10 Tips for Managing Your Kids While You’re on the PHONE
It is a common problem. Mom gets on the phone, the kids realize she’s not paying full attention to them so they act in ways they would never act otherwise.
The Heart of the Problem: Creative Discipline
Last week I shared on Facebook about my boys having trouble doing their chores. Two of my guys just weren’t doing them they way I had told them to, so after a couple of weeks of not getting on top of it I decided to take steps to make some changes.
Love Your Brother
Each week I will share tips and ideas for encouraging your kids to love each other, prefer one another, enjoy each other’s company.
Looking Back
I’ve been evaluating the past year and making decisions for 2013. I thought it would be fun to look back on my most popular posts of the year and see what you all have been the most interested in.
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 31: Putting It All Together
I can’t believe it! We made it through 31 days of non-stop posts about connecting with your child. I wanted to use this last post to thank you all for hanging with me and see how you did. Did you try any of the ideas? Have you been praying for your children? Have you noticed…
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 30: Family Pictures
Do you ever wonder how your child sees you? How he sees his siblings? I love to connect with the small thoughts in my kids’ heads. Do I seem blue, or red? (I hope it’s blue!)
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 29: Imagination
I am constantly amazing by my kids’ imagination. They think of the most fascinating things….from dreams for their future to pretending to be in another world. To keep a strong connection, sometimes you need to join them in their imagination.
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 28: A Day of Quiet
Kids can be loud. Some of them extremely chatty. With 11 people living here we have little noises happening in every room, all day long.
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 27: Body Outline
No, this isn’t a police experiment. I promise, it’s a fun simple way to connect with your child. Just hang with me. We’re going to draw an outline of our bodies. This is such a silly, spur of the moment thing to do. Just get some butcher paper (you can get it in a craft…
31 Everyday Ways to Connect with Your Child, Day 26: 10+ Great Questions to Ask
Sometimes we can forget that our kids are whole people…with deep needs and dreams and plans for their future that all have nothing to do with us.