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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 ...

5 Tips for Getting Your Kids Brushing Teeth Without a Fight

There are just some battles no one really talks about when it comes to parenting. And one of those is brushing your kids teeth (and another is clipping toe nails and finger nails, as well as doing hair, but I'll save those for another day). You think it should be pretty simple to move a brush around a kids teeth for a minute or two, and keep their ...

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

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 ...

What Your Kids’ Messes Really Say about Your Life

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SweepTheMess #CollectiveBias One thing is for certain when you become a parent: life is going to get much messier. Despite any clean-freak tendencies, amazing organization, or constant hovering over your child, your kids are going to make ...

The Parent’s Guide to Teaching Moral Values: 138 Ways to Raise Great Kids

A long time ago I started a series on this blog called Instilling Values in Children. The point of this series was to guide parents on their journey of teaching moral values to their kids, which is of more importance than raising academically capable children, or, at least, it should be. As parents we want to raise great kids, kids who know how to ...

Screen Free Quiet Time Ideas that Encourage Independent Play

We made it a long time. We really did. But, my daughter Lisa, at four and a half years old, is officially done with taking a nap during the day. I am now presented with the new challenge of what to do with a preschooler for 2-3 hours while my other two children are (hopefully) taking a nap at that same time. I need to come up with some great quiet ...

The One Thing That Stole My Christmas Joy Each Year

Keep reading to discover the raw truth about what stole Christmas joy from me as a child. I have had mixed emotions about Christmas over the years. For a very long time, it was not my favorite holiday. And that's because Christmas wasn't always so magical or jolly. There were many Christmases where I was very disappointed. In ...

Cultivating a Thanksgiving Heart – Book Review

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 ...

Instill These 10 Qualities of a Princess in Your Daughter; Princess Costumes Required

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. #CollectiveBias and its advertiser #DisneyBeauties. All opinions about Princess qualities are mine alone. My four year old daughters always pretend to be princesses and absolutely love dressing up in princess costumes. Disney's Sleeping Beauty was recently released from the Disney vault, so ...

Life Skills for Kids – How to Teach Them to Your Preschoolers

Part of the reason I chose the Preschool curriculum I did (and you should too, it's only $20!) is because it emphasized teaching life skills for kids, like making your bed, using a knife and scissors, knowing your address and more. So, it has me thinking about what life skills kids, especially preschoolers should know, and some smart ways of ...

How to Teach Kids How to Load the Dishwasher Like Mom & Dad

If you want to teach kids responsibility and give them a great chore, then teach kids how to load a dishwasher! I'll show you how to get them doing it the right away. This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. In our new apartment, we have our dining table in our kitchen. Our kitchen ...

The One Thing Your Child Really Needs When They Screw Up

Imagine this: Your child sneaks upstairs to play with his toys in the sink, which he has promptly filled to max capacity with water, and dumped his entire, brand new, bottle of shampoo in it to make bubbles, and that now the toilet paper roll is completely wet and utterly useless for any and all future uses, and that water is all over the counter, ...