Most of the parenting books I read, I read when I was pregnant with my first child and was lacking in the ability to practice practical application of, well, anything! Of course, when pregnant, you read everything on parenting you can get your hands on (because you have the time to do so) and then…
Category Archives: Parenting
The Happiness Project
Are you happy? Would you like to be happier? I’ve always been a fairly optimistic, roll-with-the-punches, glass half-full kind of person. I’m happy. But even before reading Gretchen Rubin’s yearlong exploration of happiness The Happiness Project, I knew that there were choices I made and habits that I have that interfered with the goal of…
Raising a Modern Day Princess
Yes. What exactly am I doing reading Raising a Modern-Day Princess? If you know me, you know our home houses only the male variety of offspring. I am lacking a princess. I read this out of mere curiosity as to what authors Pam Farrel and Dorren Hanna had to say about raising girls in today’s…
Mother Daze
Attention moms: You know how good you can feel after having a spontaneous conversation with another mom while you watch your children play around at the park? I’m talking about the type of conversation in which you drop all the pretenses and speak candidly about the whirlwind that life is when you’re a mom. Well,…
Pure Foundations
As a Christian parent, I know how important it is to help my kids develop a healthy understanding of their bodies, to explain how special marriage is, and to let them know how babies are made. Even though I know how important these topics are, I admit that I don’t like discussing them at all….
Mothering Heights
When I am deciding what to read, I gravitate toward fiction. There is one group of nonfiction books, however, that is sure to capture my attention: godly parenting. Ultimately, the Bible is my go-to guide, but I appreciate other thoughtful resources as well. When I saw the idea for Mothering Heights: A Novel Approach for…
The Smarter Preschooler
As a parent today, I am constantly overwhelmed by the onslaught of products that advertise their value in making our children smarter, so much that it seems as if a parent is simply being irresponsible by not making the purchases. As easy as it can be to fall prey to the marketing strategies that play…
Mommy, Draw Stars on My Tummy
As a mom to three children ranging in age from toddlerhood to (gasp) almost tween, I have read poems, sung nursery rhymes and tickled along to fingerplays for years and years, to various audiences. I love adding books to our personal collection that contribute to our repertoire of games, rhymes and songs for quiet moments…
For the Children’s Sake
For the Children’s Sake was written by the daughter of Francis Schaeffer, Susan Schaeffer Macaulay. Macaulay, being a fan of the Charlotte Mason school of education, uses this book to define and defend Mason’s teaching philosophies. Not knowing very much about Charlotte Mason before reading this book (although hearing quite a lot!) I was curious…
Touched by a Vampire
Last year when my daughter Amanda was in fifth grade –fifth grade– she insisted that all of her friends were reading the Twilight novels, and she wanted to read them. When I’m in doubt about whether or not a certain book’s content is appropriate for her, I often just read it myself so that I…
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