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Every once in a while it’s important to stop for a moment, take a look in your parenting rearview mirror, and acknowledge how far you’ve come.  It’s so easy to get weighed down with [...]

Something goes wrong (or at least not the way you planned) and your mind can so quickly and so easily go to questions like: Why does this have to happen to me? Why do I have to suffer this right [...]

I don’t know about you, but I get tired of feeling angry, frustrated, and helpless, but it always seems to happen when I’m confused… and then get defensive with my son.  And let’s be real ~ [...]

It almost seems automatic, when you’re a parent, to worry about your kids.  When they’re little we worry about whether or not they’ll ever be potty-trained.  Then we worry about if [...]

Recently I listened to a podcast on money problems.  As “abundance vs. scarcity” was discussed I kept thinking about how the same principles apply to those of us who are greatly concerned about [...]

Self-doubt.  It’s definitely a part of parenting.  But did you know it’s also a part of confidence and becoming ~ even in parenting? Whenever you’re working on something important to [...]

He spends a lot of time with questionable friends. He’s not interested in anything good or worthwhile. He doesn’t even go to church anymore. And I have the gall to say, “Your teen’s choices are [...]

“It’s all my fault.” “If I was a better mom my son wouldn’t be struggling right now.” As valid or real as these statements can seem, especially when it feels like everything is going wrong ~ they [...]

If you’re a Mormon mom whose son didn’t serve the mission you thought he would… If you’d like to replace doubt and discouragement with faith and confidence… If my Find Peace in Parenting blogs [...]