Getting Inspired by 12 Tasks

Getting Inspired by 12 Tasks

Impacting the next generations is a natural part of any parental legacy. While I didn’t fully think through all the reasons why blogging is an essential part of inspiring other parents to engage with their children in a deliberate and challenging way, I saw the impact...
What’s Up with This next Generation?

What’s Up with This next Generation?

Everyone of us who walks the pathway of parenthood once questioned what was up with our parent’s generation. Now, we’ve realized that we’re often out of step with the generation we’ve given birth to. 12 Tasks is designed to help build some significant bridges across...
Paper Walls and Passive Kids

Paper Walls and Passive Kids

Some of you know what it is like to live in spaces where it seems like the walls are little more than wallpaper or cardboard. You can hear a whisper happening on the other side. At times, our children might feel like they live in a home with paper walls where...
12 Tasks: Creating a Rite of Passage (Review)

12 Tasks: Creating a Rite of Passage (Review)

Everything from climbing mountains to cooking meals to bird watching to acts of service and much much more! 12 Tasks: Creating a Rite of Passage. You would think this is an adventure book. And in a way it is. This book is a good read for any adult who is interested in...
Taking Pride in Stride

Taking Pride in Stride

It’s been snowing in the Pacific Northwest and I don’t remember having to shovel this much before. When we were in Kenya, we used to tell our children that we’d see snow when we got back to Canada but apart from one brief flurry (which didn’t stick) on one Hallowe’en...