Life is busy. With school, kids sports and activities, our daily life can easily be characterized by being hectic and overwhelming. Picking up Chic-fil-a on the way from practice can easily become the norm, rather than the exception, for getting everyone in the family fed. However, we discovered that Family Mealtime can actually make a significant impact on your family. Current research shows that having a shared Family Mealtime has huge benefits for marriages and [...]
As a new school year is quickly approaching, there are seemingly countless items to do to prepare our kids for the year ahead. There are conversations that need to take place as well. Among the more important conversations, a meaningful discussion about friendships should be at the top of the list. Are you comfortable with your children’s current friends? Is your child choosing to be friends with others who are a good influence on them [...]
Impacting families in a meaningful and transformative way is at the heart of our mission with OneFamily! It’s about building a loving and thriving home environment where children and marriages are flourishing with everyone growing, maturing, and feeling emotionally connected with one another. This means equipping families with practical resources, encouraging them through the challenging days to persevere while sustaining them in their marriage and parenting journey. With summer in full swing, we are excited to [...]
¿Les das a tus hijos la libertad de fallar o cometer errores? O más apropiadamente, ¿les permites la libertad de crecer con responsabilidad personal y propiedad? Si eres un niño o un adulto, el fracaso no es un fracaso si aprendes y creces a partir de él. Para los padres, es especialmente difícil para nosotros ver a nuestros hijos sufrir frustración, experimentar dolor emocional o la incomodidad que conlleva fallar o cometer errores. Como resultado, [...]
As parents we are often faced with having to discuss difficult topics and issues with our children. Whether it’s school violence, a family illness, the loss of a beloved pet or a death in the family, the depth and breadth of such topics can leave parents overwhelmed as to how to navigate these challenging waters. From our own experience, we’ve found that these tough topics are best addressed in three distinct ways: In the moment, [...]
For many of us, Summer means big vacations, a series of camps, summer sports leagues, pool days, amusement parks and other excitement to make it memorable, meaningful and fun. While all those activities are wonderful, the question many parents ask is, “How do we sustain the ‘fun’ on a day-to-day basis for the bulk of the summer?” What if we let our children play instead of keeping them entertained? Think back to what summers were [...]
When our boys were about 6 and 4 years old we began a new family tradition that helped us engage in meaningful conversations with them. Little did we know when we started how this tool would create many wonderful memories, help us communicate more effectively with our kids and take our parenting efforts and relationships with each of them to a higher level! One of Rich’s favorite memories growing up was visiting his grandparents and [...]
Ya sea preescolar, jardín de infantes, escuela primaria, escuela intermedia, escuela secundaria o universidad, mayo es un gran mes de graduación. Marca el final y el comienzo de una nueva temporada de la vida. ¡Este puede ser un momento emocionante, emocional, desalentador y alegre para los graduados y sus padres! Con Alex graduándose de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona la semana pasada, se nos recuerda lo importante que ha sido cada graduación tanto para nuestros [...]
Whether it’s preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, high school or college, May is a big graduation month. It marks the ending and the beginning of a new season of life. This can be an exciting, emotional, daunting, and joyous time for the graduates and their parents! With Alex graduating from Arizona State University last week, we are reminded of what a significant milestone each graduation has been for both our boys and us. In [...]
With Mother’s Day this past Sunday, Shelly reflects on four areas from her motherhood journey. _____________________ I feel truly blessed and grateful for the journey I’ve been on with Rich in raising our boys, now 24 and 22 years old. We were in our mid-thirties when Trevor and Alex were born and we thought we would be great parents. We quickly discovered all the ways parenting was going to challenge us. As a mom, the [...]