Tag: momlife
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ENGAGING YOUR TEENS AND TWEENS WITH OTHERS WHEN YOU WANT TO HOMESCHOOL
As a homeschooling mama with 3 kiddos, ages 13, 9, and 7, one of the challenges has been to find resources to help me engage with my teen and tweens. So much homeschooling content, activities, and groups are geared toward elementary-aged children, especially the younger ones. As they reach the 10, 11, and 12 year…
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WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD LIES?
Lying is such a tricky topic. We want our children to understand how important it is to tell the truth, we don’t want to be lied to, and we want to create a space where our children feel comfortable enough to be honest. But a lot of times we as parents do things that create…
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WHAT’S WRONG WITH COMPARING MY KIDS?
As a mom, it has been one of my greatest joys to watch my children grow. They each have such unique and distinct personalities, gifts, and talents, and it is truly amazing to watch these things blossom and grow. But one of the traps that we can easily fall into if we are not careful…
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HOW TO HANDLE TATTLING AS A GENTLE PARENT
Were you raised with parents or caregivers or teachers who told you not to be a tattletale? Just thinking about this makes me cringe. Adults didn’t want to hear about the things that were upsetting to younger kids, tweens, or teens unless there was blood. And there are a lot of things that can happen…
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12 SCREEN-FREE WAYS TO CONNECT WITH YOUR TEENS AND TWEENS
Parents of teens and tweens often lament the fact that it feels hard to connect with their growing children because of technology. I have plenty of opinions about using tech that I will share in another post, but for those of you trying to make a concerted effort to connect with your teens and tweens,…
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DON’T LET YOUR DREAMS KILL YOUR DREAM, PART 1
I have so much to process right now, and I don’t know how to express all that we’ve experienced and been through in the past 4 years. But here’s a snapshot of the past 2 years. The Lord put a dream in our hearts to start a farm. And 4 years ago, we followed that…
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DON’T LET THE DREAM KILL THE DREAMS, PART 2
We tried to sell the land. It didn’t work. We tried working with a realtor, but no one was willing to list it for what we wanted, or even at a bare minimum, what we owed. We sold our rabbits and chickens. (Except for my oldest son’s favorite rabbit. We kept her. More on that…