Family Fitness

Sweating and doing all those exercises in the gym can make you extremely self-conscious. Performer and trainer Lauren Lucille Garner shares her personal fitness experience and offers encouraging support to help you make positive choices and move forward with confidence.

The folks who run the American Dental Association must be marketing geniuses. Tooth brushing is such a part of a child’s routine. Our family has developed a way to make exercise and faith a regular part of our evening routine. Imagine children and parents squeezing but a few exercises together, brushing up on some Bible reading all in conjunction with good oral hygiene.

Is lunch time a highlight of your child’s day, or does she dread pulling out what you’ve stuffed in her brown bag? Do you know what foods contribute to heart health, and how to “sell” your picky eater on wise choices? Send your child off with a lunch that makes both his mouth and heart happy.

Coaching offers opportunities to build teams and build lives. Jeff Raisley offers lessons that he shares as a coach about self, group, and fun. They are important to the sport and to kids’ daily lives. In coaching, sometimes the goal is more than just a net.

Fierce yelling, snarling mouths, gritting teeth, and grunting under extreme weights… the testosterone zone of a high school weight room can be a formidable place for a teenage boy. A responsible coach knows how to harness that drive and build up the team without tearing down the young man. Parents have to focus on leading their children down a path that gives glory to God. Do you know how to get the job done?