People love babies. Just watch a group of women talking around one baby. Everyone chatters away until the baby utters a single monosyllabic sound while waving his arm. Suddenly, all chatter stops and everyone’s eyes turn to the baby. Curious gazes watch to see what the baby will do next. Then, as the baby makes...

Family Shepherds Honor

April 25, 2015

Happy Families Smell

by John Salmon

I don’t mean “smell” as an adjective. Maybe I should finish the title…“Happy Families Stop to Smell the Roses.” Yeah, that would be better but…too late. Anyway, if you want to come home to a happy family, teach your spouse and kids to slow down. Teach them to appreciate the world around them. Show them...

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April 20, 2015

“Steak” Your Claim on Family Dinner

by John Salmon

Have you seen the advertisement for the “Delmio Pepper Hacker”? I want to purchase one. Watch the 2-minute video advertisement and see if you might like one for your family as well. You know, you can reclaim dinner time without the Delmio Pepper Hacker. You can establish dinner time as a tech-free time—no technology at...

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Celebration Honor

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April 18, 2015

Through the Parenting Maze

by John Salmon

The art of parenting has gotten lost amidst media hype and controversy. Instead of focusing on effective common sense aspects of parenting, the popular media turns our attention to the sensational and controversial. Tiger moms, free range parents, helicopter parents, attachment parents…a dizzying array of parenting styles presenting the opportunity to debate and argue, which...

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Family Shepherds

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April 13, 2015

The Family That Laughs Together…

by John Salmon

My family loves to laugh. Just last Friday we were walking back to the car after eating dinner at a local fish fry when my daughter said something that struck her older sister’s funny bone. She started laughing. She laughed so hard we had to stop walking to allow her to wipe tears of laughter...

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Celebration Grace

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April 11, 2015

Family Fun Without the Box Office Expense

by John Salmon

I love to go to the movies and the theater. But, it can be expensive to take the whole family to the movies today. Maybe you have had the same thought and would like to have a family theatrical experience without the box office expense once in a while. Like me, you may be looking for...

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Celebration

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April 6, 2015

The Making of a Little Narcissist

by John Salmon

A study recently published in the National Academy of Sciences reveals how to raise a narcissist, a person who believes they are better than everyone else. This study suggests several things that can contribute to the raising of a narcissist; however, one contributor is completely in our control. Every parent needs to know about this...

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Family Shepherds

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April 4, 2015

A Quiet Day

by John Salmon

My mind has not cooperated with me lately. I want to write a blog on family, parenting, or marriage and my mind just doesn’t want to cooperate. It wants to wander, go blank, or think on other things. It wants to do anything but help me write blog related to family issues. Right now it...

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Celebration

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Family by God's Design

Family by God's Design

Family by God's Design

Keep Curiosity Alive in Mom & Dad

Happy Families Smell

“Steak” Your Claim on Family Dinner

Through the Parenting Maze

The Family That Laughs Together…

Family Fun Without the Box Office Expense

The Making of a Little Narcissist

A Quiet Day