How can parents help children understand the heart issue behind whining and teach children to be better communicators?

When children tell lies or whine to get what they want, the problem isn’t just the words that they use or how they say it. Instead, when a child acts out verbally, it’s important to get to the heart of the matter.

Those are the words of wisdom from Ginger Hubbard bestselling author of Don’t Make Me Count to Three, Wise Words for Moms, and I Can’t Believe You Just Said That

Are you in that chapter of your life where you are doing quite a bit of reinventing …. And a whole lot of reflecting.

The time of year where you see graduations taking place and prom dresses being sold …

This Causes you to remember some of those fabulous moments that you loved so much.

How do you deal with those emotions ---- how do you deal with that passage in life to the next season --- the next chapter?

Your kids are all grown up. Did you think your were done parenting??

Parents often assume that their job as a parent is complete when their children reach adulthood.

UHHH . . . Think Again!

GirlfriendIT is all about finding your purpose and discovering your divine design . . . also figuring this all out together.

Being in IT with each other -

Today we have Brenda Yoder a national speaker - and

licensed mental health counselor as well as a life coach . . . to share that perhaps life doesn’t always fit into the story book image of your perfect purpose.

“Every problem, every dilemma, every dead end we find ourselves facing in life, only appears unsolvable inside a particular frame or point of view. Enlarge the box, or create another frame around the data, and problems vanish, while new opportunities appear.”

Source: The Art of Possibility

5 Things to do now, for a successful launch w/your children

1. Be Radically Present

2. Don’t Steal Their Pain (Helps develop independence

3. Teach Life Skills Early

4. Help Them Secure Identity in Christ

5. Be Connected to Church and Community

5 Reasons Teens Start Using Drugs & Alcohol

• Peer Pressure. ...

• Self-Medication & Escape. ...

• Performance Improvement. ...

• Experimentation. ...

• To Feel Grown Up.

What are the signs that my child is on drugs?

1. Watch the spoons. Torched or missing spoons - useful tool for preparing drugs.

2. Lace-less shoes. - or belts and neckties common-makeshift tourniquets.

3. Blackened fingertips.

For more signs - listen in as Pam Campbell share her expertise.

How do I create more space to have more memorable magical moments with the people I love?

How do I get 3 to 10 times more stuff done in a day?

Listen in for the top lip smacking tips!