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Trusting Teens Can Be Hard

There are different kinds of trust that we offer our children over time. For example, there’s the trust that a child will do her chores responsibly, and trust that he won’t play with matches and set the house on fire. Now that the boys are older, we’re dealing with...

The A B C’s for Parenting

Hello, friends! We have a lovely article today from Debbie Bills. Debbie writes about happiness over at her blog, HappyMaker Now. Do make her feel welcome*, won’t you? A is for ATTITUDE: Teach those little ones to have a good attitude and they clearly will grow...

Hive Minds and Other Business

My weekly post at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting) is about how the boys tend to think alike. And act alike. And do the same things over and over again. Sometimes it’s funny, other time’s it’s frustrating. There are already some great comments on...