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Set Your Child Up For Failure

10 Ways To Set Your Child Up For Failure

April 11, 2017

Are you inadvertently doing these 10 ways that set your child up for failure?  Sometimes we even think we are being good parents while doing them because we only want our children to be happy. Parenting is hard and sometimes our best intentions don’t have the results we expected.  Over the years, I’ve had to work on making sure I’m not guilty of these 10 things myself.  It’s ...

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Saying Yes Even When It Is Hard

Saying Yes Even When It Is Hard

April 1, 2017

Sometimes being the mom you want to be comes down to saying yes even when it is hard.  It's saying yes when all you really want to do is say no, but you are able to look beyond the reasons and give in anyway. It's 50 degrees outside with not a stitch of sunlight as far as the eye can see.  It's warmer than it's been the past 3 months, no doubt.   But it's certainly not ...

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The 3 Words Your Kids Need To Hear

The 3 Words Your Kids Need To Hear

March 17, 2017

Every day, I send my kids off to school with these 3 words your kids need to hear.  And I cannot tell you what an impact it has on their days, as well as my own... because these 3 words work for any age. Someone yanks the toy away from your 4 year old at preschool. Your daughter's on-again/off-again friend leaves her out at recess. Everyone's swearing on the bus while your ...

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When Your Child Wants Only One Parent

When Your Child Wants Only One Parent

March 12, 2017

When your child wants only one parent, it can be detrimental to all the relationships.  One parent becomes physically and emotionally drained while the other parent wonders what they could have done wrong to cause it.  But there is a simple solution that will remind your children you both love them and can take care of them equally well. Both the girls were laid out on ...

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5 Discipline Rules For PARENTS

5 Discipline Rules For PARENTS

September 11, 2016

We so often talk about the effects of discipline on OUR CHILD but for me personally, I wish someone had shared with me these 5 Discipline Rules For Parents.  Because discipline, and it's effects, are not exclusionary to just your children.  I refer to it as the "pop heard round the world."   At least, that's how it's felt to me all these years.  And nearly 5 ...

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Stop Waiting For Things To Get Easier

Stop Waiting For Things To Get Easier

March 20, 2016

If you have little ones, you should really stop waiting for things to get easier.  You can quit playing the waiting game.  You know the one...the "when they are older" things will be so much easier.   But if you aren't so careful, the moments that are right in front of you will be slipping away while you look ahead. Any sane person could have seen me coming from a ...

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How To Have Your Child Apologize And Mean It

How To Have Your Child Apologize And Mean It

March 16, 2016

Do you wonder how to have your child apologize and mean it?  We are so quick to force our children to say "I'm Sorry" that we don't think through whether or not there is true remorse.  Or are they just appeasing us in the moment.  But it's something you can change. "Tell your sister you are sorry right now," I said firmly to my 6 year old daughter.  The same usually ...

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When You Know What A Mom Is Really Made Of

When You Know What A Mom Is Really Made Of

March 9, 2016

Want to know what a mom is really made of?  Want to know how strong she can be? How much strength she can muster when her eyes are bleak and her body is weary?  I'll tell you...it's a test she will face many, many times in this role of motherhood. I sat straight up in my bed.  I blearily saw the time said 2:03 am...but it's what I heard that made me bolt. My oldest was ...

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4 Alternatives To Saying No To Your Kids

4 Alternatives To Saying No To Your Kids

March 6, 2016

If you, like me, feel like a broken record most days, read on for 4 alternatives to saying no that your children will actually respond to.  And the best part is your kids will listen better! Some days (a lot of days really), I feel like one of those Jack in The Box toys from the 80's.  My kids ask me to do something, I pop my head up and say No cheerily, and then hunker back ...

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Being A Stay At Home Mom

Being A Stay At Home Mom Is

February 20, 2016

Being a stay at home mom is never what people think...well, unless those people are stay at home moms.  I remember idealizing what this life would be like...wrong, wrong, wrong.  But sometimes it surprises me in ways I never could have imagined. An innocuous comment the other day catapulted me back into that realm where I began to think back on what I thought being a Stay At Home ...

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