Million Praying Moms Blog
#021: Addressing the Epidemic of Anxious Girls
Anxiety among girls is at epidemic rates. Our guest today says childhood anxiety rates are soaring, especially among girls, and she should know because she counsels them and their families every day in her practice outside of Nashville, TN. Because of this issue, we...
5 Things God Did in My Early Mom Years
We were sitting in a restaurant enjoying some family time, when a couple made their way to a booth in the corner not far from us. Wearing baggy jeans and a big sweatshirt, the mom held the hand of her little girl while trying to steer her little boy, who was about 3...
3 Verses to Pray When Your Child is Being Bullied
Watching children hurt is the worst. It can be a struggle to know what to do, and how far to go to protect them. Sometimes, it's even hard to know whether they're truly being bullied or whether they're just experiencing the regular hard knocks of growing up around...
#020: The Effects of Team Sports on This Generation
Is your child an athlete? Here at Million Praying Moms we LOVE sports! Erin and Brooke both enjoy watching their children participate in youth sports and they love watching college football (Go Huskers and Hokies)! But they've also watched as youth sports have changed...
#019: The Hormone Battle for Boys
In episode #10, we hosted Hal and Melanie Young in a fantastic talk about the hormone battle for girls. Since that episode, we've had a lot of requests to talk about how changing hormones effect boys as well, and since they have raised six boys of their own, we...
#018: Practical Ways to Promote Peace Between Siblings
Bickering. Arguing. The incessant back and forth. Sibling. Rivalry. Two words that can make a mom's heart go from zero to 100 in two seconds flat. We all want our children to get along and have significant relationships with each other long after we're gone, but there...
#017: Calming Angry Kids
There's a push in our culture today to elevate women over men. People say, "The future is female" speaking to the idea that as we progress women will have more and more influence. We're not saying it's wrong for women to have influence, just that God made both sexes...
12 Ways To Encourage Your Son To Be A Godly Leader
In the book of Judges, we see that the Lord raised up men to lead. He gave them His spirit, and qualified them for the work He had for them to do. He had a specific purpose for these judges, and that was to deliver the people of Israel out of the hands of their...
How to Help Your Daughter Deal with Anxiety
I distinctly remember getting frequent stomach aches as a young teen. The only explanation I can think of is that we moved from one house to another, and while we stayed in the same town, I was switched to another school where I didn’t know a soul. I was absolutely...
#016: Raising an Esther in a World Full of Kardashians
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Working out Back to School Cares in Prayer
I met them both as a young teacher, before I had children of my own. I learned from them as they parented with passion and participated in classroom life. So different in their approaches, but they shared the same motivation: they cared so much. Masie signed up for...
#015: 10 Things We’ve Learned About Hope (Part 2)
Brooke McGlothlin and Stacey Thacker wrote Hope for the Weary Mom: Let God Meet You in Your Mess several years ago. It was literally birthed in a closet during a hurricane…and we don’t just mean figuratively (although the “hurricane of motherhood” certainly...
#014: 10 Things We’ve Learned About Hope (Part 1)
Brooke McGlothlin and Stacey Thacker wrote Hope for the Weary Mom: Let God Meet You in Your Mess several years ago. It was literally birthed in a closet during a hurricane…and we don’t just mean figuratively (although the “hurricane of motherhood” certainly...
Everyday Prayers for Back-to-School
If you're anything like me, you sometimes miss perfect opportunities to invite God into the messiness of life because...well...life is messy. And busy. And sometimes it's hard to even think straight, much less know what to pray. Am I right? That's why Million Praying...
#013: What Your Son Needs Most from You
Today's episode is for all of the moms of boys out there...well, actually, it's for MOMS of boys, GRANDMOTHERS of boys, maybe even mother-n-laws...because whether or not you are actually raising boys yourself, we're willing to bet there is or will be one in your life...
#012: Relief from the Pressure to Get it All Right
As moms, we often feel like we're the ones holding everything together. If we lose it, everything falls apart...but is this true? Maybe you're weighed down under the heaviness of your own expectations, or the expectations of others? Do you feel like you're failing...
#011: How to Build (and Keep) Relationship with Your Teenager
Erin and Brooke both have TEENAGERS in their homes now, so this episode couldn't come at a better time! We're living through some of the struggles of raising teens—along with all of the great things about this season of a kid's life—but when we read the title of...
#010: The Hormone Battle for Girls (Navigating it with Grace)
Whether you're a girlmom dealing with the changes in your daughter and how her battle with hormones affects your family life, or a boymom trying to help your son understand and relate to the girls he encounters day in and day out, today's episode is for you. We're...