We hope you’ve picked up on a major theme from OneFamily – Family Identity. Family Identity takes ages to develop a decent working hypothesis and years and years after that to prove it out through countless scenarios. Homework is one such area that brings many family factors into play where Family Identity can be used positively and effectively. What does “the grade isn’t as important as the effort you put into it” actually mean to [...]
Sunday, September 8, 2024 was Grandparents Day. Unfortunately, this special day usually passes each year with little notice. Grandparents are blessing and should probably be honored more that we do. Sometimes, we can let our own relationship with our parents affect their relationship with our children. Here is a letter we posted previously that may provide you with some insights that you may or may not have considered in the Grandparent/Mom & Dad relationship dynamic. [...]
"This conference was a parenting gold mine!" "So many takeaways..." “A game changer…” “This will definitely help us…” These were just some of the comments we received from this weekend's GFI Parenting Conference. Over the course of two enriching days, nearly to 200 parents garnered valuable insights and fresh information for their parenting journey. Now, we bring to you a special opportunity. For a limited time, we are offering complete access to all conference presentations. [...]
Parenting is a year-round process, yet summer brings a unique opportunity to amplify our parenting efforts. The relaxed pace of the season, with its sunshine and family activities, provides an ideal backdrop for “supercharging” our parenting initiatives while enjoying the fun of the season together. We’ve always been proponents of goal setting and planning, as evidenced in our Tuesday Letters. That’s why we’ve crafted a Summertime Checklist—a guide to help you prepare or revisit parenting strategies [...]
Back to school has always been very similar to the start of a new year for our family. It marks the start of a new school year with renewed expectations and resolutions not only for our boys, but also for us as parents. For the kids, it’s a great time to get them refocused on their schedules, routines and revisit some lessons that were learned or challenges faced in the previous school year and over [...]
What if you knew the greatest predictor of your children’s success, later in life, came down to one particular skill? A skill that, if well developed, could lead to better social skills, handling stress, and greater academic success? How about a skill that could lower levels of substance abuse, lower levels of obesity, and create more success in every area of life? Training and reinforcing the skill of Delaying Gratification leads to the development of [...]
“We write to you with tears in our eyes, tears of joy, and delight with much gratitude in our hearts. We have three children. A 7-year-old boy, a 5-year-old girl, and a 1.5-year-old baby girl. We found out about One family as we were desperately looking for a different kind of help from what we have had in the past. Since then, we have been blessed through their online classes and personalized mentoring/coaching. Every time, [...]
The value of some ideas to parents is immediate and obvious – don’t let 3-year-olds play in the street unattended; knives and electrical outlets don’t mix; too much sugar in a diet creates dependency. These are common sense notions because the “Cause and Effect” are obvious. These types of health and safety issues are somewhat clear in the early years of parenting. However, in other areas of parenting it is less clear what will be [...]
62% of parents today say parenting is much harder than they expected 88% parents say parenting is tiring and stressful 77% of parents say their greatest worry is the mental health of their children and fear they will be bullied 52% of parents say they feel judged in the parenting by their spouse 77% of parents believe children are better when raised by both parents According to a recent Pew Research Center studies on Marriage [...]
Summer!!! Gotta love it! Doesn’t that recall memories and create images of warm summer nights relaxing around the pool or play field with nary a care in the world? Playing with friends, drifting from day to day where every day is the weekend, Fourth of July and midsummer, watermelon, bathing suits, bare feet, endless games with friends, sleeping in, later nights awake, visiting Gramma and Grampa, family vacation, and hanging out with the siblings. Does [...]