The Perch features weekly Tips On Motherhood posts: practical advice to help moms navigate the seasons of motherhood. In collaboration with our podcast Wire Talk, The Perch covers everything from toddler discipline and marriage to raising adult children.
How many of you moms have ever prayed and asked God for strength? Here is the truth: strength is built up over time. A non-runner can’t instantly become a marathoner over night. Training, work, pain, time, exhaustion and feelings of defeat are all part of the process to gain strength to run a race.
Read MoreSex is truly the icing on the cake. It will always take on the form of the relationship …
Read MoreThe mundane world of a mom is just plain boring to yellow moms on some days.
Read MoreWhen we believe the voices that tell us we are unlovable, then we can be drawn to search for identities and achievements that make us feel more worthwhile.
Read MoreWe are God’s masterpieces. Not first attempts. Not rough drafts. Masterpieces, mommas.
Read MoreIt’s hard when your child has had a life long friend and then suddenly in middle or high school, they go their separate ways naturally or because morals and values change.
Read MoreAs a blue mom you need to learn where your strengths lie and try to live and parent out of those strengths …
Read MoreWhether you're dealing with the loss of a parent or pregnancy, an unexpected diagnosis, or the death of a dream, grief has touched us all along our journey of motherhood.
Read MoreMaybe high school was a fun and memorable season for you and your child or maybe you are ready to kiss all of its drama good-bye and jump into whatever the next season holds.
Read MoreGod did wire ‘redness’ into your DNA, but your desire for control is a weakness.
Read MoreAs your child gets closer to the age of 18, they should really be making most decisions on their own. This is where you’ll see the fruit of all the years you spent explaining the why behind your rules.
Read MoreOnce your child moves beyond preschool, from about the age or 6 through age 12, you are in what I like to think of as “the teaching years.”
Read MoreDiscipline is hard at any age, but especially in the younger years, because as a parent you are not always sure what discipline will work, if your child “knows” what they are doing, and if your discipline is effective.
Read MoreBoundaries identify where you start and where someone else needs to stop. Just like a fence around a yard, boundaries protect and define what is yours – and what is not theirs.
Read MoreBecause greens are natural peacekeepers, and because life in a family is not always peaceful, greens can easily become frustrated.
Read MoreIf you have more than one child in your house, conflict between siblings is ultimately inevitable. But you don’t have to allow it to drive you crazy!
Read MoreHow do you come to a peace that your family is the “right” size?
Read MoreMoms, now more than ever, your teen needs a parent. Stay involved in your teen’s life.
Read MoreMommas, if you want to re-kindle the spark that caused you to marry your spouse in the first place, you have to fight against passively doing the same old thing every week!
Read MoreWhile you may not have experienced postpartum depression, research shows that 1 in 7 mothers will experience PPD during one or more pregnancies.
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