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Featured | Phase | School Life | Seasonal
End of School Year: How to Prepare for the Next Phase
School may be out for your kids, but it’s a perfect time to lean into new ways to support them as they grow, change, and enter into new phases. Read More
High School (9th-12th) | Imagine The End
The Temporary Car Lot at My House
I’m not exactly sure how to say this without it coming across like I’m bragging, so I’ll just come out and say it. I’m overly considerate. Before you nominate me… Read More
Featured | Middle School (6th-8th) | School Life
What to Expect in Sixth Grade
So, your kid is in 6th grade this year. You probably already know this, but sixth grade is a HUGE year in a person’s life. It probably won’t feel like… Read More
Celebrations | High School (9th-12th) | Imagine The End | School Life
This Time Next Year
As this year's graduates said their goodbyes, I watched with a renewed attention. This will be us next May. Celebrating. Dreaming. Planning. So much of what I thought I knew… Read More
Helping Your Middle Schooler Understand How God Made Them
One of the greatest gifts you can give your student is an interpretation of the sexual and relational changes happening all around them. Read More
Why I Have No Plans to “Let Them Be Little”
You hear it a lot . . . Let them be little. It’s a sentiment so perfectly nostalgic and sweet, I totally get why it’s a favorite parenting mantra and… Read More
Elementary (K-5th) | Fight For The Heart | School Life
Parenting Through the Transitional Year of Fifth Grade
Fifth graders are weird. Okay, maybe that’s too strong. But you have to admit they can seem a little hard to understand at times. Read More
Birth - 5 years | Fight For The Heart
What to Do With the Curiosity of a Three-Year-Old
If you ask me, any phase that involves sleeping through the night is far superior to any that don’t. Add uninterrupted REM to the fact that most three-year-olds are beginning… Read More
Birth - 5 years | Fight For The Heart
Messy One-Year-Olds
I’m not sure what captivates me more . . . the spontaneous belly laugh or the drool-mouthed wonder on their angelic faces. I can fall in love with a one-year-old… Read More
Elementary (K-5th) | Fight For The Heart | School Life
What’s So Magical About the Fourth Grade?
There’s something magical about the fourth grade. Okay, maybe magical isn’t the right word. But I simply can’t find another word to sum up the incomprehensible value of this phase. Read More