Familius is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year! Read along to learn what our founder and CEO Christopher Robbins has to say about the last 10 years and our goals for the next 10 years. Goals and Coaches Familius’s goal is to help you have a happy family. We like the goal. We want […]
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We’ve heard it before, “Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.” But what makes a father successful enough to be a “Dad”? Yes, most children call their father “dad,” but let’s make a distinction here. Let’s capitalize “Dad” when he is more than just a father. After all,
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Read along as Zack Bush, the best selling author of Made for Me, shares his tips for getting through the first years of fatherhood. Being a dad. When I was ten years old, I remember daydreaming about two very specific things. Instead of imagining a career in medicine or a life as an astronaut, I knew
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Summer is here, and with it comes the wonderful impulse to get outside and play. This year especially, it feels thrilling to think about our kids spending time with groups of friends. Play is a refuge, a place for children to laugh, take risks, and experience emotions. After a year of fear and uncertainty, they
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Author Michael Leannah shares his words of wisdom as an author, teacher, and dad of five. Read along as he explains the seasons of fatherhood and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Lessons Learned I am the dad in a family of five. The kids are now grown, and Gina and I are alone
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Author Liz Swenson shares her ten tips and tricks for new moms to practice self-love because you can’t pour from an empty cup! Liz’s book You Got This, Mama! is the ultimate guide for new moms full of tips, advice, and encouragement. It’s the book sure to help you through your baby’s first year and
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If you are part of a family—any family—you’ve learned that patience is a tremendous virtue. To love other people requires patience. It’s difficult sometimes. In our age of immediate gratification, we can experience it all in seconds. Our culture seems to work against developing this essential attribute, but patience has long been considered a virtue
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Author Karissa Stelma shares her tips and advice for how to get through the in vitro fertilization (IVF) journey without losing your sense of self. Read along to learn more about how she got through her own IVF journey. When You Start Talking about IVF When I first learned that IVF (in vitro fertilization) was
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One Friday morning a couple of weeks ago, I put my girls on the bus, jumped in my car, and went to visit my dad. He lives at The Inn, the nursing home he calls home, and where he has done his slow dance with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia for the past 7 years. Usually
One of the most common clichés in action movies is the gag line that follows a killing. And several recent films are continuing this dubious tradition, from Tom Cruise in “Jack Reacher” to Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Last Stand” to Jason Statham in “Parker” to Sylvester Stallone in “Bullet to the Head” to Bruce Willis
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