Eyres On The Road

Exploring how to motivate and set goals with kids and grandchildren. A Pew Research Study shows that one-in-five American women never have a child, and fertility rates across the country are dropping.  Richard and Linda explore the implication that living child-free is selfish or not.

How to address serious topics about human sexuality with your children.  Richard and Linda suggest breaking it into a series of many talks.  An eighth-birthday may be a good place to begin addressing some maturation topics.  Set deadlines of what ages you plan to speak to you children, so you don't procrastinate and never address the issue.

There is much we can learn from pioneers, even if a person's ancestors didn't pull wagons across America.  How happy we are in our families is not a product of our bank account, but rather a product of the good choices we make.

Richard and Linda continue their tradition of taking their 12-year-old grandchildren on an RV trip to Yellowstone Park.

Spending a week with five cute grandchildren.  Linda puts her grandkids to work in the yard, sleeping over in a cabin, playing games, singing songs, and eating gummy bears.

As the Eyres prepare for an upcoming family reunion, Richard and Linda talk about their extended family.  To help their granddaughter feel more involved, they Eyres put little eleven-year-old Aniston to work as the family's official "reunion organizer."

It is funny how time moves at different speeds depending on the attitude a person has. Richard and Linda talk about the things we can do to enjoy the lives we are living. The time we take to enjoy our activities will help us slow down and smell the roses.

Dementia and Alzheimers is always difficult to watch.  Richard and Linda talk about the 90-plus year-old "grandma" and philosophies toward aging.

Linda explains why she lets all her all her grandchildren crash her house for a month each summer.

Richard and Linda Eyre share their personal opinions on parenting and marriage.

Learning how to give effective advice to your children, without robbing them the experience of learning from their mistakes.

Nobody lives in isolation.  A discussion of the influence mothers have beyond their own family.  The up-hill battle mothers face every single day.

Richard and Linda talk with their granddaughter, who saved up enough money to buy a horse.

Richard and Linda explore the courage of hauling kids around the create memories.

The Eyres discuss the special joys of being a grandparent and spending time with grandchildren.

After traveling on a lot of airplanes, Richard and Linda talk about the great people of Bogata, Columbia.

The Eyres talk about the value of a good education and how learning impacts children's lives.

Richard and Linda Eyre talk about the benefits of making a plan and setting goals for your family. They offer suggestions for how to set attainable, meaningful goals and give examples from their own experience as to how a plan can guide the family - even when unforeseen problems or difficulties arise.

Richard and Linda talk about spending time with their grandchildren in Minneapolis.

Richard and Linda discuss the importance of setting goals to improve a marriage.