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Do you Intentionally Teach your Children Good Manners?
I remember sitting around the table asking my kids, they were older teens or young adults at the time - and I asked them “What are the top 10 manners you think everyone should know?” My...
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Teach your Child to be Social (with these Primary skills)
I believe that we were created to be social beings – we need other people. It is well known that we all desire to be loved, accepted and to belong. There are many different spheres of our kids life that are classified as social: they have school, sports, friends,...
Do you know Your “Why”?
When we know ‘why’ something is important, we find the motivation to carry through. Whether that is with our parenting, our healthy, or any other goal we may have.
A simple command but so hard to do: Love One Another
The scripture that has been the guide for living my life and the foundation for teaching our children has been the command of Jesus: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and love your neighbour. It might be a simple command – but it is hard to do. We are to...
How to Create a Heart Focused Family Vision Statement
A family vision statement is a foundational belief statement about what your family is all about: who you are, what your purpose is and the...
Crisis Parenting – and how to stop doing it
Do you go from dealing with one issue to the next in your kids’ lives? Like putting out spot fires hoping you can keep everything under control and...
The Issue of Comparing Ourselves
One of the biggest discouragements we can fall into is when we compare. It hits us all at some stage. I was encouraged by my daughters over the...
Parenting is a Journey and you can’t Compare
Parenting is a journey is a phrase that I use - actually saying life is a journey is a bit of a trendy phrase. It paints a good picture, so in this...
What does it mean to be a Christian Parent?
One of the biggest challenges I faced as a parent was to be a Christian parent. Don’t get me wrong there was plenty of information out there...
Top Tip for Parenting the Heart – In Any Situation
In the last episode, I defined the heart. That place inside each one of us that processes and holds beliefs, values, emotions, and choices. God...
Why the Heart is so Important for the Christian Parent
Do you know what it means to say the heart is the most important thing as a parent? It is a phrase that can get tossed around - we like it but we...
Perfectionism Distracts us from our Purpose
Perfectionism is a heart attitude that affects our life: It affects our acceptance of ourselves, our parenting, our marriage, our business and our...
When I Try and do it All
Just because we know we aren't Wonder-woman doesn't mean we don't set our expectations as if we were! But we aren't! Here are 3 things to do when...
Setting Healthy Goals as a Christian
Setting Healthy Goals There are so many different voices telling us how to set goals, I want to encourage you to reflect on what you are planning...
Teaching your Children to have their Own Quiet Times with God
“Daily Devotion” is a phrase coined in the Christian community as the time we spend with God, generally first up in the morning, to read His Word...
Bible Study is an Important Part of Family Discipleship
Bible Study is an Important Part of Family Discipleship As Christian parents we need to know how to study the Bible and then teach our children to...
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