“I commit to you I will be at your game today.” “I commit to you that after I get home from work, I’ll play catch with you.” “Will you commit to me you’ll give it your best on this assignment?” “Will you commit to me, while I make dinner, you’ll go clean your room? “Will both of you commit to me and to each other, you’ll play this game nicely?” “Mom and Dad, I commit [...]
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 [...]
Last week we talked about The Powerful Idea, how one idea can layer on positive benefits, year after year, impacting your family’s life and the trajectory of your children. Today we provide testimony to one such powerful idea for the Byars family. The Byars’ powerful idea was to choose to commit to their family by taking OneFamily courses, seminars, and mentoring over the last 13 years. March 2022 - “Rich and Shelly-Hope this finds you [...]
“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 [...]
As a parent you want to see your children succeed in obeying your instructions. You also want to see your spouse succeed in respecting your relationship. Their opportunity, for that success, can be greatly improved by you proactively creating an environment for them to succeed in meeting those expectations. One simple tool that creates an opportunity for success is the “Five Minute Warning”. Over the years we’ve relabeled this tool to elevate and reflect [...]
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 [...]
One of the best things we’ve seen in a long time is a recent press conference by the University of Oklahoma Women’s Softball team that has gone viral just prior to winning their 3rd National Championship. These young women displayed the kind of conviction and character that, as parents, we want for our own children. It’s about finding meaning and fulfillment in living a life filled with virtue and faith; a contagious faith that is presented [...]
To you fathers: Father’s Day is a great day. It presents itself as the annual kickoff to the summer where dads and kids can enjoy long days of playing outside deep into the evening warmth. Barbequed weekends showcase dad’s culinary skills with burgers, dogs, and corn on the cob right off the grill. Dad –the platform from which to jump in the water, the fountain of goofy laughter, the anchor in storms, the sun that [...]