Helping Your Kids Understand Strengths and Weaknesses
Your tender-hearted daughter is in tears again, “Mama, Stacy is so mean. She said I can’t be her friend anymore. She likes Amy better than…
Tweens and Teens
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Reading Bedtime Stories to Teens
“Teens” is not a typo. I’m not talking about reading to toddlers, although I could write passionately about the value of reading to little ones. Today…
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Important Teen Tips
I recently read an article that discussed a disturbing social phenomenon that “pretty” is no more, now it’s all about being “hot” – and sadly…
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Gaining Wisdom by Working with Teen Moms
Every Thursday night our family loads up in the car and heads to inner city Little Rock. This includes me, my husband, our homeschooled 17-year-old…
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THE TALK … My Daughter’s Questions About …
Yesterday while getting ready for church, my daughter dropped one of THOSE questions. “How do you keep from getting pregnant? Is that why people get…
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Fashioned by Faith
My daughter’s hand-me-down clothes are like gold to my friends with younger daughters. Not so much because of the money it saves them, but for…
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The Blues Cure for Mom
It was winter, a blizzard raged outside, but inside the cozy home despair was raging inside the heart of this young mom. My son was…
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My Mom Will Feed You!
I was reminded yesterday of one of my kids’ favorite lines: “My mom will feed you!” All I have to do is think about it,…
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Simple or Sparkle?
It’s a simple ornament made of thin cheap metal and it looks quite out of place on our CHRISTmas tree. But each year I lovingly…
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How Our Neighborhood Impacts Us
“Does your neighborhood impact how you live and think?” We live in a Washington, DC suburb. Life here is very fast paced. Folks are super…
