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by Jerry Norton (Contribution by), Nicholeen Peck (Author), Sherlynne M. Beach (Author)
Do you sometimes find yourself wishing you had a different family? Some of us have all felt it before. It is in those moments when your kids are fighting and screaming with each other and you. Your spouse seems distant and disconnected from you with regard to family matters, disciplining children, planning for family events and more. Life seems to be an endless sequence of meals, laundry, dirty diapers, messy rooms, undone home improvement projects, and chauffeuring kids to dance lessons and soccer practices. Then in the middle of all this chaos, you begin to want more peace and a greater sense of mission and purpose. What's it all for? Then you notice the 'Joneses' next door. The parents never seem to be in disagreement and never, ever yell at their kids. Their children always speak to their parents with respect and never, ever fight with each other. The children excel at just about everything and always seem to be the most talented, best students, most socially adjusted in the neighborhood. Can this be for real? Or are they just a bunch of invading aliens from another planet? The Jones seem to always be happy, peaceful, confident...no problems right? Wrong! But they do know something you don't - Just like our panel of experts featured in our latest book, they know following principle-based family skills are fundamental in raising children who excel in all areas of their life. Principle-based family skills are a fundamental requirement for successful communication in a marriage. And mostly, they know parents can now transform their inadequacies into effective skills for their marriages and their children. That is why we should always be reading, studying and ever learning to improve ourselves and our families. So now you too, can discover what other great mentors, teachers and coaches have discovered about their families - Now you can keep up with the 'Joneses' in a healthy way. In this compilation book, discover timeless wisdom, seemingly magical secrets to building strong families and a practical, step-by-step guide to successful parenting from best-selling authors & mentors, who are also "pretty good parents". Here is a list of the gurus contributing to this powerful book: Nicholeen Peck Stephen Palmer Ty Bennett Rich Christiansen Tiffany Earl Diann Jeppson Jodi Palmer Leslie Householder Nathan Jurewicz Wayne Allen Root Shannon and Dino Watt Tony Litster Mark Andrew Beach Chad Hymas Jerry Norton Oliver & Rachel DeMille
Author Biography
Nicholeen Peck is the mother of four and previous foster parent of many difficult and troubled teens. The Peck family's success with these difficult children was based upon calmness, the principles of self government, and good communication. She has been teaching people around the world the principles of Self-Government since 1999. She recently returned from a Self-Government teaching tour in China. In 2009, Nicholeen and her family were featured in a one hour BBC documentary about parenting. She has appeared on various news shows and radio programs to discuss effective parenting. She is a popular public speaker, author of the books, Parenting a House United, Londyn LaRae Says Okay, many magazine articles, and a blog called Teaching Self Government. Since 1999 she has been teaching families about Teaching Self-Government principles. At first she just spoke at conferences and seminars. Then she added audio classes and books, with more on the way. But, even though she had all these great products, many people still wanted more. They email her and say, "Nicholeen, can you come visit our house and help us master self-government too?" SherLynne M. Beach is the happy wife of a great man, mother of two girls and an active boy, as well as a step-mother/-grandmother of many others. Deeply concerned about the state of families today, SherLynne co-founded Success Families, Inc. to bring together the best of the best for the purpose of strengthening families in these trying times. Her upbringing in a family of six siblings with frequent foster siblings and international students, coupled with her time living abroad, her experiences in the wilderness working with troubled youth and working in residential treatment settings, teaching children in at-risk schools, and her current life as a mom, step-mom, and step-grandma, has emphasized ('in technicolor') many of the difficulties families navigate today and is the driving force for promoting what makes families succeed in our trying times.
