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Teaching Your Children Responsibility Oct 12, 2019

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This week the Eyres discuss the universal challenge of helping children grow into responsible adults. Many studies show that the single biggest concern of parents worldwide is "Raising Responsible Kids in an Irresponsible World" and Richard and Linda break down the subject into twelve different kinds of responsibility--one each month of the year for parents to focus on.

The Awakening Oct 05, 2019

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This week the Eyres talk about how essential it is to give our children a strong identity as part of a lasting family. Studies show that kids who know "where they came from" in terms of their ancestors and their stories are more resilient and secure than kids who don't. Richard and Linda focus in on the tenth book they ever wrote, a novel called The Awakening, which is about an amnesiac and his search for who he is. The book is written as an adventure and a romance, but on a symbolic level it is about the search for identity that we all go through and how we can discover what is most important and make what matters the core of who we are. The book is available for free on EyresFreeBooks.com.

Simplified Husbandship, Simplified Fathership Sep 28, 2019

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This week the Eyres discuss the principles of a book they wrote many years ago which is directed at fathers and husbands and which attempts to give men four key concepts or words that can be programmed into their minds to form their attitudes and approaches as husbands ("Partner," "Protect," "Patriarch," and "Priority"); and four other principles or word-pegs that can form their approaches to fathering ("Confidence," "Calmness," "Consultant," and "Concentrate"). Each of these eight words is fleshed in with stories and illustrations of how they can make us into the type of dads and husbands we want to be. At the beginning of the show, the Eyres pay tribute to the dads and husbands of today and how much more involved and committed they are than those of previous generations.

Lifeplanning Sep 21, 2019

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This week the Eyres discuss their seventh book, called Lifeplanning and candidly admit that they are not happy with everything they wrote in that book. They worry that it suggests that we have more control of our lives than we really do, and wish that they had written more about how important it is to be flexible and to adjust our goals and plans as unexpected opportunities or problems enter our lives. But the core idea of goal-setting and planning is sound, and we need to have "Relationship Goals" for our marriages and our parenting as well as "Achievement Goals" for our work and careers. How well we set these goals, how frequently we review and adjust them, how prayerful and guided we are, and how diligently we work on them can determine our happiness as well as our destiny.

The Family.Is Awards Sep 14, 2019

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This week the Eyres talk about the goods and evils of the internet and suggest ways that parents and marriage partners can use and consume social media sources that strengthen families. They also announce the Annual Family.Is Internet Awards which will recognize and award family-friendly content on blogs, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Podcasts and websites. Content will be judged on how well it Celebrates Commitment, Popularizes Parenting, Validates Values, and Bolsters Balance. The awards ceremony will be in February of 2020 and you can now nominate your favorite pro-family social media or internet source now by commenting on Instagram @richardlindaeyre.

Teaching Children Joy Sep 07, 2019

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A preschooler's absorbent mind can learn just about anything, so the question is, what to teach them. Many parents opt for early academics, but studies show that this may make them bored when they start school, and that other kids will catch up by age 7 or 8. A better option is to let kids have a real childhood, free from the school pressure that will come soon enough. The thing to focus on with preschoolers is the emotional and social skills or "joys" that will make them happy people. On today's show, the Eyres talk about their 8th book, Teaching Children Joy, and how it came to be written and how it started Joy Schools, a do-it-yourself preschool that has now been practiced by more than 300,000 families.

What Manner of Man Aug 31, 2019

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Perhaps the single most important (and influential) thing we can do for our children is to teach them to know Jesus Christ. Nothing else will prepare them as well to make good decisions and to live to their potential than a clear vision of who Christ was and is. It was these thoughts that motivated the Eyres to write their sixth book, which asks its readers to focus on one single, specific aspect or facet of Jesus's character each week of the year, particularly on each Sunday. The Eyres wrote this book while they had the stewardship of 600 young missionaries in London, England in the hopes that those young people, along with their own children, would become interested in knowing as much as they possibly could about Christ and His life and ministry and about "what manner of man" He was and is.

The Birth that We Call Death Aug 24, 2019

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How we talk about (and how we think about) death can have a significant impact on our children. Clearly it is easier for people of faith and belief in a hereafter to think positively about death, but with the right mindset, we all can think of death more as a kind of birth and bring a comforting long-range perspective into our families' lives. Today the Eyres talk about the fifth book they wrote, titled, The Birth that We Call Death and they share some of the wisdom and insight of great thinkers from Shakespeare to Nathaniel Hawthorne to Benjamin Franklin on this subject that applies to us all and to our families.

Goals Aug 17, 2019

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Today the Eyres talk about the subject of goal setting from a family and parenting perspective. Referencing a book they wrote called simply GOALS, they discuss the charting of a life course and the setting of corresponding plans via the sailing analogy of knowing your destination and then setting and trimming the sails in a way that will get you there. Of course it is the wind that propels the sailboat, and it is work that propels us toward our goals. And relationship goals are even more important than achievement goals. At this time of year, as a new school year begins, there are special opportunities to help our children set academic, extracurricular, and character goals. You can get an online copy of the book GOALS for free at EyresFreeBooks.com.

Discovery of Joy Aug 10, 2019

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The third book the Eyres ever wrote was called The Discovery of Joy and it set the tone and the theme for much of their subsequent writing. In today's show, Richard and Linda tell the story behind that book and present the case that the pursuit of the deepest joys can become the foundation of family life and the key to lasting marriages and successful kids.

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