Category: Newsletter
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Newsletter 1/28/26, Finding Your Parenting ‘Why’ to become the Strong and Kind Adult In The Room
Growing up, I just assumed I would always have kids. But I never really paused to ask why. Why did I actually want to have a family? What is the point? What are we trying to build over the long haul? How do my faith and values actually show up in my parenting on a random Tuesday…
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Newsletter 2/5/25, Don’t Be That Adult In The Room: Building Self-Awareness for Better Parenting
You know that person in the room who isn’t self-aware? I laughed at the examples in this article. They regularly broach sensitive topics. Drama follows wherever they go. They can’t take feedback. They overestimate their capabilities. Success is theirs, failure is someone else’s. They never change their minds. Yeah, those people stink. So don’t be one.…
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Newsletter 1/15, Keeping Your Cool When Your Kids Are Crazy
If you’re parenting long enough, you will eventually lose your cool. You’re going to get angry, sad, and feel all the feels. It’s inevitable. Someone once told me about a helpful metaphor: Imagine you are the coke can, and parenting is shaking you up. When the pressure builds and someone pops the top…EXPLOSION! But if…
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Newsletter 1/7/2026,The Most Helpful Parenting Strategy I’ve EVER Found
I’m not exaggerating with this title. This is 100% the most helpful parenting strategy. It is disarming. It works with kids of all ages. It not only solves current problems….it also does the work of shaping our kids into independent thinkers, confident problem solvers, and building a culture of mutual respect in our homes.
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Newsletter 1/1/2026, Setting Your Family Direction This 2026: Creating Character Through Family Vision Casting
With the ringing in of a new year, Stan and I have a tradition that has become one of my favorites: a Williams Family Vision Casting Night. Tonight or tomorrow, we’ll order pizza (because years ago, one of our littlest proudly declared us “a pizza family”), Stan will pull out the flip-chart posters and color-coded markers, and…
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Newsletter 12/25/2025, Living Your Values in a World of Peer Pressure
In our neighborhood, something new is happening. Entire streets are coordinating to put out the exact same holiday blow-up.
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Newsletter 12/17/2025, “Your Kids Physically Fight?” Yes. Let’s Talk.
I remember so vividly when a friend was sharing a parenting strategy with me for when kids fight—something she called the three B’s. I looked at her skeptically and said, “That won’t work when they’re pummeling each other.” Wide-eyed, she responded incredulously, “Your kids physically fight?” I started laughing. “That’s pretty much the only fighting they do.” If your kids mostly fight…
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Newsletter 12/11/2025, Parenting Introverts in an Extroverted World
One of my children is wired on the shy side—more introverted, happy to play by himself. Recently, I asked if he wanted to have some friends spend the night, and he said, “Nah. I like doing that only on special nights like Halloween or my birthday.” As someone who had to learn to be extroverted, I…
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Newsletter 12/4/25, How to Help Your Family Thrive This December: Maslow’s Hierarchy, Gratitude, and Meaningful Gifting
I start planning for December in… August. In our family, we have a birthday on December 15th, 18th, 19th, and we also celebrate Jesus on the 25th, so December is a month full of cake. And presents. And parties. And events. And well…it’s a lot to plan for. So I often feel very justified participating in…
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Newsletter 11/27/25, Overcoming Entitlement: Raising Grateful Children
After picking up carpool one day, I spontaneously drove through the line at our favorite fast-food spot and ordered five simple ice cream cones. Then, from the back seat I heard a whine: “Man! Can’t we get a milkshake?” My head nearly exploded. Entitlement! Ungratefulness! I briefly imagined rolling down the window and sending all five…