“Most people spend more time planning a one-week vacation than they spend planning their life.” ~ Michael Hyatt As we begin a new school year and the fall season we think this is a perfect time to start or … Continue reading
“Without ideals we are aimless, but never let ideals eclipse the reality of our situation” ~ Mike and Alicia Hernon Living life with infants and toddlers is no joke. And the more you have the crazier your life is! … Continue reading
“Instead of trying to protect yourself through your fear, learn to live dangerously! – by doing and saying what you think, know, and believe to be right, by not caring that you may be mistaken at times” ~ Dr. … Continue reading
“One earns Paradise with one’s daily task.” ~ Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Chores, laundry, meal preparation, etc, etc…. It never ends! But even this part of family life is an area in which God wants to enter into our … Continue reading
Re-release of MP005 Preparing your tween (and yourself!) for adolescence. You try your hardest to raise your teenagers with patience, honesty and good manners, but they still end up being like you. – Anonymous There is much confusion among … Continue reading
“Teaching kids how to handle money is more than dollars and cents, it’s about character and responsibility” – Dave Ramsey Handling money is a subject that can bring about strong emotion in couples, but it’s a life skill that we … Continue reading
Having all our adult children along with our grandchildren at our house over the holidays reminded us that all the sacrifices we have made over the years (and continue to make!) are all worth it. We thought our listeners would … Continue reading
We just launched our newly updated and expanded resource on “Screens and Your Child” last month, so we thought we’d share part of the information we’re adding to that resource. When it comes to screens and our kids, there are … Continue reading
We are launching our newly updated and expanded resource on “Screens and Your Child” this month, so we thought we’d share part of the information we’re adding to that resource. Some parenting experts urge parents to “trust” their children when … Continue reading
By Katie Gamboa. The winter of 2004 was a cold, dry one in my cramped, joy-filled Steubenville home. My parents’ house was almost bursting at the seams with five rambunctious children under nine years old and two loving dogs under … Continue reading
Different? Heck yeah! Our blog series on Gender Differences “There is no such thing as a ‘child’: there are only boys and girls.” ~ Dr. Leonard Sax Post 5: Boy Friendships: Girl Friendships We’re running a blog series on the … Continue reading
Different? Heck yeah! Our blog series on Gender Differences “There is no such thing as a ‘child’: there are only boys and girls.” ~ Dr. Leonard Sax Post 4: Managing Aggression with Boys and Girls We’re running a blog series … Continue reading
Different? Heck yeah! Our blog series on Gender Differences “There is no such thing as a ‘child’: there are only boys and girls.” ~ Dr. Leonard Sax Post 3: Going the (Emotional) Distance We’re running a blog series on the … Continue reading
Different? Heck yeah! Our blog series on Gender Differences “There is no such thing as a ‘child’: there are only boys and girls.” ~ Dr. Leonard Sax Post 2: The Brain Has Eyes–and Ears We’re running a blog series on … Continue reading
Different? Heck yeah! Our blog series on Gender Differences “There is no such thing as a ‘child’: there are only boys and girls.” ~ Dr. Leonard Sax Post 1: Taking that Risk We’re starting a blog series on the differences … Continue reading
God doesn’t love us in spite of our mess, he loves us because of it. We talk a lot on our program about the “messy-ness” of life, but we thought it would be good to take some time to unpack … Continue reading
“You are waiting in the wound that I hide from you You call me to find you” ~ song by Michael Corsini Divorce is so common in our culture today that the effects of it on children can easily … Continue reading
Parenting kids in a tech age; Teaching kids virtue in an age of tech; Is it possible to use tech with virtue? “It is your responsibility to train your child in virtue and slowly move from protecting their … Continue reading
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