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Handling Your Child’s Questions About Your Divorce

It’s bound to happen; sooner or later your kids are going to start asking questions about your divorce. It’s only natural. Even if they were very young when the event took place, they are going to have questions about why their family is different than their friend’s. As a parent, this can be scary. Their questions likely don’t have easy answers and it can be hard to decide how to approach such a sensitive topic with them. Remember to keep your answers appropriate for your child’s age and maturity. When they are younger a simple answer such as, “Mommy and … Continue reading →

Questions About The Surgery

My husband did have some of the same questions that most guys will ask when you hear the diagnosis of testicular cancer now again I am going to warn you that these are direct questions so just be aware. First like any man his first question was if everything was still going to work if you know what I mean. The long and short of it is that the testicles are basically the sperm makers. He already had a vasectomy so we did not need to worry about that part. Everything else is and does work just fine. The doctor … Continue reading →

Start Them Asking Questions

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The encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman in John 4:4-42 is one of my favorite stories. Why? It clearly shows us that that the gospel message is for all people. It demonstrates the truth of John 3:16, that salvation is for ‘whoever believes in Him,’ not just for a certain few. John is the only one who picks up this encounter with the Samaritan woman and sees the significance of it. When we look at it in context, we see it comes just after the encounter Jesus had with Nicodemus. Nicodemus was an upright man, a Pharisee, a religious … Continue reading →

Tips for Starting Conversations

The two situations I wrote about yesterday started me thinking and I suspect I’ve also been guilty in the past of shutting people down with my answers. So, here are a couple of guidelines for initiating conversations 1. Don’t ask people – ‘What do you do?’ Even though experts say this is a good question, I disagree. It sounds to me too much like pigeonholing and tacking a label on. This question was one that used to make me run for cover when I was a stay-at-home Mom. It made me feel in the eyes of professional men and women … Continue reading →

Baby Blog Month in Review: July 2008

Two of my three children are summer babies. That is, they were born in the summer and had their first months surrounded by sunshine streaming in the windows, the sound of birds chirping, and days spent wearing nothing but a diaper and a “onsie.” I made sure that they had Fourth of July outfits ready, even though one of them arrived a week after the holiday. I guess he just wasn’t interested in the parade. Do you have a summer baby, too? We had a lot of new information to share this past month, such as recall notices and new … Continue reading →

Encourage Kids to Ask Questions

When a child hits the age of two and starts asking questions non-stop, many parents would rather the child ask a few LESS questions. As our children get older, however, they may not get encouragement to ask questions and it might actually be that they are discouraged and shamed into stopping to ask questions (whether at school, home, church, etc.) As parents, we can create an open environment and support and encourage our children to continue to be inquisitive and curious and to ask those questions. Children will ask questions naturally if there is an environment that welcomes them and … Continue reading →

Avoid “Yes” and “No” Questions

When it comes to trying to move your customers and clients toward making a purchase or signing a contract, it is important to consider “how” you communicate as well as what you actually say. One thing to remember is that “Yes” and “No” questions—those questions that invite the other party to simply answer yes or no can give the customer or client an out. It is better to avoiding asking “yes” or “no” questions unless you really are prepared to hear the “no.” One of the basics in sales, of course, is to try to get the other person nodding … Continue reading →

Ask Your Child Hard Questions Too

There are times when our children can throw us for a loop with their tough, complicated questions. Many of us realized our children were leaving the baby stages behind when they started asking us “why” and “how” for everything. The children are not the only ones who can ask the hard questions, however, and it is actually stimulating and good for our children if we ask them some challenging questions once in a while too… Instead of automatically explaining or teaching our children as we go along, asking them questions and encouraging them to come up with the answers is … Continue reading →

Our Adoption Story – Starting Again

Little Josiah’s adoption began to move forward, though it was slow going, and as the months went by we began to feel our hearts heal little by little from the loss of Erick. We still missed him but we were starting to get excited about bringing Josiah home. For some reason I also suddenly developed a very strong interest in the country of Liberia. I was looking at adoption programs, talking to adoptive families, etc and the whole time wondering why on earth I was interested in Liberia when we didn’t even have our Guatemalan child home yet. Still, I … Continue reading →

Homeschool Questions: Keeping Preschool Fun

“Q: A lot of people are anti – schooling for preschool age, but by 4yr. old is asking to play school, and wants to do “home work” like his cousins. A friend was generous enough to give me a preschool activity book. I’ve tried to stay away from “instructing” him by counting cars and sorting colors of marbles, but when he’s playing, he gets frustrated with me when I suggest counting or sorting in the situation. But then later he’ll say, “I want to have school” and pull out that activity book and work/play in it for quite a while. … Continue reading →