Legacy Coalition Blog Team

Written by Becky Danielson from M. Ed. Faith First Parent Faith lessons and family values are rooted at home in what a child learns, observes, and lives each day. Foundational practices like praying and reading the Bible come from intentional leading on the part of the parents, grandparents, and extended family members. For example, the […]

Written by Jane Larsen, Director of Connections, Legacy Coalition “Right here! Right here! Right Here!” Those words are on repeat with our 2-year-old granddaughter. She points with her tiny finger, letting you know where to put her bowl of oatmeal on the table: “Right here.” When I take my shoes off, again, a little finger

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In Part 1 of this blog, I talked about the history of Autism (now referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder-ASD), provided some statistics and other data, discussed how to recognize behaviors and tendencies that may indicate ASD, and provided some information about the diagnosis. Now, I would

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist We’ve probably all “been there”- out in public when we notice a child behaving in some unusual ways. He might be repeating the same words or phrases over and over or she may be flapping her arms repeatedly. Perhaps you have noticed that a child at church

Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications Are you looking for ideas to share with your grandparenting group this Easter? We have compiled some for you! We encourage you to have a special time to equip grandparents from your church with different ways they can share Easter with their grandkids. Take some notes as

Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications Take a minute and think about how you prepare for and celebrate Easter. Now compare that with how you prepare for and celebrate Christmas. If you are like me, there is a great discrepancy between the two! Maybe it is because one deals with a baby and

Written by Robert Wolgemuth, Author of over 20 books Let’s turn the clock back. Not just to earlier today or last week or a year ago or even back to when you were born. Turn it back to the beginning of time, even before there was such a thing as time. Creation “In the beginning

Written by Isabel Tom, Speaker, Educator, & Author How can you cultivate a meaningful relationship with your grandchild when you’re in competition with YouTube, video games, and all the activities that your grandchild has? We live in a time full of distractions, yet you as a grandparent have a unique opportunity to enrich your grandchild’s

Written by Dr. Phil Stevenson, PSW District Superintendent of The Wesleyan Church I entered the world of Pappy (the name my grandkids call me) for the first time on February 4, 2009. I still vividly recall that day. I, along with a multitude of others, was in my daughter’s delivery room. We were gathered, friends,

Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In Part 1 of this article, we covered the first two love languages of words of affirmation and quality time from Dr. Gary Chapman’s book “The 5 Love Languages”. Love languages are a way that individuals feel most loved. In this post, we’ll discuss the final three