We’ve all heard it…family dinners are critical to the well-adjusted upbringing of children. Children need family mealtimes. Even, sometimes, it’s essential for binding hearts together. The underlying message: good families eat dinner together. We’re usually painted a picture that looks something like this: The implication is that if and when our family dinners aren’t such […]
How Does Peek-a-Boo Impact Your Child’s View of God?
I stood in the bathroom washing my hands, listening to my toddler bang on the door. “Mama! Mama!” As frustrating as it can sometimes be to be unable even to go to the bathroom in peace, on this particular occasion, my little man didn’t want me; he just wanted to know I was still there. […]
How to Keep the Kids from Fighting Over Who Picks the Movie (I Hope)
When Ariel was little, we printed up “movie tickets” for her, as a fun way to monitor her screen time. One ticket is roughly equivalent to half an hour of movie runtime (although we do some rounding as appropriate). Each week I’d hand out her tickets – I think at the time she got six […]
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