
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

Raising Future Adults: How the Role Changes for Autism Parents
For our son, being autistic is all he’s ever known. Autism is his normal. When God esteems him as, “wonderfully and fearfully made,” my child isn’t broken. I am. Our… Read More
Current Events | Featured | Special Topics
5 Things We’ve Learned from a Year of Pandemic Parenting
A year of pandemic parenting. A year. Just one? Are we sure about that? I gotta be honest. I know one year equals 365 days, but I think it feels more accurate to label our time this way: t h r e… Read More
How to Have a Healthy Disagreement with Your Child
As your children grow out of infancy and further into childhood, disagreements will become a normal part of life. When you’re a parent, of course, this can grow quite exhausting! You may find that the older they get, the more things there… Read More
How to Survive Your Preschooler’s Tough Questions
I tucked my daughter’s chair under the table for breakfast and encouraged her to say her grace before eating. “God is great . . .” she began the standard prayer. “God is good . . .” she continued. Then, the hatchet: “Mommy,… Read More
Featured | Mental Health | Self Care
Will This Ever Get Easier?
In full disclosure, I felt like a fraud when I started typing this blog post. And maybe I am. As the title suggests, I’m supposed to be giving some insightful words of wisdom about if and how you can survive whatever season… Read More
The Dreams I Had for My Kid Aren’t Coming True
If you’ve been a parent for longer than fifteen minutes, you know that when it comes to predicting the future for your kid, your expectations matter about as much as the answer you get from shaking a Magic 8-Ball. Take my oldest,… Read More
Featured | High School (9th-12th) | Mental Health | Middle School (6th-8th)
I’m Worried My Child Is Self-Harming
Plenty of things keep parents up at night. I can only think of a few that elicit more confusion to a parent and render them helpless than when they discover that their child is self-harming. Self-harm is confusing to many. Simply defined,… Read More
Featured | Imagine The End | Special Topics
6 Truths for Any Special Needs Parent
“What’s your advice for a new special-needs parent?” As a mother to an adult child with multiple disabilities, I get asked this often. It’s usually from a parent or caregiver struggling with a fresh diagnosis, or a compassionate friend (aka “first responder”)… Read More
Character and Values | Family Activities | Featured | Imagine The End
7 Meaningful Activities to Help Your Kids Find Purpose
By: Mallory Darcy From the first moment you looked into their eyes, you dreamt big dreams for your baby. Maybe they would be a doctor, an astronaut, or an author. Maybe they’d design their own clothing line, star in the next box… Read More