Family Activities | Family Life | Featured
Let Your Kids Be Bored
“Boredom” can be defined as “the frustrating experience of wanting, but being unable, to engage in satisfying activity.” And while that sounds—and can feel—unpleasant, numerous studies have show that it… Read More
Character and Values | Elementary (K-5th) | Family Life | Featured | Imagine The End
How to Explain Confidence to a Child
Any time you feel confused, uncertain, insecure, or anxious—God desires to give you His confidence. All you have to do is ask! Read More
Character and Values | Elementary (K-5th) | Featured | Fight For The Heart
What You and Your Kids Need to Know About True Confidence
I look at my pint-sized kid and wish I could instantaneously transfer forty-plus years of hard-won (though certainly not perfected) confidence straight into his heart and mind. Read More
Lessons I’ve Learned While Quarantining With Preschoolers
As the mother of two preschool boys, I’m making this up as I go, just like you are. But there are a few things I’ve learned in the past six… Read More
When You Need More Hope
It’s a learned ability to see a bigger picture. Life experience helps us look back and see it better from where we are standing now. Practice looking for the good… Read More
Birth - 5 years | Mental Health
Helping Your Preschooler Navigate Their Emotions
Preschoolers simply don’t have the life experience to see past the present instant. Emotion is reality. As far as they are concerned, what they feel in the moment is how… Read More
Family Life | Make It Personal
It’s All In Your Head: Taming Negative Thoughts on Parenting
About 50,000 thoughts pass through our minds each day. FIFTY THOUSAND. I suspect that number is even higher for parents of preschoolers! It’s true that many of these thoughts are… Read More
3 Survival Tips for Preschool Parents
If you’ve got one under five, you’re stretched. If you’ve got two under five, you’re beyond capacity. If you’ve got more than two under five, well, living in the South,… Read More
Preschoolers Go All In
When our now 3-year-old was 12 months, I placed him in the kitchen sink with plastic cups and a thin stream of running water. Then I watched in awe and… Read More
