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How to Help a Child Who is a Perfectionist: For the Worried Mom

How to Help a Child Who is a Perfectionist: For the Worried Mom

Tidy rooms, good grades, and worried mamas. It seems like an odd trio, but for many moms, learning how to help a child who is a perfectionist is a real concern. A slew of misconceptions about perfectionism and a world exploding with love of mediocracy has resulted in a grey area a mile wide between...

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Authoritarian vs Authoritative Parenting: How to Avoid the Dangers of Mistaking the Two

Authoritarian vs Authoritative Parenting: How to Avoid the Dangers of Mistaking the Two

As she focused her eyes on the road ahead, she made careful note of the lines on either side of her. A quick glance at her legs reminder her of their strength. Another quick glance at me confirms her confidence. Boundaries + ability + confidence. She slowly let go of the handlebars, raised her hands...

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11 Biblical Parenting Principles: Empower Yourself to Raise Godly Kids in a Broken World

11 Biblical Parenting Principles: Empower Yourself to Raise Godly Kids in a Broken World

Search the world, and it will leave you empty. Search the word, and you’ll find a cup that overflows. The biblical parenting principles tucked away in the Bible are a treasure begging to be hunted. Biblical Parenting Principles for Behavior Training This biblical parenting principle is the driving force behind everything I do at Faithful...

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Why Moms Yell and Stay Trapped in a Hamster Wheel of Guilt

Why Moms Yell and Stay Trapped in a Hamster Wheel of Guilt

Though her tone dripped with accusation, I sensed a compliment buried somewhere in her question. I knew she wanted to talk about why moms yell, but those conversations can go sideways real quick. I took a deep breath, whispered a prayer, and stepped lightly through the exchange. “You probably don’t ever yell, do you?” How...

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Free Range Parenting Safely in a Dangerous World

Free Range Parenting Safely in a Dangerous World

“Mom, can I go fishing?” The pond is nearly within sight. It’s a private pond. He is almost full-grown. But he’d have to ride his bike there. Alone. Everyday moms face sobering truths of the world they’re raising children in, making decisions for their children’s safety, and battling intellect vs. instinct. The struggle begs the...

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The Truth About Parenting Teen Boys

The Truth About Parenting Teen Boys

“You can still tell me things. Like, I still listen to everything you say. Just because I’m not little anymore doesn’t mean you can’t teach me stuff.” The truth about parenting teen boys is… I’ve enjoyed a front-row seat at the display of God’s handiwork watching my son grow. The days have raced by, and...

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Draw Your Children Closer to Jesus with a Christ-Centered Easter

Draw Your Children Closer to Jesus with a Christ-Centered Easter

With trust in his eyes, a sparkle in his smile, and his chubby fingers wrapped around my own, my little guy gazed up at me. The innocence in his face made it clear, all those years ago, that what that wide-eyed, sweet, curious child believed about Jesus began with me. I could teach him to...

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The Best Scriptures on Parenting to Guide Your Family’s Pursuit of God

The Best Scriptures on Parenting to Guide Your Family’s Pursuit of God

The word of God is an armory of spiritual ammunition. Jeremiah 1:12 says, “… I am watching and I will certainly carry out my plans.” Scriptures on parenting provide Christian parents with the Truth, skills, knowledge, and promises they need to raise children who are a light to a fallen world and will someday be...

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The Gentle Parenting Guide for the Mindful Mom Nurturing Little Hearts

The Gentle Parenting Guide for the Mindful Mom Nurturing Little Hearts

Gentle parenting is such a warm-fuzzy term. The words themselves sound so good, but does any mom ever set out to be a brutal or unkind parent? Let’s talk about that. What Areas of Parenting is it Important to Be Gentle? It doesn’t take much effort to conjure up images in our minds of non-gentle parenting....

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Exploring Parenting Goals and How to Make Them Benefit Your Child

Exploring Parenting Goals and How to Make Them Benefit Your Child

Parenting goals are as varied as the sky is blue. Some parents measure their parenting goals by the way their children behave while others set goals that solely reflect their own behavior. Truth is, both approaches are an acceptable and justifiable way to measure success as a parent. Investigating these parenting goal metrics, chatting about...

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The Best Christian Parenting Books: A Top 20 List for Biblically-Minded Mom

The Best Christian Parenting Books: A Top 20 List for Biblically-Minded Mom

There is certainly no shortage of parenting books available. The vast expanse of the internet makes it a bit overwhelming to ensure you are purchasing the best Christian parenting books! It seems everyone has written a book these days, so how do you sort through the ones that will actually help you raise your children...

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How to Have a Family Bible Study That Draws the Kids Closer to God

How to Have a Family Bible Study That Draws the Kids Closer to God

Beginning a family bible study is one of the best and simplest ways you can grow your children’s faith and biblical knowledge. With all the fantastic bible resources available these, diving into the living word of God with a family bible study has never been easier. When your children see you in the word, experience...

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How Parents Can Influence Their Children to Positively Guide and Direct Them

How Parents Can Influence Their Children to Positively Guide and Direct Them

Most moms have figured out a thing or two about life by the time they have a baby. Still, children rush headlong into childhood eager to test out the world around them, often learning painful lessons the hard way. Leaving us all wondering how parents can influence their children in a lasting way for the...

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Intentional Parenting With Purpose and Mindfulness

Intentional Parenting With Purpose and Mindfulness

An intention is something you mean to do. With regard to intentional parenting, this definition alone is sort of muddy and convoluted. I could call myself an intentional parent and have great intentions that I rarely or never put into action. When it comes to intentional parenting in a way that makes a powerful and...

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Every Little Detail on How to Use Positive Reinforcement To Empower Your Child

Every Little Detail on How to Use Positive Reinforcement To Empower Your Child

That mom with the great kids… she’s keeping a secret. She may not even know it, but deep inside, she has all the details for using positive reinforcement to change behavior woven throughout her parenting ability. The secrets disguise themselves as mere intuition. Instincts, she may herself be surprised by. But these “secret skills” aren’t...

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How to Reduce Sibling Conflict: Is it Rivalry or Is it Something Much Simpler?

How to Reduce Sibling Conflict: Is it Rivalry or Is it Something Much Simpler?

So often parents jump to assume our children have a sibling rivalry the minute we hear them begin to quarrel. That’s not typically the case! I want to chat about sibling conflict, what sibling rivalry really is, and, most importantly, how to significantly reduce and diffuse sibling conflict. What is Sibling Rivalry? By the very definition, a...

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The Top 10 Most Important Life Skills for Kids!

The Top 10 Most Important Life Skills for Kids!

I hope you’ll teach your child how to hammer a nail into a piece of wood or how to comparison shop. In fact, there are a lot of practical skills that would benefit your child, and I hope that you’ll take the time to teach your child as many of them as possible! But, today,...

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Good Parenting Skills: A Surprising Source of Exceptional Parenting Tenacity

Good Parenting Skills: A Surprising Source of Exceptional Parenting Tenacity

Sometimes the very best advice comes from the most unlikely of places. It’ll rush over you like a warm breeze you weren’t expecting on a chili day, leaving you grateful and recharged! This happened to me recently while listening to a podcast that had nothing to do with parenting, yet offered crazy-powerful wisdom on the...

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Preparing for the Teenage Years So Your Child Can Thrive

Preparing for the Teenage Years So Your Child Can Thrive

Is it difficult for you to picture your child as a teenager? Although the teenage years may seem far off, time goes by fast. Preparing for the teenage years in advance can spare both your child and yourself from a great deal of the typical heartache families experience during their children’s teenage years! I’ve spent...

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How to Use Words of Encouragement for Kids to Strengthen Your Parenting!

How to Use Words of Encouragement for Kids to Strengthen Your Parenting!

Intentionally thought out words of encouragement for kids will strengthen your parenting efforts, build lasting bonds with your children, and bolster family unity! I want to talk to you about this today, because often times the fear of over-praising with empty words, choosing the wrong trait to compliment, or just plain ole’ doing it the...

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Conversation Games for Kids to Get Your Kids Talking!

Conversation Games for Kids to Get Your Kids Talking!

Using conversation games to get your kids talking to you opens up the lines of communication and provides valuable insight into your child’s heart.

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Your Ultimate Guide to Purging Toys Before Christmas with Parenting Purpose

Your Ultimate Guide to Purging Toys Before Christmas with Parenting Purpose

The purging toys before Christmas holiday tradition has been alive and operating in our family to downsize and declutter toys for over a decade. However, today we’re not going to talk just about getting rid of toys to make room for more. No, no… we are going to chat about how to use this time...

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How to Create a Customizable Chore Chart That Works Without Nagging

How to Create a Customizable Chore Chart That Works Without Nagging

“Many hands lighten the load!” This saying could not be more true! When you’re first training your child to do chores, he’ll need a lot of: “do this, – now do that, – don’t do this, – now this, – great job,” but at some point, you’ll want to provide a customizable chore chart that...

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When Is It OK To Say No To Your Child?

When Is It OK To Say No To Your Child?

Scrolling through Pinterest the other day I noticed a litany of pins that all shared the same theme. “Parenting without saying, No!” After a while, I started to get frustrated. Not only is it OK to say no to your child, it’s essential. Essential to their safety, development, future, well-being, and your own sanity. 5...

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How to Create a List Of Consequences for Bad Behavior that is Age-Appropriate

How to Create a List Of Consequences for Bad Behavior that is Age-Appropriate

When you know they know better, but you just don’t know what better to do. You need to do something. Because, while your child may not be out of control… bad behaviors snowball. And the last thing you want is for her to become out of control. So, there you are, wishing you had a...

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How to Teach a Child Good Behavior – Using the Three P’s

How to Teach a Child Good Behavior – Using the Three P’s

Stop and consider your own life and childhood. Do you have many memories of intentionally being taught how to act correctly? Maybe you have a few fun memories and a bunch of memories that make you smack yourself in the face and think, “Ugh, if only I hadn’t learned that lesson the hard way!” We...

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Creating a Daily Routine for Toddlers to Fix Bad Habits

Creating a Daily Routine for Toddlers to Fix Bad Habits

Time has flown by, but, it’s time to start thinking about how we’re going to get everyone back on track with a daily routine for toddlers. Too much screen time and lazy cooking have made for some less-than-stellar habits over the summer… but it’s time to fix it with a new, healthy daily routine for...

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Introducing Your Child To God Using Apologetics For Kids

Introducing Your Child To God Using Apologetics For Kids

You know your name the same way you know the grass is green. The same way you know that a rainbow is pretty and that slugs are slimy. You know these things to be true because they have always been true. Since the very beginning, you’ve been taught those things as truth. Introducing your child...

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What’s The Difference Between Having A Vision For Your Family Or A Mission Statement?

What’s The Difference Between Having A Vision For Your Family Or A Mission Statement?

We set out to write a family mission statement many years ago, shortly after my oldest child was born. And here I sit today, without a family mission statement on my wall! And you know what? I don’t care. All the time I didn’t spend toiling over the perfect words to post on my wall...

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What Is Child Training?

What Is Child Training?

What comes to mind when you hear the term “child training?” Words like obedience, sleep, potty, and manners are likely what you think of. Or you may even get a picture in your head of teaching a dog to sit. Good boy! No, No, No… Here’s the truth: Child training is one of the most...

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What Does The Bible Say About Raising A Child?

What Does The Bible Say About Raising A Child?

There is no better source for good parenting and child training than the bible. There just isn’t. Answer this question: What does the bible say about raising a child? and you don’t have to wonder if you’re doing it right, because God’s word is true. But how are you supposed to find that answer buried...

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I Hated My Birthday – Until I Realized How it Effected My Children!

I Hated My Birthday – Until I Realized How it Effected My Children!

Bits and pieces of my fifth birthday party float in and out of my mind. Like a snapshot, I see myself with my cousins.  Little girls all dressed up. I can see a cake, a memory which comes from a picture I’ve seen. Fast forward eleven years and mom is taking a picture of me...

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Is Intentional Parenting Really Necessary?

Is Intentional Parenting Really Necessary?

Doctors go to school for years, (aren't we glad) lawyers must know all the laws, CPA's, teachers, scientists, all need a lot of training. They could not be successful without it. Babies, however show up after no formal training for the parent. One day you are not a parent, then a few months later, you are. We are left to

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Top 5 Best Practical Parenting Books For Useful and Realistic Parenting Help

Top 5 Best Practical Parenting Books For Useful and Realistic Parenting Help

Intentional parenting and child training takes a lot of effort. Moms like you and I, moms who are determined to raise great kids, need parenting books that understand our parenting goals. Parenting books and resources that tell you, “when your child does this, you should do this.” Boring ole’ facts. Strait to the point help!...

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How to Teach Honesty and Forgiveness to a Child Through Your Marriage

How to Teach Honesty and Forgiveness to a Child Through Your Marriage

When was the last time you lied to your spouse? About anything? How about forgave him when he didn’t deserve it? Ya, I know… those questions make you stop and look around, wondering who’s watching. Or wonder, who can see inside your thoughts. Understanding how to teach honesty and forgiveness to a child happens when...

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Creation Museum Review. Is It Worth the Time and Money?

Creation Museum Review. Is It Worth the Time and Money?

Creation Museum Review. Our time at the Creation Museum was such a blessing to our family, I want to share this Creation Museum Review to help you decide if a trip there should be a priority for your family. Dismissing a trip to the Creation Museum likely happens for a few reasons. It is expensive....

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How To Use House Cleaning Schedules and Meal Planning

How To Use House Cleaning Schedules and Meal Planning

Your house needs cleaning, your spouse needs attention, your kids need training, and everyone needs to eat. Your schedule consists of changing diapers, chasing a toddler, volunteer commitments, and much more. Mom responsibilities accumulate fast. And I for one, have a difficult time keeping it all organized in my head. So, knowing how to use...

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How to Build a Child’s Confidence!

How to Build a Child’s Confidence!

Your child is small, but he is capable of a lot. He’s capable of so much, that I am sure you’ll be surprised when you let him do things for himself and discover how to build a child’s confidence. Holding kids back is common for parents, so let’s talk about how to avoid doing it....

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Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet – Protecting The Internet Generation

Keeping Your Child Safe on the Internet – Protecting The Internet Generation

Keeping your child safe on the internet, although more difficult than some other areas of parenting, is not impossible. Being in the 35+ category, I remember a childhood free from screens! A childhood full of bike-riding, playing until dark with the neighbors and using encyclopedias to look something up for school. Now, however, once your...

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How to Raise a Really Great Child. It IS Possible!

How to Raise a Really Great Child. It IS Possible!

Have you ever noticed that sincere compliments are hard for people to give? I believe people mistakenly think that by handing out praise, they will somehow feel worse about themselves when actually, the opposite is true. This happened to me recently. I want to chat about my experience and making the decision to not listen...

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