Category Discipline
Do You Love Family Travel? (Or Not So Much?!)
If you love family travel time, we want to share some ideas that will both deepen your love of family travel AND your familyโs faith and values. But maybe you donโt always love it so muchโฆ We get it. Sometimesโฆ
Teaching Truthfulness: 4 Loving Actions To Help the Child Who Lies
How to respond wisely when your child is lying
How To Guide Your Child To Love Honesty | Ep. 131
Thereโs nothing like your child telling a blatant lie to trigger a strong reaction in you. You may want to focus your energy on shutting down the deception, but what if you responded with curiosity instead? Or maybe your childโฆ
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4 Simple Mealtime Rules You and Your Kids Can Embrace
Mealtimes are a vital part of the rhythm of family life! โResearch suggests that having dinner together as a family at least four times a week has positive effects on child development. Family dinners have been linked to a lowerโฆ
Healthy Mealtimes for Children Who Are Picky | Ep. 130
Are healthy mealtimes at your house often a place of struggle? Have you ever thought, โMy child wonโt eat anything but junk foodโ? So many families experience these issues, and there is hope to move from “picky, picky” to peaceโฆ
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What Is the Resurrected Life? & Why It Matters to Your Kids All Year Long
Resurrection Day (Easter Sunday) is just around the corner, and churches and families everywhere are making preparations for beautiful services. Thatโs great because itโs a powerful message you want your kids to hear, but itโs not enough. You see, theโฆ
The Genius of Letting Go of Homework Struggles in Two Remarkable Stories
Letโs just state up front: โhomework battlesโ shouldnโt be a part of family life. First, because the homework isnโt your homework, itโs your childโs. Second, as a parent, youโre not called to a battle with your child. Youโre called toโฆ
Practical Ideas for Parenting the Middle Years | Ep. 129
Do you have a child in the middle years, or are those years just a few steps away? (Keep in mind, puberty can begin as early as nine years old!) The middle years can be a tumultuous time for aโฆ
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Want To Know Your Child’s Strengths?
Find Clues in 12 Common Misbehaviors
Is Your Child’s Misbehavior Actually a Gift? | Ep. 128
What if underneath your childโs misbehavior was a good gift? Sound too good to be true? Itโs not! Connected Families teaches this idea as a “Gift Gone Awry.” This gift may not always come out in a helpful way, butโฆ
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