Get into the mind-set that everything you do as a parent ultimately is part of validating or nurturing your children.
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Spending one-on-one time with each of your children
Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.
There are a few key areas where you’ll get the most bang for your buck (and your time and effort).
These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.
Providing a way for your child to gain an understanding of how his day will go may eliminate some of the undesirable behaviors that tend to rear their ugly heads during transition times.
With our words we will affect the lives of those around us as we speak blessings, not curses, into their lives.
Here are 5 things that make it hard for parents to give up trying to control their teens.
If the midweek scavenger hunts have left you searching for a more manageable morning system, here’s a plan of action.
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …
Many couples would like to start their family, but worry they can’t pull it off financially.
More folks are realizing it is a natural and necessary way of alleviating pain, misunderstandings and of bringing considerable peace of mind for the whole family.
Amid these stories from other parents, you’ll find tips and tools in the areas of schooling, church, balancing the needs of your disabled child and the needs of your other children, coping when your circumstances have become too hard and encouragement in developing friendships.
Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.
A mom’s primary job isn’t cooking dinner, changing diapers or helping a preschooler glue colored macaroni on a coffee can as a Father’s Day gift.
A little humor, a little innovation, a little creativity and, frankly, learning the skill of “letting it go and blowing it off” is a big part of being a happier, more realistic and peaceful mom who works outside the home.
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Working through the pain and rediscovering joy
When friends and family are distant during the greatest time of need