When You Dive in With Your Shirt On
It was Elijah’s first Speedo swim meet today at Xavier School. He was nervous and tense. So was I! I’ve always been into team sports…
Category: Character
A Promise is a Promise
When I was growing up, one of the things I appreciated about my dad was that he kept his word. My siblings and I could…
Responding to Anger in Kids
Seldom do my kids throw a fit and lose their cool. Sure, they aren’t always sweet, kind, and patient. However, they don’t usually scream and…
Don’t Overprotect
I remember being hunched over planks of wood, sawing them and hammering nails into them to make a pretend market stall for the kids, when…
Character, Exercise, family, Family Activities, Fitness, Home, Learning Environment, motherhood, Play
Rainy Day Ideas to Get Kids’ Minds Off Gadgets
It’s raining, it’s pouring, and kids shouldn’t be snoring out of boredom. My kids are in between school years. We start again in August for…
Three Ways to Be Cured from “Entitle-litis”
We all know that many people today suffer from the spiritual disease known as entitlement, where we believe that certain privileges and rights are due…
Picking Strawberries and Sowing Character
A visit to Strawberry Fields in Baguio proved to be a great lesson on obedience for our children and their cousins. We got to Strawberry…
God-Confidence in Kids
I am not an advocate of getting kids into modeling at a young age because it can make them focused on their external appearance as…
Teaching Bodily Discipline to Kids
Growing up, I appreciated the weight my parents put on physical fitness and healthy eating. They encouraged my siblings and me to play outdoors everyday…
Courage
We had the opportunity to go to Bukidnon yesterday where we enjoyed family tiem at Dahilayan Adventure Park. World-class ziplines, ropes courses, a luge ride,…
When a Child is Gifted
After watching the movie, Gifted, I had a crisis of doubt over homeschooling my oldest son, Elijah. When he was six years old, he was…
Teaching Kids to Organize Their Things
As much as possible, I try to instill in my kids the value and discipline of picking up after themselves. Even little Catalina, at three…
