My views have changed. During my teen and young adult years, I thought that women needed to do everything men did, and women did, in order to be strong. But, now that I have seen every dimension of womanhood firsthand, I see that my views of women and myself lacked depth and understanding when I […]
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Two to three times per day, my 17-year-old son spontaneously comes up to me as I’m coming down the hall or when I’m standing in the kitchen, and wraps his arms around me and gives me a tender, loving hug. “Oh, Mom…I love you,” he says. These hugs are some of the highlights of my
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(This event is not hosted by TSG. Nicholeen will be a featured speaker.) Equipping… Encouraging… and FUN! There’s a reason that homeschooling families attend these regional conventions and travel from all over the United States and Canada to get to one (taking advantage of our Hotel Discounts, too). It’s because a GHC convention truly is the
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(This event is not hosted by TSG. Nicholeen will be a featured speaker.) Ontario, California – June 16-18, 2022 Equipping… Encouraging… and FUN! There’s a reason that homeschooling families attend these regional conventions and travel from all over the United States and Canada to get to one (taking advantage of our Hotel Discounts, too). It’s because
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(This event is not hosted by TSG. Nicholeen will be a featured speaker.) Equipping… Encouraging… and FUN! There’s a reason that homeschooling families attend these regional conventions and travel from all over the United States and Canada to get to one (taking advantage of our Hotel Discounts, too). It’s because a GHC convention truly is the
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(This event is not hosted by TSG. Nicholeen will be a featured speaker.) SC Homeschool Convention – March 17 – 19, 2022 Equipping… Encouraging… and FUN! There’s a reason that homeschooling families attend these regional conventions and travel from all over the United States and Canada to get to one (taking advantage of our Hotel Discounts,
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(This event is not hosted by TSG. Nicholeen will be a featured speaker.) Join us to explore if homeschooling is the right direction for you! If you are already homeschooling, expand your homeschool skills, capacity and knowledge. Get ready to be inspired and take your homeschool to a whole new level.
Simplified Homeschooling Virtual Zoom Summit Read More »
Parents and school administrators have requested that I make a short, free curriculum that parents can use to help their children navigate some of the social issues children are often forced to encounter at young ages. This curriculum is basic but deep, and it’s a principle-based lesson plan to help parents prepare their children to
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss the intricacies of the touchy subject of anxiety. Everyone experiences anxiety. It’s a fact. However, the way that it’s managed and dealt with heavily determines how well the person experiencing it thrives or survives. Do you need a better grip on your anxiety? Do you need more skills
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss what it means to gather the family together. Gathering means to assemble things and people together to prepare them for success. How is that done? How can success come from gathering? Listen in for tips on how to gather your children for the short term and the long
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije share how knowing more about our family deepens our sense of who we are and why we are. Do you know about the people who came before you? If so, how does their story play into your story? Listen in for some wonderful stories from the Peck family and lessons
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss the negative effects of “good cop, bad cop” in parenting. Why is it bad to flip-flop from being a child’s friend to laying down the law? Isn’t that the only way to get things done and make the children understand? No! There’s a better way! Listen in for
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss how choosing to serve and do good to others is a form of self-government. Do you feel like your children just don’t like doing things for others when they ask kindly? Are there entitlement issues in your family or that you’ve noticed in yourself? Listen in for some
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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.
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There is a myth that parents from past generations didn’t understand or care about the feelings of their children as much as they should have or as much as modern parents do. This isn’t true. I’m never a fan of putting whole generations of people into boxes just because there are a few horror stories.
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“I don’t have the time to catch every little thing the kids do. I run a business, I have a large family, and I homeschool. Isn’t there an easier way to stop the bad behaviors than having to correct every one of them? I think I need the condensed, quicker approach to parenting,” said Gwen,
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Think of the voices that surround our children. Voices leading children to love money, God, family, power, popularity, prestige, entitlement, activism, intellectual achievement, personal worth, truth, pleasure-seeking, time wasting, productivity, industry, judgment, despair, and more. It’s easy to see how some of these voices mislead and hurt a child’s potential. Yet, these voices oftentimes
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In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss how micromanaging can be a big problem. Do you try to control everything your spouse or children do? Are there things that annoy you all the time? Do you annoy yourself? This podcast gives some great insight into why that might be happening and how you can address
Podcast 53 – microManaging Can Be A BIG Deal! Read More »
In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss how TSG applies to grandparents and grandparenting. Whether you’re the parents and are struggling getting your own parents or in-laws on the same page as you or you’re the grandparents and want to have more structured time with your wonderful grandchildren, Teaching Self-Government has skills and advice for
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A teenage girl talking back to her mother in an airport about her emotions said, “We have to let our emotions out. I’m being true to myself. I won’t stuff my emotions just because you don’t want to hear them!” The mother, who had told her daughter that she couldn’t use her phone anymore, was
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