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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 ...

17 Uplifting Elf on the Shelf Christian Alternatives

If you want to join in the fun of counting down to Christmas with the kids, but don't really like the idea of Elf on the Shelf as it currently stands, here are 17 great Elf on the Shelf Christian alternatives. Our family has never done the Elf on the Shelf, not because I think he's really all that creepy, or because he's evil or something. ...

I Think It’s Time for You to Meet a Wonder Woman (or Two)

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Dr Pepper®. The opinions and text are all mine. We've all met someone like her before. #WonderWoman Someone who is quite honestly amazing. Where seemingly everything she does is fantastic. Someone we often call a "Wonder Woman." Dr Pepper wants you to appreciate the Wonder Woman in ...

Dear Moms of 3 Kids or Less, Please Stop Doing This

I had the awesome opportunity to go to my first blog conference - SoFabU OTR Dallas - last weekend. It was great to meet some new bloggers, meet a couple I had already connected with online first, and take away some valuable information. As I am now 32 weeks pregnant, there's obviously no hiding the fact that I am with child. Many correctly guessed ...

I was Young and Unsure But Trying for a Baby

Eight months. My husband and I were married for eight months when he convinced me that we should pull the goalie and try to have a baby. I was so nervous about it and he so excited and sure. I didn't know why we had to rush into it! I had just turned 21 years old. We were still in college. We weren't anywhere near immediate family. And ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newsflash: I’m a bad mom but so are you… kinda

No matter what you do as a parent, there will come a point where someone will disagree with your choices. Sometimes this disapproval will simply come in the form of smug glances, whispered conversations, or loud proclamations of how their child does the opposite or how they would never do that in their parenting. Other times people will get ...

What to do when those Awkward Mother-Daughter Conversations Start

My twin daughters are four. But, already those awkward conversations have begun. Most of the conversations start from observations, most of them as I'm using the bathroom, showering, or nursing Michael. And some of those observations lead to questions.... "Mom, you have boobs." "Mom, what's this in your armpit?" "Mom, why do you shave ...

The Day I Realized My Attitude Made Me a Hypocrite

If another person treated me the way I sometimes treated my children, I don’t think I would like them very much. And that’s a crappy realization. I don’t want to raise children who don’t want to help, who think service is work, a chore, a check off the to-do list. I don’t want children who are selfish. Essentially, I don’t want my ...

Developing Girls’ Positive Self-Image

I am excited that I get to work with The Girls Empowerment Network (GENAustin) through Sverve to talk about developing girls' positive self-image! The Girls Empowerment Network surveyed 2,000+ U.S. adults to find out what are the biggest threats to girls' positive self-image, what is the biggest asset to a positive self-image, and which women in ...