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Book Summary: The 2 Minute Marriage Project
Children are hugely impacted by their parents’ marriage, good or bad. With that in mind, each chapter of Poelman’s book focuses on a different principle of strong marriages and includes several two-minute challenges that aim to strengthen marriages by making them more meaningful, intimate, fulfilling, and fun.
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My Minivan: A Sacred Place
In our busy schedules, sometimes car time is all the time we have to spend together. So, we’ve decided that for our family, car time is a time to unplug from electronics and plug into each other.
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Book Summary: Parenting with a Story
Author Paul Smith firmly believes that everyone has a story to tell and that children learn best from stories, not lectures. He gathered more than 1,500 personal stories from around the world and selected the very best to create Parenting with a Story, a collection intended to aid parents as they teach their children important…
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Fighting Over Who Sits Where in the Car – Episode 97 [Mini-Podcast]
Join April Perry and her 13-year-old daughter, Grace, as they share a method that has totally stopped the “where-do-we-sit-in-the-car” fighting.
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Going with the Flow
What do you do when your best-laid plans as a mother just don’t work out?
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How My Husband’s Cancer Changed My Perspective on Parenting
For moms who are struggling to put their spouse first, a reflective piece from a mother who has been there.
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What do you focus on?
What do you see in this photo? The beautiful flowers in the sun? Or the messy papers and dirty windows? As we look at our lives as mothers, we can CHOOSE which parts to focus on. And happiness comes from focusing on the beauty we can always find.
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Book Summary: Drops of Awesome
Looking for a simple, fun, inspiring way to recognize all the awesome things you do? Check out this great journal!
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Who’s In Charge Here?
The truth is, as much as we think kids are controlling our lives, they often feel the exact opposite. Finding simple ways of letting kids assert some control will allow them to feel good about their choices instead of looking for ways to get more power.
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It’s Going to be Hard and That’s OK – Episode 94
In this episode, Saren offers great ideas on how we can more happily accept the hard stuff that is inevitably part of our lives as mothers while figuring out how to decrease or eliminate some things that just aren’t working for us.
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3 Reasons I Don’t Pay My Kids an Allowance
Even though current financial gurus advice otherwise, Amanda Hamilton Roos is not paying her children an allowance, at least for now. Why? She believes the lessons they would learn from getting an allowance or being paid to do household chores are more damaging than the potential gains in financial literacy.
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Home Transformation – Episode 93
In this episode, April and Saren talk you through how you can realistically clean out your home and make it the beautiful place you dream of – plus help your whole family KEEP it that way.