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The Best Gifts
Make shopping a breeze with these gift lists for men, women, teens, and children!
Must-Read Books
The best books for all ages, including captivating audiobooks and podcasts.
Top Movies for Families
Over 100 movies that will bring everyone together for movie night.
GIFTS
The Best Sister Missionary Packing List
The Best Sister Missionary Packing List After working hard on the LDS Missionary Packing list for Elders, I realized I wanted to create a similar resource for Sisters heading out too. It has been so much fun pulling together the best sister missionary packing list for...
The Best LDS Missionary Packing List
The Best LDS Missionary Packing List For Elders Oh Boy! Getting kids ready for an LDS mission is a BIG DEAL and expensive. I had no idea everything they would need! I'm glad we already had some things from the LDS missionary packing list on hand but we still had to...
The Best Outdoor Games and Toys for Families
The Best Outdoor Games and Toys for Families Outdoor games are the best for active families and they make awesome "family gifts!" Sharing our favorite outdoor games for families and a few other ways we enjoy the outdoors around here! With the weather warming up,...
The Best Gifts for Graduates
The Best Gifts for Graduates It's graduation time! Such a great time of year to celebrate over a decade of education and commitment with the best gifts for graduates. I know many students are all about money and gift cards, which is totally understandable, but...
Family Games Teens Love
Family Games Teens Love: The Crowd-Sourced Guide Finding family games teens love — games they will actually choose to play rather than tolerating under protest — is one of the harder challenges of family game night once kids hit middle school. This list exists because...
The Best Easter Basket Ideas for Teen Boys
The Best Easter Basket Ideas For Teen Boys I go back and forth on Easter baskets. Sometimes we do something fun in there, and other times it is mostly just candy! If I do purchase anything, I like it to be useful, and it is kind of fun to surprise them with a few...
movies
The Best Family Sports Movies
With 4 boys, most of our favorite family movies revolve around sports. We love them all...the tear jerkers, the intense competition, the underdog triumphs, the social justice messages, the cheesy kid winners, the teamwork hype. We'll take them all. Here our favorites...
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Books
The Best Podcasts for Teens
Best Podcasts for Teens: The Organized Guide to What's Actually Worth Listening To The best podcasts for teens are out there — genuinely good ones that teach, entertain, challenge, and occasionally blow a teenager's mind about how interesting the world is — but...
The Best, Most Addictive Books for Teens
Best Books for Teens: The Most Addictive Reads on the List The best books for teens are the ones that produce the specific parental experience of having to tell a teenager to put down a book and go to sleep. That is the bar. Not books that are educational, not books...
The Best Books for Everyone in Your Home
The Best Book for Everyone in Your Home: A Complete Age-Organized Guide The best book for everyone in your home is one of those gifts that is both deeply personal and universally right when you choose well -- and this list makes choosing well as simple as finding the...
teens
Advice for New College Students | Brooke Romney
Advice for New College Students: The Letter and the Truth Nobody Tells You Advice for new college students almost always focuses on what to pack and where to register — and almost never on what actually matters in those first weeks and months. This is the advice for...
Dating Red Flags for Teens
Dating Red Flags for Teens: Is Your Relationship Healthy? Dating red flags for teens are some of the most important things a parent can help a teenager learn to recognize -- because teenagers are rarely taught what a healthy relationship actually looks like before...
Teen Feeding Cheat Sheet
Teen Feeding Tips: What to Feed Teenagers Without Breaking the Bank The best teen feeding tips are not about gourmet cooking, charcuterie boards, or anything that requires significant effort. They are about understanding the actual goal: keep your kids' friends in...
Get Your Freebie
75 WOULD YOU RATHER QUESTIONS
Looking for an easy way to connect with your teen? These “Would You Rather” questions will help you break the ice quickly and get you laughing and chatting in no time!
parenting
Advice for New College Students | Brooke Romney
Advice for New College Students: The Letter and the Truth Nobody Tells You Advice for new college students almost always focuses on what to pack and where to register — and almost never on what actually matters in those first weeks and months. This is the advice for...
Dating Red Flags for Teens
Dating Red Flags for Teens: Is Your Relationship Healthy? Dating red flags for teens are some of the most important things a parent can help a teenager learn to recognize -- because teenagers are rarely taught what a healthy relationship actually looks like before...
100+ Ways to Fight I’m Bored this Summer
Ways to Fight I'm Bored This Summer: 150+ Ideas That Work The best ways to fight im bored — the classic summer complaint — are specific, visible, and accessible before the boredom hits rather than after. This is the list I used for years when my kids were younger. I...
practical tips
Teen Feeding Cheat Sheet
Teen Feeding Tips: What to Feed Teenagers Without Breaking the Bank The best teen feeding tips are not about gourmet cooking, charcuterie boards, or anything that requires significant effort. They are about understanding the actual goal: keep your kids' friends in...
How to Make Summer Work with Teens AND Little Kids (Without Losing Your Mind) | Brooke Romney
Summer with Teens and Littles: How to Make It Work for Everyone Summer with teens and littles is one of the most genuinely difficult parenting juggling acts — and one of the most common. Everyone's needs are different, valid, and competing. The teenager wants...
Modern Manners for Today’s Teens: Keep Your Phone Silent
Modern Manners for Today's Teens: Keep Your Phone Silent We can’t talk manners for teens without talking about cell phone etiquette! Whether we need our phone to connect with a friend, use maps, play music, catch a game, or watch a show, cell phones seem to go...
Hello! I'm Brooke Romney!
I help moms of teens and tweens create meaningful, healthy, and enjoyable relationships with their children through practical application, education, and community. This creates families that feel confident and connected.
relationships
Dating Red Flags for Teens
Dating Red Flags for Teens: Is Your Relationship Healthy? Dating red flags for teens are some of the most important things a parent can help a teenager learn to recognize -- because teenagers are rarely taught what a healthy relationship actually looks like before...
Summer with Teens: Setting Expectations | Brooke Romney
Summer with Teens Setting Expectations: How to Do It Right Summer with teens setting expectations before the season starts is the single most impactful thing a parent can do for a genuinely good summer. The families who have the best summers with teenagers are not the...
Modern Manners for Today’s Teens: Don’t Share Hurtful Things
Modern Manners for Today’s Teens: Don’t Share Hurtful Things You may think you are being the “good guy” by letting someone know they are being talked about, but when you share hurtful things you are usually just causing more unnecessary drama. Everyone is human....
printables
Summer Ideas for Teens
Summer Ideas for Teens Summer with teens can be incredibly great and also incredibly hard. As they get older, there isn't as much neighborhood or sibling play and they may not be quite old enough for a job, but 12 hours of Netflix is usually not any parent's ideal...
A Mother’s Day Quiz
This is my favorite Mother’s Day tradition! I ask each child these questions every year and it’s a chance to get to know who they are and what they love in this moment. It’s the best few minutes with each kid and makes me feel like an awesome mom. And since it’s...
High School Graduate Letter
High School Graduate Letter: The Words That Say Everything A high school graduate letter captures something that the graduation ceremony itself rarely can: the full weight of what a parent is feeling at this moment, put into words that a new adult can hold onto. High...
Brooke's Writing
I like me anyway
I Like Me Anyway: Embracing Imperfection, Connection, and Christ is a must read for any woman who has ever felt uncertain of her own worth, path or importance. This engaging, relatable book will fill you with confidence and purpose in your own unique story and give you the motivation and tools to become the woman you were always meant to be.
52 modern manners for teens
I created the book I always wanted for my own teens! They needed something clear, concise and tangible that could teach them how to have more confidence and how to create successful relationships. This book has blessed over 60,000 homes and is a must for every family’s library! Be sure to check out both volume 1 and volume 2.
holidays
A Mother’s Day Quiz
This is my favorite Mother’s Day tradition! I ask each child these questions every year and it’s a chance to get to know who they are and what they love in this moment. It’s the best few minutes with each kid and makes me feel like an awesome mom. And since it’s...
Family Games Teens Love
Family Games Teens Love: The Crowd-Sourced Guide Finding family games teens love — games they will actually choose to play rather than tolerating under protest — is one of the harder challenges of family game night once kids hit middle school. This list exists because...
The Best Easter Basket Ideas for Teen Boys
The Best Easter Basket Ideas For Teen Boys I go back and forth on Easter baskets. Sometimes we do something fun in there, and other times it is mostly just candy! If I do purchase anything, I like it to be useful, and it is kind of fun to surprise them with a few...
lifestyle
Utah’s Best Eats
I get this message often: “We are visiting Utah. Where should we eat?” I’ve had to share my favorites so often in messages that I decided to just make a post out of it! But first, here’s something you need to know about me and my recommendations: I’m not a food...
The Best Socks for Women
The best socks for women One of the cool things that happens when you get older is you start caring about your socks. There's nothing worse than having your socks slow you down. These socks are my favorite affordable socks and won't hold you back. If you are looking...
Heat Resistant Porch Decor
Heat Resistant Porch Decor My front porch gets SO HOT in the summer that it kills every flower by the middle of July. So I was thrilled to see @stonebrook home share really darling faux options that work for those super hot front porches. I copied pretty much...
COACHING & SERVICES
PARENTING COACH
Brooke facillitates change and gets you unstuck by focusing on connection. She teaches you how to have both boundries and relationships with your kids in a really practical and doable way. She believes in grace on all sides and knows that every parent is capable of creating an imperfect relationship they are really proud of.
COLLABORATE WITH BROOKE
Brooke loves to collaborate with individuals and brands she believes will enrich the lives of the people who trust her. She is highly selective when it comes to collaborations, but if values align, she is always open to the possibility of a great partnership.
Parenting tips + connection
Empowering a community of women and teens to have courage, connect often, and celebrate how far they've come.