FAMILY Articles

“Colleges should do this and colleges should do that, everyone says?” I walked across the front of the auditorium, stopped and faced the two hundred young men who had invited me to their fraternity...

Lessons Learnt Journal promotes creative ways to work, rest and play with children, supporting parents as they grow in their life with kids.

By: Pauline Soo

Families raising a child with special needs while living internationally face an incredible challenge. Not only are they navigating another culture, and all of the transitions and adjustments assoc...

What’s really behind all the dilly-dallying and delaying? Is procrastination simply laziness or lack of self-discipline?

By: Catherine Wilson

I feel-I need :  This sheet (a PDF) provides a way to have a simple check in with yourself,  and can also be shared with another person or a group/family.  It can help you put a...

We are living in a season of unprecedented new relational dynamics, and increased emotional demands. Families are feeling this exponentially as energy levels, ideas, and margin are stretched thin. ...

A Mighty Girl's top tips for parents on keeping kids engaged at home while observing social distancing.

By: A Mighty Girl Staff

Today’s post has been submitted anonymously as a follow up to a piece published here, at A Life Overseas, in 2013. Today we hear from the daughter of ‘Jessica’ that wrote that article in 2013. &nbs...

Teach kids of all ages - from under five to 15 - the skills they need when you're not around.

Author: Catherine Wilson

Source: Focus on the Family

Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article titled "Speak It" that garnered significant attention. This is a follow-up post providing parents with concrete steps for preventing, recognizing and respon...

Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes that occur in other types of addiction, like addictio...

Vechi Mutum, National Outreach Coordinator for Tree House Recovery, describes how addiction took his life down to a very dark place, leaving him homeless and broken. He thought he could still call ...