Bullying is a serious thing no matter what type of environment our kids are in - homeschool, Christian school, public school. If they live in this world and you let them out of the house they will experience bullying in some fashion - either personally or around them. It's not always easy to know what to do in those situations. It will help our kids to have thought through and ... Read More »
Fighting Culture
Helping our kids navigate social media
Our teenage son is wanting to have his own Youtube account so he can upload videos. He has no other personal social media outlet at this point because I'm a nazi Mom when it comes to protecting my kids online. I've seen too many families and kids hurt by the crap that's out there. Addictions started by accidentally discovering porn and major self image issues because of ... Read More »
4 ways to help your kids have summer devotions
Oh how fast the Summer can fly when you're swimming, camping and vacationing! And it's so easy to let our time in God's word be neglected. How much harder for our kids to keep their time in the Word if they're not being encouraged by their parents. So here's just a few thoughts on how parents can help their kids cultivate their walk with God. 1) Make devotions a part of your ... Read More »
Secret Keeper Girls was a BLAST!
We had the best time at the Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour last Saturday! Mom's of tweens, (ages 8-12) if you ever have a chance to attend this conference with your girl I promise you it will be an awesome time together with your girl. FUN, Spirit-led, Biblical truths that you want your girl hearing from other people than just you....and so much more. Awesome event. Only ... Read More »
50 Shades of Grey okay “as long as…”
I wasn't going to go there because it seems like the entire world is but I finally gave it up and decided to say a few words about 50 Shades of Grey. I've read enough articles and comments from Christian men and women defending 50 Shades that I had to speak out on my own tiny platform. I know many people are disgusted by 50 Shades and there are articles declaring why it's so ... Read More »
Happy Birthday Son – Here’s some Porn!
If you are a parent and you are not proactively protecting your child from what they have access to on their phones, iPods, iPads and computers then chances are your kids have been or are being exposed to soft or hard core porn. It's not necessarily because kids are looking for it although kids are curious. Today instead of having to look through a dictionary for dirty words ... Read More »
When naughty lyrics provide teachable moments
Sophie and I were absolutely thrilled about our free tickets to the Figure Skating Competition Finale Night. A lady in our church asked if we wanted them on Sunday morning. Neither one of us had ever been to a Figuring Skating performance of any kind so we were both super excited. Randy was preaching Sunday night and Mitchell was at Youth Group so it was just me and Sophie ... Read More »
Drama about the real Santa
It's about that elf thing and Santa Claus. Don't get me wrong. I love Santa and elves. Fun, magical.....all that. However we do tell our kids eventually that Santa is not real. Sorry, but we do. Not trying to be a kill joy or anything. The first few years we get into it with them and leave cookies for Santa, etc. But soon enough they start asking questions and we answer those ... Read More »