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FFYF: Mom Power Edition

Good Friday, Heroes! Today for my Fun For Your Friday smile, I bring you a comic as shared by my mother. I laughed out loud on that one. Welcome to the September 30, 2011 edition of fun for your friday. Holly presents !! Outrageous Funny Picture for Today. Wild,...

Why Music is Important for Your Kids

(Editor’s note: please welcome an entry from the Jaime at the Green Golly project. Thanks!!) “Music is important for the development of cultural understanding; it nurtures growth – spiritual, physical and intellectual growth – all of which lead to the greater...

Parenting Help: Take Time to Choose Consequences

It’s okay to take your time choosing an appropriate consequence when a child misbehaves. Sometimes this feels like bad parenting, but that’s just not the case. As the older boys are aging, I’m finding it more and more difficult to figure out how to...

Help Your Kids Beat the Bedtime Blues

(Editor’s note: Lima shares some night-time sanity-saving strategies. Thanks Lima!) Bed-time can be battle-time for many parents. Settling your children down with a nice bedtime story seems a simple enough idea in principle. But when your child has dragged...

FFYF: ArtPrize Edition

Hello, Heroes! Today I am taking the younger boys to the city of Grand Rapids to see some of ArtPrize, an amazing art competition that was begun here 3 years ago. Essentially, the public gets to vote for the artwork and choose the winner. This is offensive to some, as...