While I am sure every Christian parent in the world is familiar with Proverbs 22:6, I also know some doubt just how accurate this statement is. After all, some children go astray of the path they were trained to follow, they break their faithful parents’ hearts, and may end up just doing the opposite of …
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Even though you may have heard differently, I’m not Candy-dictator. Let’s just say I monitor sugar quite closely. My girls are as happy as 9 and 10-year-olds can be and their sweetness does not come from sugar intake. However, I do let them have what is usually referred to as “treats” by the general public …
I believe that gratitude is the foundation of a positive attitude. Gratitude, like many other virtues and/or positive values, is a learned character trait that should be taught as early on as possible in a child’s life. Gratitude is a WHOLE Family principle because increases the quality of our lives and the ones of those …
Nowadays, kids are born with an innate inclination and gift for technology, media, and telecommunications. Just give a toddler an iPad and you’ll see what I mean. Technology truly fascinates me. It is amazing what you can do with it and what it can do for you. But this can be a double-edged sword. I …
8 years ago, I found myself lost, overwhelmed, and traumatized by the challenge of starting a new life as a single mom with two toddlers. I was married for only a little over 3 years, but separation, divorce, breakups, are painful no matter how long you did “the relationship thing” for. October 19th marked the …
I have particular views about bullying. I guess it is because anti-bullying doesn’t really resonate with me. “Love thy neighbor” advocate is more of a fitting title. It concerns me that we may be “medicating the symptoms” of a rapidly growing condition. Bullying, like other diseases of the body and mind, is an epidemic that …
Most kids in the United States started school today. We home school, so we didn’t. Being a homeschooler means we do schoolwork right at home. I do most of the teaching and Elisha and Elyssa are classmates. They were enrolled at a private school before we started homeschooling, but have never been enrolled in a public …
Acceptance goes well beyond tolerance or endurance of something unpleasant. Accepting is the first step to learn to love our differences, understanding and appreciating what others bring to our lives. Acceptance is a WHOLE Family principle because it enhances our relationship with others and ourselves. By accepting your children and teaching them the positive principle of acceptance, you …
As a mom, life sometimes seems to be running in autopilot. Most of our time is usually spent “multi-tasking”, problem-solving and “putting out fires.” Slowing down, embracing life and and living in the moment seem like lofty goals more suitable for single, high-achieving with amassed wealth. However, when you live consciously, motherhood is a place …
I say it all the time: I am a word-nerd and I love it. I was not at all surprised to look up the etymological meaning of mother and find that it is ‘breast-feeder’ (the English word mother and Latin mater and many similar maternal words contain the worldwide etymon ma ‘breast’ + ter an Indo-European agent suffix). Breastfeeding my baby girls were the most amazing …