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The Great Big List of the Best Audiobooks for Family Road Trips

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Here you will find a great big list of the best audiobooks for family road trips! Discover old classics, new fantasies, educational stories, humorous narrators, and overall great audiobooks for family road trips that are sure to delight the youngest to the oldest in your vehicle, no matter if you are listening via books on tape, books on CD or a ...

Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2018

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We moved into our new rental house and out of our apartment less than a month ago and, unsurprisingly, we are still getting everything settled.It's been a whirlwind of a month beside just the move too with three of our kids' birthdays, birthday parties, friends staying in our home, Easter, baptisms, a baby blessing, getting sick, getting ...

22 Genius Ways Moms Squeeze in Time to Read

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This post is sponsored by Deseret Bookshelf. All opinions are my own.I haven't always loved books. Or reading. Blame it on all the stuff I had to read for school sucking the joy out of reading for me, or a lack of family members who liked to read while growing up.Okay, my mom did read: she read the newspaper and magazines. Only on occasion ...

10 Reasons You Should NOT Buy Books from Usborne Books & More

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"Hey Katelyn! Have you heard about Usborne Books & More? They are a great company that sell high quality and affordable children's books. I would love for you to attend my Usborne Books & More Facebook Party on Thursday, May 12, 2016 @8:30pm Central time..."Oh great. Another friend is messaging you on Facebook about another party for ...

The Problem with Entitlement Is that it Begins With Us

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One of the almost constant struggles of 21st-century parenting is the battle against children's entitled attitudes.Article after article discusses how kids are more entitled than ever today, doing less around the home, being padded from failure, and given awards for just showing up. How children think they somehow deserve a free college ...

What Pregnancy is Really Like and What You Should Expect

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When I first became pregnant, I was married, in love, but also young and unsure. I wondered what I should expect when expecting. What the heck was this pregnancy going to do to my life? How was I going to handle it? Would I get sick? Would I get gestational diabetes? Would I carry to full-term? Would I be super uncomfortable the whole time? How ...

The Art of Family Storytelling and Why It’s Important

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Lately there has been something pressing on my mind, something that I feel I need to do for my children. I feel this way because I am understanding more and more the importance of family storytelling, both good bedtime storytelling and the telling of family history stories. There is power is in stories, especially true stories, and magic in their ...

It’s Never Too Early to Talk About Sex with Your Kids

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Parents today have a greater responsibility than ever to talk to their children about sex, intimacy, proper body images, privacy, sacredness, and what is right and wrong at young ages. While I don't necessarily believe the world is full of more child molesters and sexual predators than ever before, it is teeming with people who do not have a ...

The Amazing Benefits of a Kindle eReader

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of eBookArrow.com. All opinions are 100% mine. I have never been one to be up on the latest gadgets and technology, so when my husband asked if I wanted a Kindle a few years ago I was hesitant to jump on this newer technology, especially because real books are so great! With real books, you get to ...

How to Start a Book Club: Tips and Suggestions for an Awesome Group

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Moving to Texas meant I would be leaving some pretty great groups of people behind, and along with them, the regular activities we had, like our monthly book clubs. In Indianapolis I was actually part of two book clubs for years, and most of the time was able to attend them both groups each month. It was so nice to leave the kids behind, read new ...

Cultivating a Thanksgiving Heart – Book Review

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We are entering the crazy rush of the holiday season soon. Next week marks Thanksgiving and then immediately following is Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and countless sales from now until forever. With so much spending, with so much buying, with so much emphasis on things, it's hard to remember what we should truly be grateful for in life. Never ...