Permission to Shine
I was chatting with a mother on the phone today when the conversation turned to her daughter and an amazing opportunity her daughter had entered into for her future on Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Blog Post
The Inconvenience of Raising Kids who Help Others
At the beginning of the last school year, I printed off a beautifully coloured weekly timetable for our family which not only included all the after school activities but fitted Continue Reading →
What does it mean to raise a World Changer?
Let me be honest here & say that I have never raised a world changer ie someone who has changed the world on a large scale. I have, though, tried Continue Reading →
10 Ways to Help Kids Develop Discernment & Wisdom
A number of years ago, I can remember one child running home to let me know that the other child had thrown a rock through the window of a neighbour’s Continue Reading →
5 Ways to Help your Children have Heroes
How many of your children have loved playing dress-ups? Mine loved pretending to be someone else. The superman outfit was a favourite for a number of years for both children. Continue Reading →
What lengths would you go to?
What lengths would you go to to enable your child to meet their real-life, modern day hero? Four years ago I wrote this blog post. Next Sunday, Matey’s hero back Continue Reading →
Our talk becomes their self-talk
Did a parent or teacher ever make a negative remark to you that you can still remember? “You are stupid” “You’re ugly” “You’ll never amount to anything” “You’re dumb” Words Continue Reading →
Discipling our Children part 2
Basically, we desire for our children to not just know about God but to know God intimately. How can we most effectively accomplish this? As discussed last week, it is Continue Reading →
Discipling our Children part 1
A mother of three gorgeous young children was recently chatting with me and asking me how to go about discipling her children in the Christian faith. As I was sharing Continue Reading →
Helping your children develop conversational skills
I believe that, within reason, I need to model to, and encourage, our children in how to initiate conversations with strangers. This is a great social skill, especially when they Continue Reading →