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In this episode, Saren and Lynette Blood (Power of Families Social Media Manager) talk about how to balance the magic of elves and presents and Santa with meaningful discussions and activities that emphasize giving and celebrate the real meaning of Christmas.
This episode is chock-full of ideas for traditions that celebrate both the magic and meaning of Christmas and bring the two together wherever possible.
For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes), discuss simple ways to help our children:
Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy to take for granted Focus on what they have rather than what they feel that they lack Work for what they get so that they will more fully appreciate it Learn about those who are less fortunate so they can see how blessed they are while developing compassion and understanding for othersFor full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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Do you find Halloween to be fun? Stressful? Scary? Annoying? All of the above? How can you make Halloween really work for your family?
In this audio post, Saren reads her popular post, A Deliberate Mother’s Guide to Simple Halloween Fun, and shares some of the many many great comments with further ideas added by readers. The principles shared here apply to ALL holidays!
For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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Family fun doesn’t need to be about complicated decorations or wearing ourselves out with dozens of events. But with a little bit of planning and a deliberate-motherhood mindset, this fall is destined to be the best one yet! For full show notes, please visit Poweroffamilies.com
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If your children have recently gone back to school or your school year is about to begin, you’re probably going through some of the same things we’re going through. There are lots of emotions involved and new schedules to consider. Some of us are redefining ourselves as we enter a new stage of motherhood.
Join Saren and April as they share their own “back to school” stories along with plenty of practical tips for making the transition work for the whole family.
We’ll talk about how to be present when our children are home (and how to get things done while they’re at school). We’ll share specific schedules we established in our own homes when we had preschoolers–and schedules we’ve established now with older children. And we’ll suggest questions you can ask yourself if you’re redefining who you are and how you want to spend your time.For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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Join Saren as she talks with her son Silas about screen time in the summer. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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In this episode, Saren interviews John Lanza, author of The Art of Allowance and founder of The Money Mammals, about how we can raise financially literate children.
John talks about how we can teach toddlers to teens how to share, save and spend smart through everything from fun songs and stories to purposeful modeling of wise financial practices to regular discussions about needs and wants to providing kids with a regular allowance. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family’s best memories, but how do we create a little more structure so that we can make the most of summer? How do we motivate our children to do some reading, get some exercise, and help out around the house rather than lazing around all day? How do we organize all the fun activities we would love to do in such a way that we really do a lot of them? How do make summer fun for the parents AND for the kids?
Saren and April (from Power of Moms) share detailed, tried-and-true ideas for summer learning and fun. We hope it fills your mind with fun do-able ideas that will work for you and your family!
For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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In this week’s episode, Saren and April (director of our sister-site, Power of Moms) share some of the great responses we received plus talk through some ideas that have really helped pump up gratitude and tone down entitlement in their own families. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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So many parents view screen time and technology as a stressful conundrum that they need to solve for their children. But it works better if we view it as an opportunity to teach our children discernment as we work with them to develop guidelines for healthy technology use.
In this episode, Saren interviews Andrea Davis, founder of Better Screen Time, about how we can help our children learn to use technology in a positive and healthy way. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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In this week's encore episode, Saren interviews her sister Saydi about the simple, kid-friendly Christ-centered Easter activities she does with her family each year. Gathering ideas from many sources, Saydi has created a plan for how families can celebrate Christ's miracles, teachings, Atonement, death and resurrection in tangible and beautiful ways. Please visit poweroffamilies.com for full show notes.
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Do you sometimes wonder whether you’re really making a difference? Do you see your dreams of doing big things fading away as you deal with all the little things that the little people around you need, day in and day out?
In this audio post, Saren shares an “a-ah” moment that helped her to see that all those seemingly little things we do every day as moms add up to be really big and beautiful things in the end.
For full show notes, please visit powerofmoms.com
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Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making one-on-one time with each child into a regular and meaningful part of the family routine.
For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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As our kids grow up, parenting can become more complicated - and more lonely. Where should we let go? Where should we hold on? How should we hold on? And who can we talk to about the challenging and sometimes heart-wrenching issues we're facing?
In this week's epsisode, Saren and two of her dear friends, Tiffany Sowby and Allyson Reynolds, talk openly and honestly about the challenges involved in parenting teenagers and adult children.
For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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There are so many things we want to do and be as parents and sometimes we can feel overwhelmed. So we decided to start issuing a really simple and super do-able weekly challenge at Power of Families. It's been wonderful to see so many parents participate in this easy way to work on one small aspect of our parenting at a time.
In this week's episode, Saren talks about the effect the challenges have had on her and her family and shares experiences other members of our community have had as they've participated.
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Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping discussing depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.
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Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention.
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In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the way we prepare food is such an important part of parenting.
Katie offers concrete ideas to help us really enjoy cooking alongside our children as we teach them responsibility, build their skills and self-confidence, and get them excited about healthy eating.
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In this encore episode, Saren interviews Stephanie Langford from Entrefamily.com about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world family travels and how every family can help their children become “citizens of the world.”
For full show notes, visit poweroffamilies.com
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Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family! These simple, daily practices can help dramatically change the mood in your home and the relationship with your children! For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com
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