By Steph Fink Command and teach these things. Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set and example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. 1 Timothy 4:12 My young son and I went out to our fav tree, and spread [...]
About 75 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds have phones, according to a Pew Internet & American Life Project study. When purchasing a child’s first cell phone, there are four factors parents should consider. Here’s what they need to know: Look at big-picture costs. While some parents opt for discounted phones to save up-front costs, they [...]
Much has been made of the potentially hazardous landscape for children that is the internet, and rightly so. Parents do need to be concerned about how their children make use of this valuable tool, and a valuable tool it surely is. No longer a luxury but a basic necessity that each person will need to [...]
Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Teen Expert – Tina Krinsky, Julian Krinsky Camps and Programs Know your goals. Figure out your expectations for the summer and think bigger than babysitting. Babysitting is a worthy fall back for earning extra cash, but if you are interested in law look into helping answer phones [...]
By Steph Fink A ten year old girl in Columbia that just gave birth to a five pound baby girl? Middle schoolers having oral sex on the school bus…in. my. town? I just had to write this post because I’m going nuts over here. Just nuts. And, I’d like your permission to have an honest [...]
The Journey begins: I have been waiting days to announce to you that 24/7 MOMS is part of the 2012 Invisalign Mom Advisory Board. It begin several months ago when I ( Trisha) attended a local SITS girls bloggy boot camp event in Seattle. There was a free morning breakfast option to attend and hear [...]
I recently had the opportunity to hear Jeff Bethk speak to nearly 400 high school students during a Young Life club meeting. Who is Jeff – Jeff is the 22 year old gone viral on You Tube with the intention of creating conversation and that he has done with over 18 million hits to his [...]
The surfing has begun – My daughter Savannah has begun her hunt for a prom dress after that David’s Bridal had revealed their 2012 Prom dress collection. She quickly headed to their web site and began showing me dress after dress from sophisticated to Cinderella ballroom styles. I realized it was time to go [...]
Creating blessing bags for the homeless and those in need has been on my mind ever since my youngest arrived out of his Wednesday night church class excited to tell me about the idea of creating these filled bags. During his weekly lesson they had discussed this topic and how we as families could create [...]
Confession time – I used to place a high priority on thank you cards insisting that my children wr0te thank you cards for every gift they received from Birthdays to Christmas but that was when there were only three of them. Once I added in two more children my faithfulness on insisting they write thank [...]
The Beautiful Wife by Sandy Ralya Being a wife … Click Here to Enter
