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5 Reasons Parental Involvement is Essential in Child Development

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Inside: Discover five reasons why parent involvement is important, and 4 parent involvement ideas to better be involved in your child's life. Modern parents have become more involved in their child’s development. An increasing number of fathers, for example, decided to take a backseat to their own careers and be their child’s primary ...

Real Examples of How to Develop a Family Mission Statement

A family mission statement helps create the culture within the home. Learn how to develop a family mission statement through several real family mission statement examples from Christian and LDS families. I don't know about you, but I have big plans for my family. I want my kids to grow up into amazing individuals who are super smart and ...

The Problem with Entitlement Is that it Begins With Us

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 ...

Physical Fitness for Kids: How to Build Endurance in Toddlers and Preschoolers

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Stride Rite for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Running, playing, jumping, skipping. They are the hallmarks of childhood. Most children seem hardwired to want to do them as soon as possible, and as often as possible, after birth. You don’t really need to teach children how to run and play, ...

Improve Your Family Life with a Basic Kids Chore Chart {Free Printable}

Five months ago now, I posted a picture on Instagram of our first official basic kids chore chart that I crudely made by hand, laminated, and stuck on the fridge with a magnet. One of my main goals for homeschooling for preschool this year was establishing good chore and habits in my children along with life skills. And this simple, basic chore ...

Always Running Late? The Unintended Message You’re Sending Your Kids

Are you that mom or dad who is always late to everything? Whether it's going or leaving, dropping off or picking up, you are late, all. the. time. While certainly life is busy, and there are always things that need to be done before you leave the house (or work), especially when there are many children (and adults) you have to get out the door, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kids Need Fathers Because They Take Risks

Men and women are different. And I am thankful for those differences. Especially as they appear in parenthood, because fathers take risks. There are just some things that I can't or won't do as a mother. And most of them involve letting my children take bigger risks. I am thankful that my own father took risks, and encouraged me in so many ...

My Father’s Legacy of Work and Love

Father's Day is Sunday. And this week I want to focus on the importance of fathers, starting with a tribute to my own father. I love my dad. He holds a very special place in my heart, mostly because of my father's legacy of work and love he bestowed upon me and my siblings. *My affiliate links are used in this post.* My Father, the Truck ...

My Mother’s Legacy of Faith

Don't you just love how good things keep going? How family members can inspire a legacy of service, of passions, of skills, character, and knowledge (among many other things) to their loved ones? I hope to leave a legacy behind me and keep good going. I want my children to look fondly on my mothering and respect the person I am when they are ...