I have three beautiful children, who no matter what many think, still need me. I’ve been blessed to be home with my children most of their lives. I’ve had side jobs, but nothing that really kept me away—until now. Between running our family owned businesses and our hourly jobs my husband and I are time [...]

Family is a major part of your happiness and the family room is where you spend time with them. Those whom you love the most (and who probably drive you crazy at times), are the same individuals you can walk around in your pj’s without your teeth brushed, no make up and crazy hair. You [...]

Providing appropriate consequences to a child’s disobedient actions can be a challenge. It is easy to get so frustrated with a child’s behavior that you declare a consequence that may be way out of proportion to the misdeed. Kids stop listening when you get emotional and yell. Rather than thinking about what they have done [...]

I love being in my boys’ classroom and seeing them in action. I get to know their teachers, friends, and exactly how they are doing. I have a better idea of how to help them and have learned about some great resources.  One great source is the internet, my boys love to play on the [...]

I’d far rather reward my children then punish, so I really enjoy a new system we are using in our home. Each child has a jar they are working on filling with gems. Before explaining the gems I want to make it clear that I feel my children have things that are expected of them [...]

Does your face light up when your child walks in the room? Do they see love and joy in your face or do they see disappointment and frustration as you look at them sternly and declare “What do you want?” or “I told you I’m too busy!” I was at a parenting conference where we [...]

School has started and with it has come great worry for many children and their mothers as well. Worries about being at a new school, making friends, riding the bus, etc. My greatest fear each day is that my boys will get on the wrong bus to come home or get off at the wrong [...]

I did something yesterday that I have never done before. I called my husband at work and asked him to come home because I couldn’t deal with my children anymore. What brought me to this point? My oldest son (6 years old) has decided on multiple Sundays lately that he was not going to church. He [...]

I’m still reading Stephen R. Covey’s book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families and I’m loving every page. This book has talked a lot about loving unconditionally and I wanted to share his list of 5 ways you can show your love. 1. Empathizing: listening with your own heart to another’s heart. 2. Sharing [...]

I have a confession. My biggest fear is that I will fail as a parent. That I will lose my children, not to death, but to bad friends, drugs, drinking, or some unknown evil that could come between us. Because of this fear I read a lot of books about family, parenting, relationships, etc. I [...]