As my daughters have gotten older, I’ve been fascinated with how their personalities have become more obvious. My oldest two are often taken for twins because they look alike, yet their personalities are very different. I find it interesting that two children with the same parents and same upbringing can be so different. Clearly, God […]
7 Career Skills to Teach Your Children for the Future World of Work
While children are still young, many parents don’t bother thinking about their future jobs. However, they’ll spend the majority of their life in one career or another. You can encourage your children to develop specific skills that will make them competitive on the job market in future. Let’s list 7 of those career skills. 1. […]
Taming the Lecture Bug: a Parenting Made Practical video {review}
I think one of the toughest areas of parenting is discipline. When my kids misbehave, it’s hard to know how to discipline them—what will help them really learn from their mistake, without wrecking their relationship with me. That’s why I was excited to review Taming the Lecture Bug and Getting Your Kids to Think, a […]
Take the 5-Day Catholic Parenting Challenge!
Parenting is hard. Catholic parenting is even harder. Today’s society looks down upon Christianity in general and Catholics in particular. Daily, our families are bombarded with anti-Catholic messages on TV and billboards and in schools and magazines. Raising holy, healthy families can feel like swimming upstream or starting a fire with a flint and steel. […]
Why I Didn’t Rebel (And Your Teens Might Not Either)
I’ve blogged a few times about the comments I hear as a mom. Grocery store clerks, bank tellers, and complete strangers count the kids around me and say, “Wow, you must be busy!” I get asked, “Are they twins?” or “Are you hoping for a boy next time?” But the comment I hate the most […]
Estate Planning for New Parents: Here’s What You Need to Know
You’re a new parent. Death should be the last thing you want to think about, right? Not so quick. With thousands of people dying of unnatural and unplanned causes, the importance of estate planning should take on sudden urgency. You want to provide—at least financially—for the unlikely event that you pass from this earth in […]
Things I Wish I’d Known Before We Became Parents
Before we became parents in 2008, I thought I was well-prepared for motherhood. My primary job during my teens had been babysitting. I even babysat entire days for a homeschooling family with four kids, ages ten down to 8 months. I helped the kids with their school, made snacks and lunches and suppers, and played […]
Healthy Family Expo 2016 is Bigger and Better!
Although we’ve been in Vancouver for a year now, it feels like we’re still just finding out about some of the great places and spaces here. I can’t believe we missed the Healthy Family Expo last year so I’m stoked to attend this year. I’ve had the privilege of meeting some of the sponsors and […]
1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children 2-12
There’s a joke about the things we say we’ll never do before we became parents. I always said I’d never count to three with my kids. I saw parents doing it, but it never seemed to work. So when Fernanda from Raincoast Books sent me Thomas W. Phelan’s book 1-2-3 Magic: Effective Discipline for Children […]
Advice for New Parents
Recently, several of my friends have had their first babies. As I’ve been chatting with them and congratulating them, I’ve also been thinking about what advice I’d share with a new parent after having three kids. We had many friends share their parenting advice with us before Sunshine was born and I’m grateful for the […]
