In my last blog, I mentioned that one of the tools we use in our home is quiet practice. Some of you might be thinking,…
Sometimes it’s hard to believe that mere mortals are allowed to bring a baby home from the hospital. As new parents, we were both overjoyed…
In some ways, the bane of attachment parenting shows up when a parent is trying to get close and empathize with a child who cannot…
A note from Jen: When we first became parents, we were already teaching the 19 relational skills and the Life Model principles, yet parenting was…
We have a rule in our house that we don’t have important conversations (or continue disagreements) if we have fallen out of Relational Mode. If…
My 9-year-old son was tired and grumpy. He obviously had fallen out of relational mode, which means his brain’s relational circuitry was not working correctly.…
One day my daughter Olivia was telling me a very involved story about her day at work; it seemed she had felt every known emotion…
Recently our youngest son Andrew (7) acted out with some behavior issues. These were times when I knew he understood what was asked of him.…
The other night, my son Matthew was angry with his younger brother, Andrew, for something that happened just before turning in to bed for the…
My husband, Chris, travels a lot for the ministry. While we enjoy traveling together, at this stage of life, it doesn’t happen as often as…