Special New Release Package
(Family Stories Card Pack & The Parenting Paradox)
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💬 Family Stories Card Pack
...Discovering Our History, Building Our Connections
The Family Stories Card Pack helps children, young people, parents, grandparents, and relatives share stories, memories, and family history across generations.
Designed by Dr. Jenny Brown, this engaging card pack encourages meaningful conversations that helps children develop a stronger sense of identity, belonging, and family connection. Through simple questions, families can explore where they came from, learn about the lives of parents and grandparents, and preserve stories that might otherwise be forgotten.
Whether used at the dinner table, on holidays, during family gatherings, or in everyday conversations, these cards make family storytelling easy, fun, and memorable.
What’s Inside
The pack includes over 99 conversation cards across six themes:
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Origins & Places 🌍
Discover family roots, migration stories, and places that shaped your family. -
School & Work 🎓
Learn about education, jobs, achievements, and opportunities across generations. -
Health & Life Lessons ❤️
Explore resilience, challenges, healthy habits, and lessons passed down through families. -
Family Relationships 🧑🧑🧒🧒
Share stories about parents, grandparents, siblings, cousins, and family connections. -
Daily Life & Growing Up 🏡
Discover what everyday life was like, favourite activities, pets, holidays, and childhood memories. -
Culture, Faith & Traditions ✨
Explore traditions, celebrations, beliefs, values, and family customs.
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Origins & Places 🌍
The pack also includes:
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- Seed Cards 🌱 that invite children to imagine what stories and traditions they may one day pass on themselves.
- My Question Cards 💭 where a child comes up with their own question about the topic
- Detective Cards 🕵️ that encourage families to investigate unanswered questions by talking to relatives, finding photographs, or uncovering family records.
Why Family Stories Matter
Family stories help children understand that they are part of something bigger than themselves. They learn how previous generations faced challenges, celebrated successes, and navigated life's ups and downs.
The Family History Stories Card Pack transforms these important conversations into a simple and enjoyable family activity.
Designed for All Ages and Generations
The cards can be adapted for younger children, enjoyed by teenagers and young adults, and shared across three generations—including grandparents, parents, and grandchildren.
Suitable for:
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- Families with children, school age to adulthood
- Grandparents and grandchildren
- Family gatherings and reunions
- Blended families
- Adoptive families
- Separated families
- Teachers, therapists, and community groups interested in family storytelling
Perfect For:
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- Family connection and conversation
- Grandparent visits
- Family reunions and celebrations
- Long car trips and holidays
- Building children's resilience and identity
- Preserving family stories for future generations
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Parenting is a paradox:
...to truly love our children, we must also give them the space to grow.
Many devoted parents instinctively step in to protect and guide their children yet struggle knowing when to step back. While “helicopter parenting” is widely discouraged, parents are often left without clear, practical alternatives.
In The Parenting Paradox: Loving Our Children by Giving Them Space to Grow, Dr. Jenny Brown offers a new perspective--not about loving less, but about shifting the anxious energy that often comes with deep parental care to a more constructive type of love. Dr. Brown sheds light on the cultural forces shaping today's intensive parenting, revealing how well-meaning advice can often undermine a parent's growth and confidence. Through real-life experiences and professional insights, she challenges the message that constant intervention is necessary for a child to flourish and instead provides a thoughtful, lasting approach to fostering independence.
Rather than offering a quick fix or the latest parenting trend, The Parenting Paradox provides a sustainable path forward. Dr. Brown helps parents navigate their own fears while giving their children space to build confidence and resilience. And in creating that space, parents also grow, gaining clarity in their role so they can become the loving leaders they aspire to be.