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Will My Teenager Be Ready for Adulthood?
I want to give my teenagers a voice of encouragement that, yes, they can do things on their own!
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Question of the Week: How Do We Teach Our Children How to Interact With Children with Special Needs?
We all want our children to be accepted and liked by other children. No one wants their child to be the one everyone stares at, whispers about, ignores, or even laughs at. I believe we also all want our children to know how to treat that child who is different.
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Anchored by Beautiful Moments
A trusted friend once told me, “In motherhood, the hard moments sometimes outnumber the beautiful moments, but the beautiful moments always outweigh the hard moments.” I have developed a few strategies to give the perfect moments in motherhood even more weight so they can anchor me through the hard times.
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Spiritual Sundays: Does God Want Our Guilt, or Is He Giving Us a Gift?
When we bump into people who are in need, I don’t know about you, but often the knee-jerk emotion I can feel is GUILT. But man, have we ever got that wrong.
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One Fun & Easy Way to Teach your Kids to Serve this Holiday Season
The idea behind the Christmas Eve Scavenger Hunt is very simple: get out into our community and do as much service as we can in the allotted time.
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Spiritual Sundays: God is Riding Shotgun
It often seems easier to be the one calling the shots and being in charge of our lives. But what happens when we move over and let God be the driver?
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The Twelve Days of Christmas Kindness: A New Family Tradition
Every year our family does the 12 Days of Christmas. We choose a family that is in need of some added Christmas cheer and we secretly deliver gifts every night before Christmas.As much as I love this tradition, and highly recommend it to your family, I really want to add more giving in simple ways…
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Encore: Planning What Matters Most for Christmas – Episode 184
With the holidays right around the corner, Saren and April offer great ideas to help you figure out what events and activities are most important for YOUR family and plan how to get things done in an efficient and stress-free way.
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How to Successfully Fund Your Child’s Education – with Tom Bottorf and Eric and April Perry – Episode 182
Would you like to help your child to go to a top college–and graduate debt free? This powerful interview with Tom Bottorf, founder of College Success Formula, will give you the inspiration you need to set your child up NOW for an incredibly successful experience in higher education.
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A New Tradition for Family Gatherings and Holidays: FRED Talks!
Do you ever feel like your family gatherings need some new traditions? Would you like to spark more learning, conversation, laughter, and connection when you get together with the people you love most? Let me introduce you to FRED talks…
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Slow Your Life: Lessons from a 5-Year-Old
Slowing down the pace of life allows us to regroup, reconnect, and recharge. A life less hurried is a life more sweetly savored.
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The #1 Gift I Gave My Teenager, and It Was Free
Attentive listening is arguably the supreme gift we can give children of any age, but especially our teenagers. And the big bonus is that it doesn’t cost a cent.