July 25 // July Recap and August Announcements!

a summary of last month's posts and a peek at what's to come!

Hello! I hope this has been a really sweet and meaningful month for you, but I’m also going to assume that many of you have been walking through some heavy things, so I hope you’ve been able find some meaningful, happy moments in the midst of it all.

As usual, this last week of the month is devoted to catching up, reflecting, and resting. Feel free to save the graphics in this email to your phone for quick reference.

Here are all the posts we sent out this month! Free subscribers receive access to about 1-2 posts each week, but paid subscribers get to see everything 😊 (Members-only posts have a 🔒 next to them.)

Parenting and Personal Growth

7/4 Childlikeness and Learning From Your Kids 🔒

7/11 The Power of Story (In Defense of Fiction) 🔒

7/18 How to Have a Yes Day (+ how to say Yes on the regular days, too)

Activity Ideas

7/5 Redemptive Tie-Dyeing, Funny Poses, and Ice Medallions

7/12 Story Stones & Secret Missions (free printables!)

7/19 Pretend Ice Cream Shop (free printables!) 🔒

Book Discussions

7/6 The Read-Aloud Family (+ some personal experience)

7/13 Lemony Snicket, Whangdoodles, and Resilience (a guest post by Becca Tyree) 🔒

7/20 How to Find Good Picture Books 🔒

Meal Inspiration

7/7 Easy, Fun Food 🔒

7/14 Some Simple Grilled Foods 🔒

7/21 Treasure Map Pizza, Dragon Eggs, Ronto Wraps, and more fantasy-themed foods

Bonus/Miscellaneous Content

7/1 Easy 4th of July Ideas (they’re all fun for anytime, though) 🔒

7/8 Seven Questions About Education (+ free printable) 🔒

7/15 Being “The Fun House”

7/22 Thinking Like a Happy Little Kid

What to Expect in August

While we’ve had a really lighthearted month talking about childlikeness and fun, the goal for this next month is that we’ll focus on building up tools for our own well-being and figuring out what’s most important to us. August’s theme for personal growth is Self-Care + Priorities!

Book Club

Next month’s book club pick might surprise you because a Holocaust survivor’s autobiography is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “self-care.” However, Man’s Search for Meaning is one of the most impactful books of all time—truly—because it’s the account of a psychiatrist who ended up in Auschwitz and other concentration camps for three years.

His perspective carries a lot of weight, plus it’s kind of fascinating to hear him evaluate his own experience as he aimed to figure out how people could have a will to survive in conditions like that. Expect to walk away with a much greater understanding of what’s important to you in life. The audiobook is under 5 hours, so even though it can be a bit difficult to understand at times when he starts talking about psychotherapy, it’s not too hard to get through and I think you’ll love it 😊

Please Write in!

We would love some self-care tips from other readers, particularly things like:

• How to help kids have good personal hygiene

• How to stay on top of all the doctors/dentists/therapy appointments

• Taking care of yourself when you don’t have much support

• Cool hairstyles for girls (and moms)

• Setting boundaries in difficult relationships

Also, next month we’ll be writing more letters to encourage you (see posts such as “To the Underappreciated Dads” and “To the Parent Who Is Tired of Summer Already” for examples.) Please write in and let us know:
In what ways are you feeling discouraged? How can we put some wind in your sails?

We would also love to hear from you about anything else! Feel free to reply to this email, DM us on Instagram, or reach out at family.scripts.info@gmail.com!

As always, thanks so much for reading.

Warmly,

Hope from Family Scripts