Parenting on Purpose

You naturally want your kids to lead pleasurable, happy lives and have fun, but it’s also important that kids recognize that getting their way every time they want something won’t always happen. Whenever there’s more than one person involved in a relationship or situation, there is the potential for either conflicting desires and also compromise.…

Talking to your child, even from their first day on Earth, is an important tool for helping them learn. You can even talk to your baby before they’re born and facilitate some kind of learning. Babies can hear and absorb many sounds and learn to recognize their parents’ voices while still in utero. Just as…

Whenever you want to attract something into your life, you must allow it to come to you first. This means you’re feeling good, happy, joyful. One of the easiest ways to be joyful is by having fun. This may sound obvious, but you may not always recognize that fun is an important tool for yourself…

Children often dream of having many different careers as they grow up. They might want to be a firefighter one minute, a jockey the next, then a baker, and maybe even President of the United States after that. Sometimes these career goals change over time, but sometimes children will want to be all of these…

It used to be that when kids went to college, they had a good chance of graduating with a job in addition to their degree. Today, this is usually not the case. In fact when speaking statistically, most college graduates will not have a job ready and waiting for them after graduation. As scary as…

One of the best lessons we can all teach our kids is to experience joy as much as possible in their lives. Life is meant to be happy! When you build your life in a positive way, you attract more opportunities to experience good things and you will meet more people who radiate joy in…

Everyone has likely been given advice to “live in the moment” and worry about the future when it becomes the present. The challenge for many people is that they’ve also been told they have to plan for the future that they’re supposed to be unconcerned for. Is it possible to do both? Not worrying and…

Whether you are moving to a new area because of a change in your job or you just want to purchase a new house in the same town, there are many factors to consider when choosing the special place you and your family will live. Parents often feel that selecting a new place to live…

All parents have experienced the joy of dealing with moody kids. Whether it is because something went wrong at school, they didn’t get enough sleep, they had an argument with their BFF, or that their hormones are raging, bad moods happen, even to the most joy-filled kids. Of course it helps if you have had…

As the end of the year arrives, it’s a common tradition to set goals for the upcoming year. This can be a great family activity. You can even teach young children about goals, why they’re important, and how to set them. You’re probably aware that I’m a big believer in the Law of Attraction which…

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