Overview: Discover 5 essential tips for parents on effective listening to your child. Enhance your communication skills and build a stronger parent-child relationship with these proven strategies. Have you ever had your kids try to get your attention while you’re looking at your phone? Sometimes my boys talk to me while I’m in the middle […]
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Overview: Discover practical ways to win the hearts of our kids and deepen our relationships with them. Let’s show our love in meaningful ways and create lasting bonds! As parents, we love our children and we want to have great relationships with them. But sometimes, our actions and attitudes can unintentionally push them away. We
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Overview: It isn’t always easy to allow our kids to feel the STING of the consequences of their actions, but it’s definitely effective. Tired of NAGGING your kids?!?!? Try implementing some natural consequences instead. The difference is DRAMATIC! It still doesn’t happen very often. But every time I hear my boys say, “You were right,
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Overview: Hearing “I’m bored” can be a good thing! Discover the blessing of boredom by learning how letting kids feel bored can foster creativity, independence, and resilience. Have you heard those dreaded words of “I’m bored” escape your kids’ mouths yet this summer? As a kid, I remember how much I looked forward to summer. When
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Do you struggle with getting your kids to do their chores? Have you found that it’s actually easier to do everything yourself than it is to get your kids involved with the household chores? Implementing responsibilities around the house can be such a struggle! Which of these descriptions describes your household best? 1 – My
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Overview: If your son doesn’t enjoy reading, he isn’t reading the right books. Here’s a list of recommended books for tweens that will entice him to want to read. I’m sure we all would love our kids to enjoy reading. Unfortunately, some kids naturally take to reading and some of them don’t. Often, when boys claim they
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Overview: Searching for gift ideas for your sons or grandsons? Here’s a list of great gifts for boys my own sons have enjoyed through the years. Classic ideas! Need gifts for boys? If you’re still searching for gift ideas for your boys, however, here are some classic gifts my boys have loved throughout the years. Our
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Overview: We are in control of what we say and how we say it. We have such a powerful influence over our children. Let’s be honest. Do our words inspire them? The older my boys get, the better homeschooling becomes. My boys who always used to feel like their arms would break if they had to
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Overview: Are we frustrating our children? We often put expectations on our children that don’t fit them. Discover practical ways to see the gift in each child. When we first decide to homeschool our children, most of us are excited about the prospect. Yes, there is also some fear that comes with the decision, but
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If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you’ve probably read about some of the struggles I’ve had getting along with my strong-willed sons. The tween years were especially difficult. As my sons approached the teen years, we had a hard time seeing eye to eye on things. In fact, there were
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