by Laurie Bluedorn | Mar 9, 2019 | Counseling, Marriage, Raising Children
Your Family, God’s Way: Developing and Sustaining Relationships in the Home What makes a good family? Good theology, regular family worship, separation from the world, modest dressing, listening to good music, going to a Biblical church, homeschooling? All of...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Feb 8, 2019 | How Would You Answer This?, Raising Children
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres We have a 16-year-old daughter who is very shy around people she does not know very well, even if she’s been around them occasionally. She seems content to just keep to herself in group situations, and does not desire to participate in...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Jan 18, 2018 | Counseling, Raising Children
Suggestions on how to treat your adult children: 1. The majority of the time that you are talking with your adult child, you should be doing the listening, not the talking. Real and attentive listening. Respectful listening — not appearing to be listening or thinking...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Dec 9, 2016 | Raising Children, Reviews
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. After five kids and five grands, these are the toys they keep coming back to. 1. Cash Register 2. Xylophone 3. Play-Doh 4. Pick-Up Sticks 5. Weaving Loom 6. Toy Doll House...
by Laurie Bluedorn | May 11, 2016 | Homeschooling, Raising Children
The Top Thing Parents Can Do to Turn Kids into Successful Adults And only one in four parents are doing it, according to a recent report. by Annie Holmquist Last week, Business Insider ran an interesting article listing 13 things parents can do to turn their child...
by Laurie Bluedorn | Apr 6, 2016 | Homeschooling, How Would You Answer This?, Raising Children
Is it necessary for my child to do all his schoolwork on his own? I sit on the couch with my 10-year-old son and help him with the introduction to his assignments. For example, with his math lessons, I go through the lesson with him (takes us five minutes), and then...
