Talking to Your Kids About . . . .the Birds and the Bees

Today’s guest post is by Bill and Pam Farrel, the authors of 10 Questions Kids Ask About Sex. ************************************************ Ever feel a lump in your throat when your child asks, “Where do babies come from?” or your tween or teen have numerous...

Blog Hop: How Do You Teach Your Kids About Money?

Mark and I have always believed that teaching our kids money management strategies needs to be a priority. When they were small, we gave them one dollar a week for allowance…in dimes.  Then we had them manage their money with the 10-10-80 principle.  10% to God,...

Chore Timecard

Pay for chores? Not pay for chores? Ah the debate. Over 27 years of parenting, we’ve been all over the map on this issue.  We’ve done allowance, we’ve done no allowance. We have tied allowance to chores. We’ve separated allowance from chores....

Our Justin Bieber character-building experience

For some time, people have been telling our son how much he looks like Justin Bieber.  We definitely saw the similarity and kept telling Austin that he needed to find a look-a-like job and make some money. Last summer, we were visiting our son and his wife who live in...