by Brooke Romney | Mar 24, 2020 | Holidays, Parenting, Printable
After publishing my Christmas advent calendar last year, so many of you asked for something similar for Easter, wanting a way to bring your family together over Christ once again. If I created one, I knew it needed to be meaningful yet simple; quick yet important;...
by Brooke Romney | Mar 23, 2020 | Parenting
Motherhood Is Not a Competition Motherhood is not a competition — but in the blink of an eye, during COVID, we all suddenly became homeschooling moms and the comparison pressure reached levels most had never experienced. Moms who were five days into an...
by Brooke Romney | Mar 15, 2020 | Parenting, Teens
Ideas for Teens at Home: What Actually Works The best ideas for teens at home are the ones that require them to actually engage with something real — something physical, creative, or genuinely challenging — rather than passively consuming. Whether it is a...
by Brooke Romney | Jan 26, 2020 | Parenting, Teens, what to say resistant teenager
Sincere Compliments for Teens That Work (Even When Things Are Hard) Sincere compliments for teens that actually land are not the generic kind. “You’re so smart” or “I’m so proud of you” does not work when the relationship is...
by Brooke Romney | Jan 24, 2020 | Parenting, Teens
Improving Your Relationship with Your Teen: Challenge #1 — 3 Sincere Compliments Each Day Improving your relationship with your teen is something I care deeply about — and something I want to be honest about from the start. I am not coming at this from a...
by Brooke Romney | Oct 3, 2019 | Parenting, Teens
How to Go From a Bad Day to a Good Day With Your Kids Going from a bad day to a good day with your kids when a Sunday is full of unkind words, fights, sarcasm, intentional annoyance, short tempers, and downright rudeness — that is the scenario that tested...
