Index: Success Stories

This is part two of Teaching Self-Government success stories! Enjoy!… Read more »

Stories of success from others is always a good boost of confidence for ourselves. If you have success stories, feel free to share! We love you hear how Teaching Self-Government is going for you! Here’s some that we’ve gotten.… Read more »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfVuAjDlbhg https://vimeo.com/76647891 Here is also an audio clip on the same subject:… Read more »

When I started learning self-government principles years ago, I was foster parenting some difficult children, most of whom were on medication and had severe anger issues and terrible eating habits.As I started teaching them self-government skills, many of the children no longer needed their medication. Sometimes the anger issues stopped immediately, but in other children the issues re-surfaced later. With… Read more »

I thought this comment was worth sharing on the front page. ~Nicholeen I just wanted to share a neat little conversation with 10yod tonight while we were cleaning the dinner dishes. She said, “You know that when you ask 4yod and 6yos to like, go make their bed. They whine and don’t want to do it, but if you say,… Read more »

In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss how important it is to be able to adapt on all fronts. Self-government is being able to determine the cause and effect of any given situation and possessing a knowledge of our behaviors so we can control them, is it not? Is this not the essence of successfully adapting? Listen in for some… Read more »

In this podcast, Nicholeen and Paije discuss what to do when you’ve already done all you can to teach your children what they should do, then they choose another path. Did you do something wrong somewhere along the line? Do you feel like you failed as a parent? Listen in for some great tips of what you can do and… Read more »

Is your home in crisis? Do your children never do what they are told? Do you find yourself completely overwhelmed and hating to interact with your children? Do your children treat you with disrespect and cause contention at home? Are you out of control of your emotions as a parent too? If any of these descriptions sound like your house,... Read more »

Recently I was invited to be a guest speaker on the Joyful Living Podcast with Quinn Curtis. The presentation was completely new and really spontaneous! I think you will like it. Some of the topics covered are: Entitlement issues in children What joyful living looks like How to balance home life and work or other busy projects How the family… Read more »

“Mom, I’m going to go to Zack’s to play basketball. Is that okay?” Quinton, age fifteen, announced this morning. I replied, “Quin, you have things to do here at home today, so I don’t think we will have time for friends until another day.” Quin really wanted to go shoot hoops with his friend. What fifteen year old boy doesn’t?… Read more »

Over the last year, my niece has gone through a change. The once happy, helpful girl changed into a whiny, depressed, girl that didn’t look at life the same. One day I got left home with the all the children whilethe adultswent shopping. While I was home with the children I started giving instructions for everyone to clean things up… Read more »

I want to share “The Haroldsen Family Song” that I wrote the night after the seminar. Our family talked about creating a mission statement, but since that is going to take some time, I wanted something ‘right now!’ to pull us into the right frame of mind. I penned these words to be sung to the tune of “America the… Read more »