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Teaching Teens Flexibility Requires Patience

Soooo yea. Teenagers. I’m still wrapping my mind around the whole concept of parenting two of them. Thankfully, while they do drive me a little batty, for the most part they’re not terribly awful as of now. I’m learning that I need to think back to...

Help Your Child Like Their Least Favorite Subject

When children develop passions about school subjects, it is a moment of both pride and comfort for the parent. Encouraging a child to flourish in their favorite subject is one of the greatest joys of parenting, and can expand a child’s talents exponentially....

Travel Safely With Toddlers in the Car

Travelling with your adventurous toddler in a car is quite a job. Toddlers are inquisitive about everything and you can’t do anything to curb his or her curiosity. What you need to do is take measures which ensure that your toddler remains safe when travelling in a...

Do We Overthink Our Parenting?

Whether or not I’m a good Mom is very important, both to me and ultimately to my kids. Heck, it’s important to my future grandkids as well. If you go to a bookstore and look in the family section, you can find a LOT of books on parenting. Just type the...

How To Raise Responsible Children

(Editor’s note: please welcome this guest post from Jane about teaching responsibility. Thanks Jane!) How Children Learn to be Responsible In an age where cheating in school is at an all time high and people often value good results over hard work, many parents...