Family vision, family mission, proactive parenting, the roles of mother and father—it’s all covered in this compelling conversation with Nicholeen Peck, parenting expert and founder of the proven parenting system Teaching Self-Government. Nicholeen is one of the world’s leading voices in protecting and supporting the family, and her love for motherhood shines through in all she says and does. This episode airs as part of the month theme of "Motherhood", dedicated to strengthening connections within motherhood.  

Call to action: 

Find calmness in your parenting! “Calmness is the basis for good communication and understanding in relationships. Without calmness, we fall into power struggles and traps that make us frustrated with ourselves and each other.” (Teaching Self-Government website) Find calmness with the free calm parent toolkit offered on Nicholeen’s website. 

Download the Calm Parenting Toolkit 

Resources:

https://teachingselfgovernment.com

Parenting: A House United Get Nicholeen's popular parenting book!

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Timeline: 

0:00 Guest and topic introduction

6:15 Self-government definition and overview of Parenting: A House United. Shooting analogy—Aligning the aught (who you ought to be) and front-site (personal wants). Course correcting daily.

9:15 Overview of four basic skills within Teaching Self-Government

12:30 Family vision and mission explanation 

14:00 Roles of mother and father. Discussion on vision. Vision is the WHY.

17:45 Discussion on family mission. Mission is the HOW. Missions can be for various areas of life: personal, parent, family, work. Missions provide the feeling of living your ultimate purpose.

23:15 Reactive and proactive parenting

25:15 The 8 personal missions

31:45 Creating a family mission statement. Peck family mission statement.

37:30 World’s view of motherhood

41:45 Calm Parenting toolkit: call to action, closing remarks, outtakes (Courtney’s star-struck comments)