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I am the worst at spurting off a consequence for a particular offense before thinking all the way through it. For example, yesterday my highly emotional 8-year-old was having a very anxious morning. I mean a R-E-A-L-L-Y tough morning. At some point during the morning he had gained full control over the step-stool from the…
How To Make The Choice To Homeschool Or Not
Note from Amanda: Educating our kids is part of the bigger picture of teaching our kids about God and the Bible. Each family is unique. How do you navigate the myriad of schooling choices? Tasha shares her experience to help families think through the “how to school” decision. I grew up as a teacher’s kid. I have such fond…
Getting Back To The Basics Of Parenting
I think a lot of times we, as parents, make parenting more difficult than it needs to be. Hear me out. I’m not saying that parenting isn’t difficult. I’m not saying that it won’t stretch you to a point where you feel like you may break. I’m not even saying that there’s a quick answer…
Playing Favorites With Your Kids
I am a momma of five kids. 5 kids. FIVE kids. It doesn’t matter how I say it, or the number of times I say it…I still have five kids. To me, that is a lot of kids. Some families have many, many more children, and I also realize that some people don’t have that…
Children ~ Life’s Little Interruptions
Interruptions: Good or bad, they intrude on our thought process. Big or small, they invade our privacy. In fact, I think that God gave my children a need-o-meter — something that goes off ONLY when I am in the middle of trying to calculate important numbers, like paying bills or balancing the checkbook. It also…