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Which is it: quality time or quantity time? Is one more important than the other when it comes to raising kids?

Listen in for the answers with award-winning author, speaker, life coach, and frequent media guest Dr. Mel Tavares. Dr. Mel provides expert insight on this topic along with practical ways for busy parents to invest their time wisely in their growing families.

Dr. Mel holds a Doctorate of Ministry in Pastoral Care and Counseling and has 35 years of experience working with families professionally and in ministry. She is an award-winning author and board-certified mental health coach and life coach and she and her husband live in Connecticut. They have seven adult children and eleven grandchildren.

You can access Dr. Mel's books, articles, and resources, along with her coaching services by visiting her website: https://www.drmeltavares.com/

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Today we talk missions with Melissa Heiland, founder and president of the missions organization Beautiful Feet International. Melissa has led missions teams since 2000 and offers helpful ways parents can lead and encourage their children to get involved with missions, based on her insight and years of real world experience. God's heart is still for missions. As parents we can lead the charge in cultivating a family with a missions heart.

Here are some of Melissa's recommendations:

• Read missionary biographies aloud with your kids
• Start by serving locally through a soup kitchen or pregnancy resource center
• Make praying for missionaries a regular part of your family prayer time
• Serve and support organizations like Angel Tree and Samaritan's Purse
• Find books and journals written about missionaries specifically for children

Melissa's book is also a fantastic resource on short term missions. Prepare yourself and your family with this 31-day devotional that focuses on Scriptures, stories, and prayers to ready you for God's work. Get Set: A Spiritual Preparation for Short-term Mission Partners is available on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Get-Set-Spiritual-Preparation-Short-Term/dp/0976764555

Melissa Heiland is a wife, mother of 6, and grandmother of 12. She’s an author, speaker, and missionary, and holds degrees from Wake Forest University and the University of Central Missouri with specialties in education and curriculum and instruction. Melissa is the Founder and President of Beautiful Feet International, a mission organization that starts international pregnancy centers. Beautiful Feet has over 100 pregnancy ministries in over 30 nations. Melissa has led mission teams since 2000 and is the recipient of the 2014 EvanTell Matthew 4:19 award and the 2022 Heartbeat International Servant Leader award. Her passion is teaching others to share the Gospel and to protect life. It was a pleasure talking with Melissa on 5-Minute Parenting! Be sure to visit her website for more information about her ministry and links to her books.

Visit Melissa's website: https://www.beautifulfeetinternational.com/

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Join 5-Minute Parenting for a special guest, fellow Ambassador author Alexandra ("Alex") Jensen, who will share simple strategies for discipling young children from her real-world experience as a busy mom of three.

"Alex" is author of A Place of Grace for Moms of Littles, helping moms navigate the messy moments of motherhood, while connecting with God's heart. Alex is a Steering Team Leader for the MomCo. Organization (formerly MOPS), and has a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education with a Minor in Creative Writing, and a Master’s degree in Math and Science Education. She is a former Elementary school teacher, wife, stay-at-home mom, and antiques dealer. When Alex is not busy changing a diaper, packing lunches, or sneaking in a few pages of reading for her book club, she enjoys quilting.

Be sure to visit her website, order her book, and follow her on social media: www.instagram.com/authoralexandrajensen
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Link for Alex's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Place-Grace-Moms-Littles-Sanctified/dp/1649606931

Additional Resources:

Awana https://www.awana.org/

The MomCo (Formerly MOPS) https://www.themom.co/home

Veggie Tales Podcast https://veggietales.com/podcast/

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