This is a unique time of life with stay at home orders and we’ve focused on many issues surrounding parenting. But we cannot overlook the health of our marriages while focusing on our children. These are challenging times for couples for so many reasons and fear can wreak havoc on the health of our marriages. We are thankful to our wonderful friends Michael and Melinda Parisi, who lead a local marriage ministry - Re|Engage, for [...]
During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want to be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for a productive and fruitful family time. Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey. ____________________ Parents everywhere are discovering more of the blessings and [...]
This week we want to share with you some insights from the Widmier Family and their perspective on this unprecedented and unexpectedly blessed time at home! ________ Our family has now been in our home for two weeks straight. We have only ventured out in the car twice in that time span. Hearing of others’ health and/or livelihoods being impacted by this pandemic, has saddened us terribly. Our family prays for those affected nightly. We [...]
Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey. During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want to be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for a productive and fruitful family time. ____________________ This week we want to share some great ideas [...]
Our mission with OneFamily is to equip, encourage and sustain couples in their marriage and parenting journey. During this unprecedented season when families are required to stay home and maintain social distancing, we want be an encouraging and sustaining resource that will equip you with practical insights and tools to help you take hold of the opportunities for an intentional and fruitful family time. In the coming days and weeks ahead, we’ll be sending you [...]
“I hope that my story can give some insight on the side of social media that not enough people talk or know about and I encourage you after reading this, that you will talk it over with your kids and figure out ways to keep them safe and use social media responsibly.” ________ Last week, we shared with you the first part of Jack’s Story in his own words. Jack, who is now in his second [...]
“I hope that my story can give some insight on the side of social media that not enough people talk or know about and I encourage you after reading this, that you will talk it over with your kids and figure out ways to keep them safe and use social media responsibly.” At one of our Screenagers Event, we met a terrific young teen we’ll call “Jack.” Jack, who is now in his second year [...]
Do you give your children the freedom to fail or make mistakes? Or more appropriately, do you allow them freedom to grow with personal responsibility and ownership? Whether you are a child or an adult, failure is not failure if you learn and grow from it. As parents, it’s especially difficult for us to see our children suffer frustration, experience emotional pain or the discomfort that comes with failing or making mistakes. However, in order [...]
When we took our first parenting class, our boys' behavior was not characterized by First Time Obedience (FTO). In fact it was after the very first parenting class we attended, when we picked up our boys from childcare, that they immediately proceeded to run around in every direction away from us. Our embarrassed calls and pleading for them to come to us were definitely not obeyed. As parents, during that time, we relied on a [...]
Parenting is a process that has many seasons and phases. There were times in our own parenting journey when we could easily get stuck in a particular season or phase. Typically we would become comfortable in the strategies that were working and forget to look ahead to the upcoming season in our boys’ growth and development. Then, before we knew it, Trevor and Alex had outgrown our parenting! Three Key Areas To Watch Evaluating kids’ [...]