As a youth, it proves to be one of the most helpful skills to have too. Not only is it helpful, it’s very important for the structure of the home. Disagreeing appropriately is a great way to get my point
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Before I found Teaching Self-Government, building relationships used to be a mystery to me. I remember about 5 years ago I began to learn that building relationships was a good thing to focus on. I used to think that building relationships happened through eating ice-cream together, watching movies, or by doing fun things together that we all enjoyed. Certainly relationships can be built that way, but I didn’t know any other way.
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I thought you would like to see this. This is an email I just got from a family near Nottingham, England that came to the Teaching Self-Government event we did there. It was one of our smaller events, but still obviously worth it. Read below. Thank you all for your participation in helping this family.
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During my young years I developed some deplorable communication habits. Frequently I interrupted people, said wrong things to the wrong people, spoke too often, and had emotional speech. Even though I was good at presenting myself with proper posture and other manners, I was often lacking dignity of speech which led my friends and family
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Your children are amazing, aren’t they? I love the book called “The 4th Turning” to help remind us that we are raising a generation of heroes. For most of us that means that we are doing something differently than when we were raised. It means taking all the good that we were given and making
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The Interrupting Or Contradicting Child by Nicholeen Peck “Knock, knock.” “Who’s there?” “Interrupting Child.” “Interrupting ch-” “Mom!” For most children, interrupting is a stage they go through when they are learning how to best time thesharing of their ideas. But, sometimes the behavior can seem to attempt to discredit the parents. Thistype of behavior is
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This time of year it is customary tothink about how to become better than we already are. Why would wewant to become better? Honestly, in this world where bad often seemsgood and good is often talked about as bad it is ironic that we stilladhere to a tradition where we focus on becoming better than
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“If you’re not good, Santa will bring you a lump of coal in your stocking instead of presents.” my older brother explained to me when I was about five years old. Is telling children about lumps of coal being delivered okay?
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Thisweek’s Gem is on remembering the most important thing during theholidays or any time of the year – the relationships. Myfavorite quote from this Gem is this: Thereally powerful vision-driven type person enjoys the serving part;enjoys the creating. She draws happiness from the joy that she’sgiving away! Right Click To Download Merry Christmas from us
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Are the holidays stressing you out? How can using TeachingSelf-Government skills help you?
The holiday season is a verybusy timewith lots of people to think about,lots of get togethers, and yet we still need to live our regular lives. It is very easy to get stressed out and feel like you’re running out of time. We wanted to help you take a minute to refocus on what matters most.
In this week’s Audio Gem you will learn:
It only takes a moment to build or destroy a relationship. Takethe time to look in their eyes so that you build lastingrelationships with your children this Christmas season.
To the victory of your family,
Pennie Rumsey
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Anticipating Daddy Dates by Nicholeen Peck Memories are priceless! And, memories with daddy are extraspecial. I know not all households have daddies, so if there isn’t adaddy at your house you can apply this article to mommies, grandmas,and grandpas too. When I was young my daddy deliberately made time each week to takeone of his
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What are you doing for ThanksgivingDay? Do you go to grandma’s house or do you cozy up at home? Nomatter what you do, or how large or small your group is there aresome simple fun things you can do to make Thanksgiving day fun. In this article I am going to sharewith you some old
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As we work toward greater peace in our home, periods of chaos will happen. That doesn’t mean we have to choose to make it worse by adding our negative emotion to what is already causing the problem. Instead, work on being calm and teach your children by example how to communicate deliberately through group problem solving. Being calm is real power.
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“Nicholeen, how do I help my son stop attention seeking? He is nine years old and has to be the center of attention. At scouts, school and church he blurts things out when other people are talking and when their not talking. He talks back to his teachers. He distracts other children too by yelling
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