As parents, we all want our children to grow emotionally intelligent, and capable of understanding and expressing their feelings effectively. However, young children often struggle to find the words to describe their emotions, leading to frustration and misunderstandings. As a Christian family, we believe in nurturing our children's emotional well-being, teaching them to navigate through the complexities of emotions with love, compassion, and faith. Let's explore some practical and … [Read more...]
How Daily Affirmations Improve Self Worth
If we could tape our inner voice for even one hour, many of us would realize how often we criticize ourselves and fill our minds with negativity. Whether our criticisms are valid or not, they tend to diminish our self-esteem even more than the criticisms of others. We can always choose to ignore our other critics by walking away or hanging up the phone. But we live with our inner voice 24-7. Daily affirmations can help us to retrain our inner voices to be kinder and more encouraging. A … [Read more...]
7 Steps to Positive Thinking
Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you. Walt Whitman This thought says it all. Positive thinking can change the outlook and the outcome. A person's positive outlook on life helps them to reduce tension, and stress and makes them healthy. On the other hand, negative thinking can affect the physical image, increase stress, increase blood pressure, and other health conditions, so below are some easy steps to thinking in a positive way and ultimately cutting … [Read more...]
Twilight Movie Cheese Board
Excerpted from Once Upon a Rind In Hollywood by Rachel Riederman. Copyright © 2023 Ulysses Press. Reprinted with permission from Ulysses Press. New York, NY. All rights reserved. As you know, we are big Twilight fans in the Long House. We've visited Forks and La Push, Washington many times and brought many family and friends on a self-guided Twilight movie tour. So when I saw this new book that had a fun Twilight movie cheese board - I knew that I wanted to share it with you. THE … [Read more...]
Is Punishment Effective? Consider These 2 Ideas Before Punishing the Kids
A guest post from Sarah R. Moore. Many parents have asked whether punishment "works" to stop unwanted behavior, especially with younger children. Some have heard the false narrative that they need to "nip negative behavior in the bud" before it becomes a problem. What this fails to consider, however, is two things: Does punishment stop undesired behavior? Yes, punishment teaches (in a way), and I’ll expand on that in a moment. Here’s the thing, though, as described in Peaceful … [Read more...]
Affordable Meatless Meals Ideas
Many of us grew up in "meat and potatoes" homes but we are looking for more inexpensive options as we attempt to feed our families. It is important to remember that there are many valid meat substitutes that can provide all of the nutrition of meat without all of the fat. Let us explore some affordable meatless meals options that will help you save money on groceries by serving your family meatless meals. Minestrone soup A hearty minestrone soup with a salad and fresh bread is a hearty and … [Read more...]
Celebrate Valentines Day with Pets
A guest post from Wondercide. It’s February, and love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is on the 14th, Galentine’s/Palentine’s Day is on February 15, Love Your Pet Day is on the 20th and a lesser-known holiday is Doggy Date Night, which kicks off the month of love on February 3. So how can all these caring holidays be celebrated to show loved ones how much they mean to us? Here are 10 fun ways to celebrate Valentines Day with pets in February. February 3, Doggy Date Night 1. Bake … [Read more...]
