The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way most families spent their summer. In fact, those changes began in the spring when most schools across the country made the switch to alternate forms of learning and closed their facilities for in-person teaching. Now that summer is coming to an end and school is about to start,…
The idea of having family dinner can seem old-fashioned and even impossible in our crazy, busy lives. After all, our plates are already full of activities that drag us every which way. We’re driving the kids hither and yon for sports, music, and appointments. Often, both parents work outside of the home, making for less…
Our family circle can offer opportunities for love, stability, and belonging, like no other group experience. However, it can be easy to forget this during the whirlwind of life. The demands of career, daily chores, cooking, shopping, and the intense physical nature of the early childhood years distract us. But children, of course, need the…
