For Christmas Dadzoo gave me a wonderful gift, one that I have been eating up since I opened the package Christmas morning.
It is a book and a seminar on CD about teaching children self government.
I love it.
Love, love, love it!
I first encountered Nicholeen Peck when a friend forwarded this link to me:
http://teachingselfgovernment.com/worlds-strictest-parents-video-part-1_482/
Nicholeen Peck and her family were asked to be on a BBC show called “Worlds Strictest Parents”. They hosted two out of control British teenagers for 10 days. Well I watched the hour long program on my computer and I was moved, to put it mildly. Actually I was moved to tears. I knew I had to learn more about the method this family used to create peace and harmony in their home.
I went to Nicholeen’s blog (http://teachingselfgovernment.com/) and poured through the archives trying to glean as much information as I could. I was able to get quite a bit and I started to use it in our home. However, it just wasn’t enough, there were some holes and some ideas in the whole philosophy as it was presented on the blog (her blog is more of a question answer format for people who have read her books or listened to the seminar). So Dadzoo for Christmas got me the seminar on CD and the book.
Our lives have changed.
Dramatically!
Our home is happy, peaceful, loving.
My tough kids aren’t so tough anymore.
Everybody knows what to expect and Dadzoo and I know how to handle everything that pops up.
We are teaching, not tricking our kids into behaving.
The kids are smiling, and speaking nicely to their siblings.
We have a family government.
We have a family purpose.
Most importantly, all this points us towards our Heavenly Father.
I highly recommend everyone to peruse her blog, purchase her seminars and books, or find them in the library and start teaching your children how to govern themselves.
My question for you is. . .how do you implement things?! I can read about homeschooling, nutrition, gardening, canning, exercising, etc, etc. BUT I am tired of reading cause I have a hard time implementing everything or much of anything I learn. Maybe I just lack sheer determination??
This book looks good though – thanks for posting about it. =0)
To answer your question, I think the reason I love this book so much is because it gives you the steps to implement self government.
I totally agree with you, I can read a book and feel so inspired, but when it come to doing it I never really know where to start. This helps with that, from your first couples meeting and family meeting to mentoring sessions and family activities she just spells it all out.
I know I sound like I am gushing over this, but I am just loving it!
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
I like a lot of concepts in her book. But I don't like withholding goodies or food for misbehavior. That's sort of like withholding oxygen and leads a child down the obesity path.