Parenting
The Challenge
The Easter holiday has passed. If you’re like me, you may find this holiday doesn’t hold the meaning you feel it should. So often is the case for many holidays and events in the unequally yoked marriage. I recall a time when my youngest daughter was five years old. I’d picked her up from her…
Firehouse Dog a Fun Family Movie
If you’re looking for a fun movie to take your family to see, I can’t say enough great things about Firehouse Dog. This was a total surprise to me! I thought I might be mildly entertained by this film, with a plot that reminds me of Walden Media’s Because of Winn Dixie. But the theme…
Fearless Parenting
“Oh, sure, you enjoy your baby now, but just wait until the terrible twos!” “The preschool years are fun, but just wait until they start school! Then you’ll be in for it.” “Adolescents are so difficult. You will want to lock them in their rooms until they are adults.” “Hope you like your kids when…
Tough Love
I’ve tried it all from authoritative discipline to non-punitive parenting, and I can say for certainty. Nothing works! At least with my kids. The back talk and arguing from my little WIPs have pushed me over the edge many more times than I care to count. The other morning we were having a discussion about…
A New Spring Thing
Since I’ve had kids, I’ve been trying to make Easter more about Christ’s resurrection than the Easter Bunny. But in today’s materialistic society where retailers want to make money, it hasn’t been easy. Though we’ve technically never told our children the Easter Bunny, baskets of goodies were waiting for them after church, eggs were hidden…
Playing Favorites?
Do you have more than one child? Then chances are you’re playing favorites. Hmmm. How does that make you feel. As an oldest, I hate the thought. As a teenager and young adult, I was quick to point out to my parents each time I thought they didn’t treat me fairly. I thought that happened…
Chocolate Beach by Julie Carobini
Julie Carobini’s debut novel, Chocolate Beach, was released by Bethany House in February, 2007. She’s the writer of more than 100 articles and stories for magazines and books, such as Decision, Expecting, Focus on the Family, Key Magazine, and the God’s Abundance book series. Her work often spotlights her family, the sea and God’s timely…
A Small Prayer Answered … and a Story to Tell
Is it worth it? This is a question I ask myself at least once a week when it comes to writing. As I’m trying to balance family life with my call to the keyboard, I sometimes wonder if maybe I’m just a little bit selfish. Shouldn’t I be more fulfilled with my duties of caring…
I Bet I Can Get You To Yell At Me
Chapter Fourteen of Healing ADD by Dr. Daniel Amen is titled ‘The Games ADD People Play.’ If you know anyone with Attention Deficit Disorder, chances are you’ve seen at least some of these games played out before you. They are not limited to ADD’ers, but they certainly do seem to be part and parcel of…
Copy Cat
(c)Tricia Goyer 9/2006 More than anything, kids are copy cats. They see how their parents relate to the world, and they follow. I had a humorous example of this over the weekend. Saturday I threw a baby shower for one of the moms I mentor. She also has four-year-old and two-year-old daughters. Her two year…