Power of Families Radio

In this week's encore episode, Saren interviews her sister Saydi about the simple, kid-friendly Christ-centered Easter activities she does with her family each year. Gathering ideas from many sources, Saydi has created a plan for how families can celebrate Christ's miracles, teachings, Atonement, death and resurrection in tangible and beautiful ways.  Please visit poweroffamilies.com for full show...

Do you sometimes wonder whether you're really making a difference? Do you see your dreams of doing big things fading away as you deal with all the little things that the little people around you need, day in and day out? In this audio post, Saren shares an "a-ah" moment that helped her to see that all those seemingly little things we do every day as moms add up to be really big and beautiful thing...

There are so many things we want to do and be as parents and sometimes we can feel overwhelmed.  So we decided to start issuing a really simple and super do-able weekly challenge at Power of Families. It's been wonderful to see so many parents participate in this easy way to work on one small aspect of our parenting at a time. In this week's episode, Saren talks about the effect the challenges hav...

In this encore episode, Saren interviews Stephanie Langford from Entrefamily.com about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world family travels and how every family can help their children become "citizens of the world." For full show notes, visit poweroffamilies.com

Join Saren and her two youngest sons as they discuss the creative schooling solutions they've come up with for this year.  They've worked hard to find what will work best for her sons and best meet their needs.  I think you'll be intrigued.  For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

What do you think is the key to happiness? Could it be gratitude? In this episode, Saren reads three popular posts on gratitude. Each post offers stories and concrete ideas to help you pump up the gratitude in your personal life and in your family and enjoy all the happiness it will bring.

What kind of schooling is right for our children? Public school? Charter school? Neighborhood school? Private school? Homeschool? There are so many choices these days! In this popular episode from our archives, Saren and April (director of our sister site, Power of Moms) share what works for them and offer helpful ideas to help you decide what is right for your children and family.

Feeding our families is one of the most basic things we do as parents. It can be stressful and haphazard - or it can be deliberate, efficient, and even joyful. Listen as Saren and Power of Moms Director, April, discuss ideas (their own and ideas submitted by our community) for how you can develop a meal planning system that really works for your family.

Join Saren as she interviews her fabulous, and renowned mother on ways to instill positive character traits! 

n this episode, Saren shares three important ways that we can set our children up for strong friendships now and in the future. She shares specific and easy ways that you can help your children learn to: Resolve their own conflicts and repair problems that arise between them Bond with each other through working, playing and experiencing things together Support each other through knowing what is go...

In response to questions from readers, Saren offers concrete ideas for how we can work more effectively with children who are strong-willed, opinionated, and/or stubborn and who we clash with all too often.  As a fellow struggler iwth this issue, Saren uses specific scenarios to explain the approaches and steps that can help us get on the same side as our child and work together to solve issues th...

In this fun episode from a couple years ago, Saren interviews her 9-year-old twins about their summer goals and about why goals and some "productive" activities are important during the summer. Included in this episode: Ideas for specific goals and ideas for how to set goals in a variety of different areas How to keep from being bored during the summer What kids are required to do each day during...

Listen in as Saren is interviewed by the group "Family Looking Up" as they discuss ways to help prevent entitlement with our children.

Today we are bringing back a favorite episode to help you prepare for summer. Those long, lovely summer days can offer some of our family's best memories, but how do we create a little more structure so that we can make the most of summer? How do we motivate our children to do some reading, get some exercise, and help out around the house rather than lazing around all day? How do we organize all t...

Children of all ages often feel that they don't have all the freedom they want and this can be manifest in tantrums and power struggles and teenage rebellion. How do we decide what choices our children should have? How do we help them recognize the freedom they already have? How do we help them learn to make good choices? In this episode, Saren and April discuss how and when to give our children t...

In this week's episode, Saren interviews Stephanie Langford from Entrefamily.com about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world family travels and how every family can help their children become "citizens of the world."

In this week's episode, Saren talks with her mom and sisters, Shawni and Saydi, about how hard it can be to involve our kids in basic housework and go on to brainstorm concrete ideas for how we can get our kids to participate in housework in a positive and effective way.  

In this week's brand new episode, Power of Families Director Saren and her sisters, Shawni and Saydi, and her mom, Linda Eyre discuss their thoughts, ideas and experiences about technology and screentime in today's world and in their own families. Some of the issues addressed are: How to keep from using phones as a crutch too often with our youngest children How to manage our own screen time and m...

The word "housework" is often corrected to "drudgery," "whining," "nagging," and "necessary evil." But housework can actually be a fun and meaningful relationship-building activity. Saren and April share practical and simple ideas for how we can get our children effectively and positively involved in keeping up our homes.  

When we begin with the end in mind, we have a much better chance of helping our family become all the wonderful things it can be. In this episode, April and Saren offer concrete ideas to help you: decide together who you want to be as a family come up with fun family mottos, mission statements, cheers, and/or songs to help you support that vision  

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes ), discuss simple ways to help our children: Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy to take for granted Focus on what they have rather than what they feel that they lack Work for what they get so that they will more fully appreciate it Learn about those who are less fortunate so they c...

Feeling overwhelmed by the stuff in your home? In this episode, April and Saren offer practical tips for streamlining and organizing the toys, clothes, dishes and furnishings in our homes. They focus on ideas to help you: Make sure you've got the right things in your home (and get rid of the wrong things) Make those right things easier to find and enjoy Sort and donate regularly Learn to view clot...

"Discipline" and "fun" may not seem like they belong in the same sentence. But they actually work very nicely together. In this 20-minute episode, Saren and April share three fun and simple ideas for making discipline in your home more fun and more effective - at the same time! Listen and learn about how an "angry hat," a "gunny bag," some puppet shows or role plays, and the chance to "start over"...

Parenting teenagers is a whole new ball game! Power of Families Founder, Saren, and her sister, Shawni, who runs the popular blog, 71 Toes , have three teenagers between them plus a couple of pre-teens. They share what they're learning about building and maintaining strong relationships with teenagers.  

Paying a little extra attention to the positive "rituals" and "traditions" of our every-day lives can really build relationships and enhance the love in our homes. In this podcast, Saren and April share great ideas for enhancing your family's: morning routines after school snack time family dinner time tuck-in time weekend activities