Getting Love Right – Even When it Goes Wrong.
0Valentine’s Day and anniversaries are often viewed as a barometer for our romantic relationship. But it’s NOT roses and romance a couple days a year that define a relationship — it’s the deep commitment to fight for connection no matter what.
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Teaching Kids to Resolve Conflict
Kids often fight. Teach them three key steps to conflict resolution: 1.) COOL DOWN. 2.) UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. 3.) FIND A WIN-WIN!
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“God sent Jim and Lynne for ME that day”
At a recent MOPS Presentation, Kelly (name changed) introduced Jim and Lynne to the audience. What the moms in the room didn’t anticipate was that Kelly had already been personally and profoundly impacted by Connected Families principles. With her permission, we’d like to share what …
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Blessing For The New Year!
There’s a passage in the Bible commonly referred to as the “Faith Hall of Fame.” This passage found in Hebrews 11 is a roll call of patriarchs and saints lauded for valiant faith and perseverance through extreme trials. In the midst of these heroic tales, …
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Your Family and Youth Sports: Maximize the Learning – Minimize the Stress
I’m a coach for my son’s 5th grade football team. I’ve learned the basics of coaching, how to break things down to teach skills that will help the team succeed. I love the game, the kids, the coaches. It’s been a tremendous joy to be …
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The Two Choice Rule – It Really Works!!
Ever feel like it’s incredibly difficult and frustrating to get your child to behave? Watch this short video (about a minute) and learn a simple technique that many parents say has had a huge impact on their parenting – and their frustration levels! Let us …
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Healthy Brain Food
A baby is born with a brain voraciously hungry to learn; to be formed. Experience is the brain’s food. The brain forms almost entirely based on its diet of experiences. Whatever the brain is “fed” over its first twenty some years of life (especially the first …
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The Importance Of Traditions
We live in a time and place in history that makes living a routine lifestyle extremely difficult. Yet research reveals that one of the most important ways parents can build faith and values into their children is through traditions and rituals (routines of meaning). It’s …
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What Do Kids Really Need?
What do kids really need from their parents? After years of working with children, teens and their families, we have reduced the answer to what we think are the three most important things. We’ll highlight them now, and over the next few weeks will give …
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