When you feel stuck at home, your children probably do too! But being at home provides a great opportunity for Moms to engage with their children, build better relationships, and enhance everyone’s mood. With a little creativity, you can get your children off the screen and actively develop a deeper connection with them at the same time. Here are some ideas to get you going:

We all hope for a picture-perfect Christmas. With our already overloaded, stressful schedules, our dream of providing the kind of Christmas we see on social media evaporates very quickly and our stress level elevates just at the thought of it.

A few years ago we invited friends over who didn’t have family to share Thanksgiving with. Wanting to encourage gratitude, I placed dry Erase markers on the window panes next to the festive dining table.

As guests arrived, I invited them to write several things they were thankful for on the window.

How do we get relief when we have no control of our circumstances? How can we be happy when anxiety and fear surround us?

When we get frustrated or angry with our children, it affects their heart and our relationship with them.

Most children don’t like bedtime—and they find all kinds of ways to avoid going there. It’s an enemy of fun and freedom.

During the Holidays Family gatherings can be both lovely and stressful. We have all been there. Sitting at the beautifully adorned dinner table with the whole family politely awaiting the feast. And then it happens. Our child screams, “Yuck!” or “I hate turkey!” Then follows the awkward silence with the unspoken question lingering in the air, “How is she going to handle this?”