Originally posted on LifeWay Women All Access Last week, my husband Josh and I went to the eye doctor. I wear glasses for driving at night or watching a movie at the theatre, neither of which happen very often these days. (#parentlife) So when I put them on a few weeks ago Josh looked at… View Post
4 Ways to Show Our Kids How To Be Thankful Through the Holidays
Our three-year-old son, Landon, came home from preschool last year with brown construction paper cut into the shape of feathers and a note for Christi and me. We were to talk with Landon about what he was thankful for and then write them on the respective feathers. Each child, it turns out, was making a turkey… View Post
Tired of Kids Who Want, Want, Want? 7 Ways to Raise Generous Kids
Do you remember the viral craze a few years ago called the Cold Water Challenge, where people were nominated by someone on social media to give to a charity of their choice? Sounded altruistic, right?
Yet, the catch was if you decided to take a video of yourself jumping into cold water you only had to donate $10. If you chose not to jump into a body of cold water within 24 hours, record it on video, and post it on a social media site, you had to cough up the Benjamin (i.e. $100).
Though I appreciated the idea behind it, jumping in cold water to avoid giving money seemed quite backwards to me.View Post