Explore parenting principles through vivid and honest family stories of a blended family with eight children. Â
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky discusses ways to prioritize your marriage. This is a critical foundation and the first in a series of episodes on creating unity in parenting in a blended family.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky shares stories that illustrate how family councils can create family unity and curb contention.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky talks about daily conversations that reveal helpful thinking routines so children can build emotional resilience and social confidence.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky talks about the importance of staying open and curious so we don't make false assumptions about our kids.
Send us a textIt can be particularly challenging to maintain extended family relationships in a blended family. In this episode, Becky gives recommendations for how to nurture your children's support network so they can feel grounded and secure.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky shares principles of communication that show how words can unify or divide.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky discusses how her search to understand charity led her on a path to healing after her divorce. She emphasizes the role that her faith in Jesus Christ played in this healing, and how that healing helped her in parenting.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky discusses foundational questions to consider as you decide how to approach teaching money skills to young children. She shares a story about her children and how they learned to "change the world" through a charity fund.
Send us a textIn this episode, I share how a simple lanyard helped my son learn emotional regulation.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky gives two examples of how responding to the inner child led to healing.
Send us a textIn this episode, Becky outlines principles and many, many ideas for family service opportunities.
Send us a textIn this episode, we talk about celebrating nontraditional times in order to create a strong family identity and a sense of belonging in a blended family.
Send us a textIn this episode, we discuss how to promote family work in the family while maintaining personal responsibility.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode I give several examples of how to nurture social skills in our children so they can act with more confidence.
Send us a Text Message.This episode focuses on the need for counseling with our children so they can stay in the driver's seat of their life.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode I share how pausing for moments of reflection with our children can help them identify the resources they have to help them through hard times.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, we talk about how to support our children in pursuing their own interests instead of pushing the parent's agenda.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, we talk about how to, as parents, put our own emotions aside and focus on the learning and growth of our child.
Send us a Text Message.A brief interaction in the grocery store taught me great principles about making decisions that are consistent with my values and beliefs.
Send us a Text Message.This episode gives ideas for young children and then for teens on how to find their own solutions to difficult situations and strong emotions.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode I talk about how simple daily activities can transform a family.
Send us a Text Message.This episodes addresses the need for planning--backwards planning--to preserve peace as our families live many transition and potentially high-emotion moments in a day.
Send us a Text Message.This episode highlights the need for apologies and feedback in navigating difficult interactions.
Send us a Text Message.This episode explores ways to develop family relationships while involving children in family work.
Send us a Text Message.This first episodes details the why behind this podcast and what you can expect as you listen.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, I talk about different ways our newly blended family began to develop physical and emotional closeness.
Send us a Text Message.In this episode I tell how we used a vinyl family tree to honor every family member's story.