Raising kind kids with parenting that empowers
For several years, our family has homeschooled with unit studies. It’s an easy way for us to cover the same basic material as a family and learn together no matter the age, taking the majority of the prep work our of teaching! It also has meant that for us we can compile multiple smaller topics […]
Every strong willed child can toe the line of defiance, but learn to harness their passion for great success!
I never wanted to give birth at home. “How foolish” I would think back in the summer of 2012. And looking back I can pinpoint that I really meant “how scary, unknown, and foreign.” The the reality is, that was just my culture and lack of understanding talking. Quite honestly, it was also I think […]
My children aren’t perfect, by any means. But I will say that in raising them I have tried to instill life skills before age 5 that reinforce responsibility, dependability, and helpfulness. Basically before they start kindergarten, every child I believe should be equipped with basic life skills. So many skills are fairly easy to teach […]
It’s been two years since I sat down at a keyboard and wrote anything meaningful. 2 years of triumph, of extreme sadness, and of simple change. I asked myself where and how to begin again and I asked myself if I was even the same person and the answer is a resounding NO. So let […]
3 simple but effective strategies to teach your kids about chores, cleaning, and tidying responsibiliies as a life skill.
