School nights absolutely take some coordination when it comes to those few hours between the end of school and bedtime. School ends. Goodwin girls are hungry. tired. ornery. They all have something to tell me, papers to give me and questions to ask me. They all have things to do that they don’t want to…
Oh the mom jobs. There are so many of them! Between helping our kids with friendships and talking them through disagreements with siblings and doing devotions and parenting ahead and helping them love church and making sure our family stays connected during busy times… Oh, and enforcing chores, managing home cleaning schedules, monitoring time online,…
Third culture kids are always experiencing new things and each day is an opportunity to learn something new. This comes out in fun ways and as a parent, it is exciting to watch the wild adventure of TCK life. I remember when we were first starting our overseas journey and the girls were going to…
You are tired. You need to know how to take care of yourself. You take care of everyone else. But how can you take care of yourself and everyone else? What does that mean? How is it possible to take care of yourself? As moms, wives, women, we take care of everyone and everything. We…
Daddy daughter dates can be a great way to communicate and connect with your girls. As much as Jeremy and I love going on dates together, our girls really love going on dates with Daddy too. They know that when Daddy takes them out, they are going to have a lot of fun… and they…
Social Media for kids is not an easy discussion. How to parent them through using apps? How to guide them in social media etiquette? How to navigate the very unclear, sticky waters of everything involved in social media? What are they seeing? What are they searching? What are they learning? Then, the dreaded questions… “Mom,…
Well, an unexpected blessing of family travel full time has been that our family has had a lot of togetherness. We have unlimited opportunities to practice getting along. We have all the time in the world to learn how to interact with kindness, patience, compassion and manners. At first, this was a big struggle. There…
Your daughter is growing up and you just noticed. You realized that time is flying by, the years seem shorter and shorter. We were outside packing for another trip and Elayna was standing next to me. She was talking to Jeremy and had just carried a huge laundry basket full of bedding to the van….
Creating a Biblical Worldview for our kids is an important task. You do family devotions each night. You go to church on Sundays. You attend youth group and listen to Christian music. You’ve learned to parent ahead and make sure parenting happens at bedtime. Is that enough? Are you creating a Biblical Worldview that your…
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