Saren spent a solid month visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west last summer (camping the whole way!). In this week’s episode, Saren shares how this all came about and what her family gained through this wild and wonderful adventure. The principles offered apply to all families whether they’d like to do a big trip or simply spend a little more time outside together as a family.

Saren spent a solid month visiting the 12 oldest National Parks in the west last summer (camping the whole way!). In this week’s episode, Saren shares how this all came about and what her family gained through this wild and wonderful adventure. The principles offered apply to all families whether they’d like to do a big trip or simply spend a little more time outside together as a family.

Why Families Need Nature

Join Saren and her sister, Saydi, as they discuss wonderful ways to celebrate and discover with your family the real meaning of Easter.

Join Saren and her sister, Saydi, as they discuss wonderful ways to celebrate and discover with your family the real meaning of Easter.

Celebrating the Real Meaning of Easter

Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family!  These simple, daily practices can help dramatically change the mood in your home and the relationship with your children! For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

Come listen as Saren shares two game-changing daily parenting practices that have made a huge difference for their family!  These simple, daily practices can help dramatically change the mood in your home and the relationship with your children! For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://poweroffamilies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poweroffamilies.com</a>

Two Game-Changing Daily Parenting Practices

Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping discussing depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.

Join Saren as she and Jane Clayson Johnson, an award winning journalist and author, discuss Jane's book Silent Souls Weeping discussing depression, anxiety, and how to help ourselves and our loved ones.

What Parents Need to Know About Depression and Anxiety

Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making one-on-one time with each child into a regular and meaningful part of the family routine. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

Join Saren and April Perry, Director of Power of Moms, for a 20-minute conversation where they share simple tried-and-true ideas for making one-on-one time with each child into a regular and meaningful part of the family routine. For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://poweroffamilies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poweroffamilies.com</a>

One-On-One Time

In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she’s had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. She also shares some helpful tips for figuring out when it may be time to “give up” or simply let up on certain things that we want our children to do as we respect their opinions and needs and build our relationships with them. For full show notes, please visit www.poweroffamilies.com/13

In this episode, Saren shares some experiences she’s had with one of those age-old parenting issues – getting kids to clean up their room. She also shares some helpful tips for figuring out when it may be time to “give up” or simply let up on certain things that we want our children to do as we respect their opinions and needs and build our relationships with them. For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://www.poweroffamilies.com/13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poweroffamilies.com/13</a>

Giving Up as a Viable Strategy

When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to talk them into things?  Are you OK with letting them fail sometimes?  It can be so hard to know when to step in and when to step back! In this episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (blogger at 71toes.com) share some personal stories and talk about how hard it can be to know when to help our kids or push them to do certain things and when to stand back. 

When your child is running for office at school, looking for a job, or working a school assignment, how much do you help? If you have ideas about what they can and should do, how much do you try to talk them into things?  Are you OK with letting them fail sometimes?  It can be so hard to know when to step in and when to step back! In this episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (blogger at <a href="http://71toes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">71toes.com</a>) share some personal stories and talk about how hard it can be to know when to help our kids or push them to do certain things and when to stand back.

Helping Enough But Not Too Much

In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the way we prepare food is such an important part of parenting. Katie offers concrete ideas to help us really enjoy cooking alongside our children as we teach them responsibility, build their skills and self-confidence, and get them excited about healthy eating.  For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

In this encore episode, Saren talks with Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship about how what we eat, the way we talk about food, and the way we prepare food is such an important part of parenting. Katie offers concrete ideas to help us really enjoy cooking alongside our children as we teach them responsibility, build their skills and self-confidence, and get them excited about healthy eating.  For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://poweroffamilies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poweroffamilies.com</a>

Why Good Eating is a Part of Good Parenting

Join Saren, her mom, and her sisters for a wonderful discussion that all of us need!  Balance!  How do we take care of our marriages, our children, and ourselves?

Join Saren, her mom, and her sisters for a wonderful discussion that all of us need!  Balance!  How do we take care of our marriages, our children, and ourselves?

Balancing Marriage, Parenting, and Self Care

Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance the important elements of Christmas.

Join Saren and Power of Families Social Media Manager, Lynette Blood, as they discuss the magic and meaning of Christmas and how to balance the important elements of Christmas.

The Magic and Meaning of Christmas

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

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

Preventing Entitlement

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 going on in each other's lives and being each other's greatest cheerleaders 

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: <ul> <li>Resolve their own conflicts and repair problems that arise between them</li> <li>Bond with each other through working, playing and experiencing things together</li> <li>Support each other through knowing what is going on in each other's lives and being each other's greatest cheerleaders</li> </ul>

Helping Siblings Develop Strong Friendships 

Join Saren and Kristen Jensen as they discuss the importance - and better yet - strategies to porn-proof our kids.

Join Saren and Kristen Jensen as they discuss the importance - and better yet - strategies to porn-proof our kids.

How To Porn Proof Our Kids

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 model good phone use for our children What we can do to keep phones from undermining real interpersonal connections When children should get their own smart phone How to help older children adopt appropriate boundaries once they have phones 

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: <ul> <li>How to keep from using phones as a crutch too often with our youngest children</li> <li>How to manage our own screen time and model good phone use for our children</li> <li>What we can do to keep phones from undermining real interpersonal connections</li> <li>When children should get their own smart phone</li> <li>How to help older children adopt appropriate boundaries once they have phones</li> </ul>

Technology and Our Kids

As our kids grow up, parenting can become more complicated - and more lonely. Where should we let go? Where should we hold on? How should we hold on? And who can we talk to about the challenging and sometimes heart-wrenching issues we're facing? In this week's epsisode, Saren and two of her dear friends, Tiffany Sowby and Allyson Reynolds, talk openly and honestly about the challenges involved in parenting teenagers and adult children. For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

As our kids grow up, parenting can become more complicated - and more lonely. Where should we let go? Where should we hold on? How should we hold on? And who can we talk to about the challenging and sometimes heart-wrenching issues we're facing? In this week's epsisode, Saren and two of her dear friends, Tiffany Sowby and Allyson Reynolds, talk openly and honestly about the challenges involved in parenting teenagers and adult children. For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://poweroffamilies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poweroffamilies.com</a>

Getting Real about Parenting Teens and Adults

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 interviews Stephanie Langford from <a href="http://Entrefamily.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Entrefamily.com</a> about her amazing and budget-friendly around-the-world family travels and how every family can help their children become “citizens of the world.”

How to Make a Family Travel Dream into Reality

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 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.

Involving Kids in Housework (without a lot of whining)

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.

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.

Meal Planning Tips

Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention.

Join Saren and her mother, Linda Eyre, as they discuss how you can really give your children your full attention.

Paying Attention

Welcome to Power of Families Radio!  Join Saren Loosli and April Perry as they discuss the top ten parenting tips to help your family be the best it can be! For for information and full show notes, please visit www.poweroffamilies.com/toptentips

Welcome to Power of Families Radio!  Join Saren Loosli and April Perry as they discuss the top ten parenting tips to help your family be the best it can be! For for information and full show notes, please visit <a href="http://www.poweroffamilies.com/toptentips" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.poweroffamilies.com/toptentips</a>

Ten Best Parenting Tips

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 clothes, toys and furnishings as consumables Be more mindful about what we bring into our homes in the first place 

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: <ul> <li>Make sure you've got the right things in your home (and get rid of the wrong things)</li> <li>Make those right things easier to find and enjoy</li> <li>Sort and donate regularly</li> <li>Learn to view clothes, toys and furnishings as consumables</li> <li>Be more mindful about what we bring into our homes in the first place</li> </ul>

Organizing Our Stuff

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 

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: <ul> <li>decide together who you want to be as a family</li> <li>come up with fun family mottos, mission statements, cheers, and/or songs to help you support that vision</li> </ul>

Creating A Strong Family Identity

In this week’s episode, Saren and April (director of our sister-site, Power of Moms) share some of the great responses we received plus talk through some ideas that have really helped pump up gratitude and tone down entitlement in their own families.  For full show notes, please visit poweroffamilies.com

In this week’s episode, Saren and April (director of our sister-site, Power of Moms) share some of the great responses we received plus talk through some ideas that have really helped pump up gratitude and tone down entitlement in their own families.  For full show notes, please visit <a href="http://poweroffamilies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">poweroffamilies.com</a>

Moving from Entitlement to Gratitude

In this week's episode, Saren answers questions from our community concerning dealing with anxiety, saying yes and no to the right things, making the most of car time, and after school routines.  Join us!

In this week's episode, Saren answers questions from our community concerning dealing with anxiety, saying yes and no to the right things, making the most of car time, and after school routines.  Join us!

Back-to-School Questions and Answers 

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 can see how blessed they are while developing compassion and understanding for others 

In this 25-minute episode, Saren and her sister Shawni (who runs the popular blog, <a href="http://71toes.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">71 Toes</a>), discuss simple ways to help our children: <ul> <li>Feel and express gratitude for every-day things that are easy to take for granted</li> <li>Focus on what they have rather than what they feel that they lack</li> <li>Work for what they get so that they will more fully appreciate it</li> <li>Learn about those who are less fortunate so they can see how blessed they are while developing compassion and understanding for others</li> </ul>

Helping Our Children Be More Grateful

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 

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: <ul> <li>morning routines</li> <li>after school snack time</li> <li>family dinner time</li> <li>tuck-in time</li> <li>weekend activities</li> </ul>

Simple Everyday Traditions 

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