by Nicholeen Peck “I’m scared” said two year old Clara when her uncle Porter was encouraging her to learn some swimming techniques while on a family trip. “You’re okay. I’m right here. You can do it.” Porter said. Clara fought the process a bit, but Porter wouldn’t be deterred. He knew that she was completely […]
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by Nicholeen Peck In 2009 our family was featured on a BBC documentary about parenting and discipline called The World’s Strictest Parents. During the program, the camera crew interviewed my son about what he was witnessing from the troubled teens who came to our home for the filming. My son commented about the unruly
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by Nicholeen Peck In 2020 I wrote an article about the upcoming election admonishing parents to teach their children about calmness and the peaceful transition of power amidst the emotionally charged political debates and the controlling cancel-culture controversies. The day my article was posted my social media accounts got canceled. Apparently talking about calmness
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by Nicholeen Peck This year at the Commission on the Status of Women [CSW], at the United Nations , the topic of discussion was finding solutions for global poverty. While some of the family and motherhood organizations came up with good solutions for teaching entrepreneurialism, networking, and developing life skills through training programs and
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