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June 17, 2022

Happy Father’s Day—Here’s Sage Advice For Parents On Groundhog Day 

Happy Father’s Day—here’s sage advice for parents on Groundhog Day.  The parenting task on any given day can be so repetitive and mundane—like the tedious day in the movie Groundhog Day—that we lose our wonder and alertness in it all. (Relief! You may have thought I was going to compare a father to a groundhog.)…

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Tag: family-habits, mundanity-of-parenting
October 4, 2018

Something Brighter Than A Screen

I have stumbled across something brighter than a screen. Two nights ago, after the second family movie night in just three days (it’s school holidays) ended in exhaustion-related meltdowns in my youngest kids, Eli (10) and Fynn (8) my oldest kids made some recommendations: Eli: ‘Dad, we like movies and all. But I think we…

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Tag: family-habits, kids-and-screens, time
July 13, 2018

One Surprising Secret To Parenting That No One Ever Mentions

One Surprising Secret To Parenting That No One Ever Mentions I have read hundreds of books and articles on parenting, but not a single one mentions this secret to a happy family. In fact, I’ve only ever heard one parent touch on it… on a flight. Mom, dad and four teens were all together, looking happy…

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Tag: family-habits, happiness, music
October 25, 2017

Eat, Move, Sleep and 3 Other Daily Keys to Becoming A Healthier Family.

How does a family become healthier every single day? By that I mean cultivating the all-round wholeness of interpersonal connection, of body, of mind and of soul. There is something about the pace and busyness of life nowadays that mitigates against healthiness in families. So many of us have forgotten that pursuing achievement (such as…

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Tag: exercise, family-habits, food, health
January 7, 2017

10 Daily Habits To Transform Your Family This Year

One of the most shocking facts us working parents of younger kids have to face is this: for most days of the year, we have just 3 hours with them. That’s an 8th of every 24 hours. And that’s if you’re lucky. Time-sharing your kids with an ex, or traveling everyday to and from distant work, will cost…

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