There is great value in mothering, but I mustn’t wait for my daughter to be out of the house to take care of me. Before there was a mother, there was a woman.
My “Best Month Ever” Wasn’t What I Thought It Would Be
Recently I joined a Facebook group designed to help its members realize their goals. I struggled to set a goal that seemed significant enough, but I learned that maybe I didn’t need to.
Which One Wins: Motherhood or Marriage? The Five Steps That Allowed Me to Succeed at Both
Ramona Zabriskie, author of Wife for Life, shares how transforming her marriage also transformed her motherhood and brought amazing results.
Five Tips to Motivate Your Kids to Pitch In – Without Pitching a Fit
Do you have trouble motivating your kids to do their share around the house? Check out these five very practical tips from parenting expert Amy McCready to help you get your family routines back on track.
Survival Tips for the Before and After School Hours
We have a lot of great authors here at The Power of Moms, and three of them came through this week with a fantastic smorgasbord of ideas to help moms and families with their school year routines.
Electronics: What I Wish I’d Known About Teens and Devices
Parenting in the age of electronic devices is uncharted territory for many of us; however, setting up guidelines and rules from the start will help teenagers become responsible technology users.
Don’t Fix the Pains of Summer
In the spirit of encouraging growth and freedom, I’ve made a list of things I will not fix for my kids this summer…
Spiritual Sundays: The Mess They Call Motherhood
It is OK to struggle; everybody does. It is what we do as a result of the challenge that matters. Will we learn from it or allow it to defeat us?
Five Questions to Ask at the Dinner Table
In an attempt to shift gears to a more constructive mindset, we’ve started sitting down at dinner with an evolving list of questions that help us evaluate our day, our mistakes, and our interactions with others.
Do you realize what a great job you are doing? – Episode 165
Do you ever feel that you are not enough? That you need to be June Cleaver, Kelly Rippa and Martha Stewart all rolled into one? It’s exhausting to even think about – not to mention impossible to do! In this series of audio posts, Power of Moms Team Member, Jennifer Brimhall, shares three great posts that […]
Spiritual Sundays: How to Pray in a Way God Can Answer
When my third child was born, I think 90 percent of my prayers revolved around our collective sleep patterns. (Please let the baby sleep!) These prayers never seemed to be answered. This did not cause me to lose my faith in the power of prayer, but it did cause me to reflect on how I could improve my prayers to ask for things that God is more able to answer.
Outside Looking In
An outside look at your family might give you just the perspective you desperately need.
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