Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
Blog for Christian Families, Parenting, & Marriage
He Got It Just Right: Reminding Your Kids They Are Special
If you’re anything like me and my kids, just hearing the first few notes of the VeggieTales theme song makes you want to jump up and dance and sing. We ...
Great Parents Do This Well
The stuff it takes to be intimate is authenticity, vulnerability, and a belief that other people are about as good and bad as we are. And I’m learning these core ...
Little Kids Can Cook (Real Meals)! 2 Free Recipes to Try
Hand over that apron to you little ones, and let them start cooking in the kitchen! Most parents I know don’t start cooking lessons until the teen years, but there ...
Allowance and Kids: When, How Much, Where, and How
So when do we start giving kids an allowance? By first grade at the latest, though there is no harm in starting an allowance sooner. If a child can count ...
Helping Kids Choose to Do What’s Right
Responsibility is doing what you know you should do, even when you don’t want to. Bob is four years old and regularly leaves his pajamas on the floor in the ...
Why I Caved and Gave My Daughter a Sparkly Bible
Why I Caved and Gave My Daughter a Sparkly Bible (God doesn’t care – just read it!)Having a little girl and watching her grow up to be the unique and ...
What God Taught Me During Pregnancy
Contrary to popular belief, being pregnant isn’t as simple as remembering to take your prenatal vitamins, which is a feat unto itself. Pregnancy is exhausting, exciting, exhilarating, and stressful all ...
5 Simple Ways to Help Children Feel Secure
In society today, we receive news and media coverage faster than ever before. Our children can easily overhear updates about national disasters on the radio in the grocery store. They ...
Getting Kids Out of Their Comfort Zone
The first time we took our boys to a climbing gym, they stood close to us and stared up in awe at the sheer height of the climbing walls in ...
"Are We There Yet?" — Ideas for Making Family Travel More Fun
It is almost guaranteed that I will hear those words come from the back of my minivan in the first 25 minutes of any road trip.I get it. As a ...
Teaching Your Child How to Handle the Bully
Loving the unlovable is hard – especially when you are a kid.“Roof, Roof, Roof, Roof,” my classmates yelled.As an adult it seems silly, but in fifth grade, this chanting of ...
Mother's Day Gift Guide: Top Books for Moms
There’s one thing that never changes in parenting: we constantly search for how to do it better.Thankfully, we have a God who cares for our kids more than we ever ...
Nurturing Curiosity in Our Children
One of the things I love and enjoy most about being a mother is watching how curiosity takes hold and blooms in my children. From the time each of them ...
Top Mom Bibles for Every Type of Mom
If you’re anything like me, having just one Bible isn’t enough!There’s the sentimental Bible with years of notes that I’m afraid to travel with for fear of losing it, there’s ...
The Three C's of Motherhood
Loneliness is a growing problem in the United States. This is having an impact on moms. I believe that the increasing desire for celebrity stems in part from this feeling ...
Nighttime Comforts of Rhymes and Rhythm
Can you recall your favorite bedtime story from your childhood? Perhaps you remember a certain book read by a devoted parent who had memorized almost every word? Many adults can! ...
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