Having a hard time pushing the vegetables onto the daily menu at your house? Struggling with kids who won’t eat their greens, even if it means “no dessert for a month, mister!?” Sometimes dinnertime can become a warzone, and then no one’s happy eating anything, anyway, and the meal you worked so hard to make [...]
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Water is important– for grown-ups, for kids, for that goldfish your son talked you into buying. It helps fight fatigue and cancer, helps regulate the body’s digestive system, clears your skin, wards off sickness, and helps your brain fire on all {well, at least, more} cylinders. But, like most things, we seldom want what’s really [...]
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Sorry if you got a scary warning message from Google about my blog recently. Apparently, I got hacked two weeks ago. Un. Cool. Thanks to my techie husband and support from our hosting company, the problem should be solved {though if the site still looks strange on your browser, will you let me know?). [...]
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Okay, so I have a child who has started to interrupt conversations all. the. time. And when she was little, we did the whole, “Put your hand on my arm and wait patiently and quietly until I am finished with my long-adult conversation and then I will pay attention to you” thing. And, yes, that [...]
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If you have struggled or are struggling with depression {or discouragement}, I hope this post will be helpful, though it’s an admittedly longer one than usual. Please understand that I speak not as an expert of any kind, but merely as one who’s tasted the weighty dark depression/discouragement which can bring. And while I talk [...]
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I’ve read many tips for homeschooling young children, but this is a new one which I think is pretty brilliant {and simple}. My friend Laura Beth shared it with me just last week . . . With a 7, 5, and 3-year-old, I totally understand that entertaining the toddler while teaching your first-grader phonics is [...]
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This is a statement that I am learning to be true — If you are bored with homeschooling, they will probably be bored with it, too. If homeschooling to you is as fun as riding a stationery bike in a dark room with no music, then maybe it’s time to add a little variety to [...]
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Boredom in the midst of plethora. That’s the story around these parts all too often. Somehow the equation goes a little like this: 3 small children + 8 hrs. at home + infinite toys = “Mom, we don’t have anything to do.” Somehow when the matchbox cars and Connect Four game are hidden in the [...]
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Since Matt is not here with a specific missions organization {rather, he is working for a Christian NGO}, our church in Woodland Park, Colorado {where he has worked for the past four years}, has become the group that has sent us out into the wide world. And, as it turns out, they are doing a [...]
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I’m not saying I am any kind of expert, but if you have a long plane ride in your future with small children, here are a few things I’ve learned . . . 1. Three Words: Ben. A. Dryl. 2. Take Walks. Really. Up and down the aisles and trips to the bathroom [...]
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ALifeOverseas.com / LauraParkerBlog.com.
My family is living overseas in Thailand, where my husband is directing a Christian Humanitarian Foundation. This blog is the honest recording of our journey– squatty potties and all. 
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