Tag: PARENTING
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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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SOMETHING TO REMEMBER AS YOU TRANSITION YOUR PARENTING STYLES
Going from Punitive to Peaceful Parenting transition is always the hardest process. When you want to lose weight, it’s easier to stay the same or maintain when you get there. When you are an expert in your career field, it’s always easier than the process to get there. The truth is that transition is messy….
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6 REASONS TO BE A HELICOPTER PARENT WITH TECHNOLOGY
I admit that when it comes to technology, I am a helicopter parent. My kids have tons of freedom in so many ways, but technology is one of the things that I believe deserves a higher level of control as kids are growing up. There are many different reasons for this, and I am sure…
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THE IMPORTANCE OF ENGAGING FACE-TO-FACE WITH YOUR CHILDREN: 5 REASONS TO PUT DOWN YOUR SMARTPHONE
I remember the day my oldest told me, “Mom, you’re always on your phone. You hardly put it down.” And daaang. If that wasn’t a whole word, I don’t know what is. And while the old me might’ve been like, “no I’m not” or “well, your dad is on it more than me.” Instead, I…
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7 REASONS TO RAISE EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY CHILDREN
As parents, we all want the best for them. We work tirelessly to protect and guard them, trying to give them every opportunity in life. One of the ways we can help equip our children for life is to focus on doing things that build up their emotional health. Boys and girls who are emotionally…
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5 WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR CHILD’S EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Raising kids in modern times means we have so much to think about. How much screen time is too much? Is it safe to leave my kids with a sitter? How can I share the love of Christ with them? How can I raise them to become decent humans as adults? One of the things…
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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…
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IS YOUR PRIDE KEEPING YOU FROM GOD’S BLESSING?
This season has been really hard financially. We live mostly paycheck to paycheck and have received a lot of help from our families off and on. It’s not something we’ve had to do much of in our 15 years of marriage. In fact, most of the time it’s been easy. I worked a 9-5 that…
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4 KEY WAYS TO KEEP KIDS HEALTHY
We all want our kids to be healthy. We want them to thrive in life. But what does it take? When I had my first son I thought the key to healthy kids was some sort of mysterious thing. My oldest got sick a lot and while I followed all of the typical advice, it…