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Question of the Week: How do you love a prickly child?
How do you connect with and show affection for a child who isn’t into hugs and kisses? Some children really don’t enjoy physical affection so how to you build a bond with them?
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Celebrating the Real Meaning of Easter – Episode 17
In this week’s episode, Saren interviews her sister Saydi about the simple, kid-friendly Christ-centered Easter activities she has developed.. Gathering ideas from many sources, Saydi has created a plan for how families can celebrate Christ’s miracles, teachings, Atonement, death and resurrection in tangible and beautiful ways.
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Involving Kids in Housework (without a lot of whining) – Episode 16
In this week’s episode, Saren, her mom, Linda Eyre, and sisters, Shawni and Saydi, talk about how hard it can be to involve our kids in basic housework and brainstorm concrete ideas for how to get kids to participate in housework in a positive and effective way.
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Question of the Week: What life skills should we be teaching our kids?
What skills do you think your children need to have by the time they leave your home? How can you teach them these skills effectively? Join this weeks conversation to share your ideas and learn from others.
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Successful Marriage is an Art and a Talent Worth Pursuing
Where does a charmed marriage come from? Is it luck? Natural talent? A zeal for romance? Here’s what you need to know and to do to create the kind of relationship everyone dreams of – a “legacy love” or an “artisan” marriage.
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Question of the Week: How to prevent the whining
Recently we received this question from a mom in our community: “How do I stop the whining when I ask my kids to do things? We have some children that just dig in their heels and won’t do anything unless threatened with punishment.” What advice do you have for her?
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Stop the School Envy and Help Create the Schools You Want For Your Child
Do you sometimes feel school envy? Many times the difference between a fine school and great school, is not so much geography as parental input and support. This post offers concrete ideas to help you create the educational experience your child needs.
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Technology and Our Kids: Episode 14
In this week’s brand new episode, Power of Families Director Saren and her sisters, Shawni and Saydi, and her mom, Linda Eyre discuss their thoughts, ideas and experiences about technology and screentime in today’s world and in their own families.
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Question of the Week: How often do you have family dinner and how do you make it successful?
Life can be so busy and yet there are so many benefits to having family dinner. How do you make family dinner work with your family?
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Three Ways to Share the Load
Who does the laundry? And makes the dinner? And still has the energy to bathe the kids? Amanda Hamilton Roos explores how you can share the load of housework with your family and why you should.
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Question of the Week: How do you choose extracurricular activities?
There are so many interesting, fun, and meaningful activities that our children could participate in. How do you decide what to do?
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One-on-One Time with Our Kids: Why We Must and How We Can
Making one-on-one time for our kids – especially our older kids – feels more crucial than ever in this fast-paced world. Why is it so important? What are the benefits? How do you actually make it happen? I’ll give you three of my ideas for each of these questions, and then I’d love to hear…