As we begin the month of June, most children are out of school and home for the summer.  And, almost immediately, they begin to complain that they're bored.

What do you do with your kids when they're bored?  Well, for many parents, they let them play video games or watch TV for most of the day.  When we give our children a lot of access to technology, they are missing out on so many ways to grow and mature.

They miss out on how to solve their problem of boredom.  They miss out on learning to be creative.  They miss out on connections with their siblings and parents.

They miss out on experiencing the joy of simple living and human interaction.

This episode is about how technology can affect your children.  Before you let them have a summer with lots of tech time, listen to this episode to understand how it affects your children's brain, mood, and ability to connect with others.

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Do you want to be a woman who is a victim of everyone and everything and complains about it to anyone with ears, or do you want to be a strong woman who solves her problems and realizes that sometimes, maybe many times, it’s on us to figure things out - to delegate when possible, to enforce expectations that are reasonable and to let go of unreasonable expectations of perfection in ourselves and in those around us.

Complaining makes you unhappy and it makes everyone around you unhappy.

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Having the grandchildren for more than a couple of hours visit, reminded me of how difficult it really is to raise children. Why do humans do this?

Why do we have children that require so much sacrifice?

Why are we shielded from the knowledge of the terrific amount of sacrifice before we have children?

Why?  Well, I think it is a seed planted in our hearts from God.  

In my experience, the only way to find joy in motherhood is to see it as a higher calling - to be a mom is to have a calling from God.

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Are you ready for summer?  The key is to plan well so that you AND the kids have a great time!  

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When we try to control our children's behavior, it usually results in anger, yelling, and probably some guilt.  The truth is, we can't control their behavior, but we can teach and lead them to proper behavior.

In this episode, I talk about the five virtues that we need to teach our children so they are happy and cooperative, and so that our home is peaceful and joyful - all of which will contribute to our becoming a happy, calm mom.

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It is THE perfect Mother's Day gift to give yourself!

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Listen to the three parenting strategies that every successful parent uses to help their children behave and live virtue.

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When parents are intentional about the way they teach and form their children in good habits and virtues,(another way of saying parent) your family life is peaceful, ordered, and with strong connections of friendship between all family members.  Rather than just managing and disciplining the kids which is stressful, you’re mothering them which is profoundly rewarding with long term benefits

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As parents, we often live in the immediate - here and now.  But an important part of being a parent is creating goals for our children.  In this episode I discuss three important points (and a bonus point!) for why creating goals for our children is so important in raising them.  

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In our call to marriage and motherhood, there are many contradictions, disappointments, and frustrations that we experience.

If we look at the difficult part of being a wife and mother through a non-Christian lens, then we move into dissatisfaction, disappointment, and overwhelm with our state of life.

But if we see the contradictions through the lens of our Christian faith - through Jesus' words, "take up your cross and follow me", so much of our life that used to cause frustration and anger, now has meaning and purpose.

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This episode is a replay from 2023, but I thought it was especially timely during this season of Lent.

We all judge.  Some more than others.  Those who judge others, are often victims of judging - their own.

We're very good at judging ourselves - of seeing all the ways in which we fail or don't measure up.  We're good at comparing ourselves to other women and quickly seeing where we don't measure up, as opposed to seeing the gifts and talents we have.

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