Hi there, it's Finley ππΌ and Happy Friday.
Today's story comes as a choose-your-own adventure ...
I've been out of town with my wife this week, so I'm sharing some of the more highly-read newsletters from the past 9 months.
Before that though, a few reasons why I believe everyone should have some time away from their children to focus on their marriage.
A few reasons why time away for mom and dad is good for everyone:
I hope you can get away, even for 24hrs together sometime in the next 4-6 months. It is always a great investment in your home.
Now ... choose your own adventure.
10 years ago, my two daughters were sharing a bedroom...
β
9 Insights We Learned |
β
When my wife and I had two of our three children we were in a stage of social reset...
β
Value of Parent Community |
β
An effective parent knows that there comes a day when your kids will need a sense of belief in their strengths to carry them through...
β
Build Confident Kids |
β
As we crawled into bed most nights our measuring stick for the day came down to one thing only, did we survive...
β
How Do You Measure Each Day |
β
What good is a big broad overview of life as a parent when you need help with the adult-sized attitude coming out of your 6-year-old's mouth...
β
Win, Coach, Release |
β
|
β
Helping propel moms & dads of 3 to 13 year-olds to invest in their power-decade of parenting. Father of 3 teenagers and pastor of 20 years turned digital writer.
Family Friday Newsletter - 3.5 min read by: Finley Robinson A Single Sentence from a Season Ahead Showing up as a parent, even for half-credit, secretly gets the whole effect you were hoping for. Build Their Confidence At various times during our power-decade of parenting, my wife or I said one of the following statements to our kids. Somewhere between 3-13, our kids heard us say these and dozens of other statements a lot like it... "Hey, sweetie, I want you to go to the window and order the...
Family Friday Newsletter - 3.5 min read by: Finley Robinson A Single Sentence from a Season Ahead Administering discipline to our kids in a protective and corrective way should also be done in a connective way. πΆπΌ Wait, You're Pregnant? It was exactly 21 years ago this week when my wife and I found out some surprising news. It was the summer of 2004 and our oldest daughter was 6 months old at the time. My wife walked in with a baby in one hand and a positive pregnancy test in the other. I...
Family Friday Newsletter - 1 min read by: Finley Robinson A Single Sentence from a Season Ahead Grace-filled homes recognize that individual growth can take years and leave room for "the imperfect and never finished." Stories Shape Futures Kids gravitate towards great stories. So many of them follow The Heroes Journey. Classics like Moana or Toy Story are legendary kids movies because of how well they accomplish this. Stories in the lives of your kids, end up shaping and molding them. Stories...