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Let’s Raise Color Brave Children Not Color Blind Children: Let’s Talk About Race

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There’s no such thing as being color blind but we can raise our children to be color brave! The first time I observed my baby's fascination with a lady's head turban he was only 18 months. I didn't teach him to do this but his eyes noticed something different between his mama and this woman. He noticed the difference without me pointing it out. There's actually lots of research that has been done on this very topic of children as young as babies not being colorblind and noticing the … [Read more...]

Teaching Your Kids How to Talk About What Is Bugging Them

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One of the ways we can teach our kids how to talk about what is bugging them is by modeling it ourselves. I'll be the first to tell you we've struggled with "emotion awareness" as a family. We've been on this journey of emotion coaching for several years now but it hasn't been until the last few years that I felt like everyone was on board. My husband and I didn't grow up in homes where feelings weren't discussed so we never learned how to talk about our feelings. In fact, I would say on a … [Read more...]

How To Teach Your Kids To Have Their Own Bible Time

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You will find such great delight as you guide your children in discovering the truths of God's word for themselves. It will bring you such deep joy seeing the word of God planted in their hearts as they apply this simple 1,2,3 Bible Study Method for kids.  I'm going to be real with you right from the beginning. I'm willing to bet that every good thing you treasure has taken hard work and discipline and so will teaching faith habits to your children.  A previous study of churchgoing Protestant … [Read more...]

Discovering Your Child’s Superpowers in the Midst of the Struggles

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Gues what? Perfect parenting is not required! Neither are perfect kids. I'm going to share with you below how we can discover our child's superpowers in the midst of their struggles. I was recently reading Hebrews 12 which starts off with "Therefore" and when a passage starts with that word you know to ask yourself--What is it there for? So I headed to the all to familiar passage of the Hall of Fame Heroes of Faith. What I love about this hall of faith heroes is they are anything but … [Read more...]

How Gratitude Can Help In the Midst of Challenging Times

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Gratitude overflows from my life when things are going my way but not so much when I find myself in the midst of hard times. Join me in our ABC's of gratitude challenge to discover gratitude in hard times. Robert Emmons is the world's leading scientific expert on gratitude and he says in this article, Not only will a grateful attitude help—it is essential. In fact, it is precisely under crisis conditions when we have the most to gain by a grateful perspective on life. In the face of … [Read more...]