Back to School, Family Routines
Back-to-school is officially a “season”. Depending on where you live in the United States, it starts in early August and ends around the third week of September. At some point, take the time to plan out how your family uses media. Back-to-School sort of reads like a...
Bedtime Routine, Parenting
You might question why bedtime is the parenting priority. Bedtime as a parenting priority doesn’t appear to follow commonly-held beliefs such as encouraging your child to pick up a sport, eat well, follow their bliss with success, or be one of the good guys. A...
Bedtime Routine, Sleep and Health
Who would have thought that we’d have to go into “training” for a good night’s sleep? But in the twenty-first Century, when we are overwhelmed with electronics and subtle, incessant stressors, sleep is one of those necessities for which we have to go into training....
Family Routines, Parenting
Gratitude and thanks-giving practices make you a happier person. That’s what the positive psychology community tells us. People of faith and philosophers have known about gratitude practices for generations. Take this quote from the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu who...
