How to Prepare Your Children for Adoption
I’ll never forget the day those big brown eyes stared at me. Those tiny fingers and toes that fit perfectly on his three pound yellow…
Tweens and Teens
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Stop Creepin’ on My Son! Protecting Your Son from Aggressive Girls
For those of you who are raising little boys, allow me to warn you: when they get a little older (and I do mean a…
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Great Things In Time
I’m not a big gardener, but I grew up watching a vital truth unfold as my mother poured effort into her garden day after day,…
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Praying With And Talking To Your Kids
In the early days when my girls were in preschool and kindergarten, endless car rides loomed in front of us. Day after day, we repeated…
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What the Church Often Gets Wrong About Sex
I recently gave you an oh-so-gentle nudge to talk to your kids about sex. And not just once, but repeatedly, weaving it into your…
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A Good Prayer
We moms have a zillion concerns for our kids. It doesn’t take long to discover that we as parents need all the help we can…
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Dreading the Sex Talk With Your Kids? Read This.
What is the #1 conversation that most parents dread having with their kids? It cuts across political affiliations, religious backgrounds, and even the age…
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Lean Into the Struggle
As a mom of five kids, I’m a master at teaching children to ride their bikes without training wheels. The teaching situation has always consisted…
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Madness: Raising Teens
Although I’ve raised two daughters to adulthood and know parenting teens can be a job, it never ceases to amaze me that parenting teens is…
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Dethroning the Drama Queen
Allow me to begin with a disclaimer: I am new to parenting a teen daughter. I do not claim to be an expert but rather…
