I have been home for over a month now from my missionary trip to South Africa. Together with my youngest step son I worked in a Township in Houtbay near Cape Town. He gave weekly football training and helped to make the entrance of the Township beautiful. I helped in the kitchen of a…

Recognize your own moments of stress. Recognize your own old patterns and your way of reacting. And you certainly don't have to be able to change it right away. That's simply not possible. You're only human. We also regularly react in a way that we would rather not. How you can learn to recognize and notice this…

Perfectionism in children is common. Your child wants to do very well and is afraid of making mistakes. A perfectionist child is more likely to become stressed and can therefore feel less comfortable in his/her own skin. Read all about perfectionism in children here, including 8 tips for parents of perfectionist children.  What is perfectionism?…

Maybe this sounds familiar: after a busy day, you need to relax on the couch. You give your child the tablet so he or she can entertain themselves for a while and you grab your phone to mindlessly scroll through your socials. It seems like the perfect solution: your child is entertained, maybe even learns…