Here's a series of posts to help parents help their children follow directions. Lots of practical tips!!
Read MoreNeed ideas for how to talk to your young children about God? Here's a step by step script that anyone can use to help make God, and how we can give Him gifts, make sense to little ones. (Includes link to a song.)
Read MoreNeed ideas for how to talk to your young children about God? Here's a step by step script that anyone can use to help make God make sense to little ones. (Includes links to videos and a fun song!)
Read MoreIt almost seems inevitable, right? You call for your toddler to come to you, and she turns around and runs the other way! Here are some tips to help your toddler come when called.
Read MoreHere’s some practical advice for handling everyday situations without making your list of rules too long.
Read MoreWe teach our kids a script for what to do when someone grabs a toy away from them.
Read MoreStep-by-step script of the Intensive Potty Training method.
Read MoreWe tend to think that outings and fun things will make our kids happy, but then they just AREN'T happy like we expected.
Read MoreBefore I say things like, “My boy is so rambunctious,” “My child is not a good sleeper,” or, “My child is shy,” what does God have to say or what does God feel about my child and his/her behavior?
Read MoreWhen my daughter realizes that she doesn't have something she would like, she doesn't just want it. She wants it enough to have the mood of her whole day change.
Read MoreIn the midst of this potty dilemma the other day, Ava and I had a powerful conversation.
Read More"Sorry, the kids are a little sugared up." That's what the classroom teacher told me as she dropped her 1st graders off for Spanish class. Watch a video recording of the speech I gave them.
Read MoreIdeal or horrible: perspectives on parenting typically fall into these polar opposite extremes. I do so much better when I acknowledge the reality that parenting is hard, while holding onto the truth that it's a gift.
Read MoreWhen I get too busy, I forget to look into the eyes of my children. It's sad when I forget. What my eyes look at tells my children what is important to me. Without trying, I can easily communicate that Facebook, email, getting dinner on the table, TV is more important to me than they are.
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