Parenting Tips

I’m a good mom and I can honestly say I have tried my absolute best since day one. I’ve  made thousands of choices where I have put my children’s needs above my own. However, I’ve done some dumb things. My hope is that you will learn from my mistakes and do better with your children.

By K. Parker How many moms out there deal with low self-worth and body image issues? I know too many to count. We live in a world where that’s very much a sad, sick rite of passage thrust upon moms, putting yourself down and looking for ways to better yourself. In the end, you never […]

By Toni Van Orman and Fiona Leikness “Stop asking!” If you have children, I am sure this is something you have exclaimed over and over when they asked you one too many times why they couldn’t keep playing on the tablet, keep watching movies, or keep playing games. I am sure you can even picture […]

By Jamie Siggard Lately, I’ve been working on trying to be more human. I’m trying to feel it all, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I noticed my life was feeling superficial at times and void of depth, so I thought practicing feeling would be the perfect remedy. This has brought a lot of […]

By Mae Pulsipher The need to accept our looks and feel comfortable in our skin is a message that is finally getting the news coverage and social concern it deserves! The thing is, no matter how comfortable we feel in our skin, everyone looks in the mirror now and again and finds something they don’t […]

By Hannah Herring Recently, my boyfriend broke up with me but actually wasn’t terribly brokenhearted about it. My dad and I went out to eat together one evening and talked about it. Although I hesitated at first because I was nervous he would be overprotective, I finally shared some things that had hurt me during […]

By: Amanda Kimball Sexting is the act of sending sexual messages or pictures through a text or online has become a pervasive social norm among today’s youth. The Journal of the American Medical Association published findings that showed more than 1 in 4 teenagers have received a sext and more than 1 in 7 teenagers […]

By Mattie Barron  As a millennial college student, we rely heavily on tech and the convenience it has to offer. Based on my observations during my time on a college campus, it is apparent that working hard is becoming a foreign concept for some of us. I am seeing more and more young adults who […]

By: Amanda Kimball There has been something nagging me in the back of my mind. I have a story I feel I need to share, but I am afraid to share it. It is not my desire to get anyone into trouble, but I feel my story could or might help another child. For this […]

By Hannah Walker From social media comparisons to hurtful names and bullying in schools, body image has become a major concern for children at younger and younger ages. It’s common to hear kids in junior high and even in elementary school talk about their weight, their muscles,  and their height. They compare themselves to friends […]

How Parents Can Prevent And Deal with It By Ariane Robinson It’s true, kids can be cruel. I still vividly remember the insults thrown at me by a group of “popular” girls at my junior high. Their ridicule made it hard for me to attend school, but I knew at the end of the day […]

By Ariane Robinson Thanks to social media, video chatting, text messaging, and emails it’s easy to connect with friends and family.  All-day long we text, post, and comment. Wouldn’t that mean that we are closer and more connected to others than ever before? According to recent research, this is not the case. In fact, the […]

By Kelli Bouck As I scrolled through the photos on my phone, I was caught up in all the spectacular pictures I had just taken while on vacation with my sisters, until my eyes fell upon something I never expected to see. Right there, among my vacation photos, appeared a number of very graphic naked […]

   By Mary Bassett My extended family loves to get together for dinner, playing games, and having fun. Towards the end of one particularly fun evening, my 4-year-old cousin asked to see my phone. When I asked her why she needed to see my phone, she told me she wanted to play games on it, […]