9 Ways to Romanticizing Your Life and Enrich Your Soul
When Minimalism Becomes Laziness A dear friend and I were recently talking about the idea of romanticizing your life—a phrase that gets tossed around often, but carries far more meaning when viewed through a spiritual lens. The conversation unfolded after I confessed the unmotivated attitude I had slipped into during the year and a half […]
4 Tips to Spot and Stop Depression Early in Teens
Welcome to Word from the Bird, where we’re all about shifting our mindset from what the world throws at us to embracing God’s beautiful design for our families. Today, we’re diving into something heavy on many hearts: teen depression. Did you know depression in U.S. teens jumped 35% from 2016 to 2022, often tied to […]
My Child Saw Something They Shouldn’t Have Online—Now What?
There’s a moment that every modern parent dreads. It happens in an instant: your child stumbles upon an explicit video, a violent image, or a disturbing meme—something they weren’t ready to see, something they shouldn’t have seen. You notice a change in their behavior. Maybe they confess through tears. Maybe you find out through a […]
Bark Phone Review 2025: Top Reasons It’s the Best Smartphone for Kids
Parenting in a tech world is HARD, and deciding which kid’s phone best suits your child can feel overwhelming. Like most things today, knowing who to trust regarding reliable products is sometimes a gamble. There are so many varying opinions, and once you’ve gone down the rabbit hole and done your research, you might come […]
7 Steps to Get Your Parenting Life in Check
Before you know it, parenting life in your home feels less than ideal. Your children aren’t listening; they talk back constantly, they are on screens way more than you like, and you find yourself wanting to escape your children instead of enjoying them. I think every mom has been here. Exhausted, trying every parenting hack […]
MMGuardian Phone 2024 – A Mom’s Review
Smartphone monitoring solutions for parents and kids The MMGuardian Phone, a parental control and monitoring solution for your child’s mobile needs, aims to address the rising concern of how to raise mentally healthy kids in the digital era. To provide parents with tools to manage and monitor their children’s smartphone usage, the new MMguardian Samsung […]
Is Your Child Safe at School? Find Out By Asking Them These 12 Questions
Is public or private education able to meet our child’s needs? Every family has an educational objective primarily shaped by the parent’s own education, upbringing, and life choices. Still, I think there is one thing we collectively want for our children regarding school — an emotionally, mentally, and physically safe environment that keeps our child’s […]
9 Things You Might Not Think to Tell Your Child But Should
I think it’s normal for parents to forget to inform their kids of what’s going on at any given point. We go through life addressing finances, marital struggles, bouts of depression, vacation plans, political opinions, etc. and don’t think to include our kids in on what’s happening. Not only can this cause a lot of […]
A Mom and Parent Coach’s Review of the Bark App (2022)
As a mom and parent coach, I know how important it is to have peace of mind when it comes to your kids interacting on social media and surfing the internet, so I decided to partner with and write a review about the Bark app — the world’s leading parental control software. If you’re a parent, you […]
How to Keep Your Kids From Being Bullied at School or Online
Every parent wants to know, “how can I keep my child from being bullied?” Bullying is one of those things we never want our kids to experience, but they most likely will at one point or another. And even though we can’t always prevent it, we can safeguard them against the damaging repercussions by doing […]