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Why I Avoid Extremes in Parenting

Do not be overrighteous, neither be overwise-why destroy yourself? Do not be overwicked, and do not be a fool-why die before your time? It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes. Ecclesiastes 7: 16-18 NIV I...

Sibling Rivalry: Principals to Keep the Peace

Sibling squabbles…the bane of many parent’s existence. Conflicts include all manner of button-pushing, name-calling, manipulation, one-upmanship, and can degenerate into physical dustups quickly. So what can we do to solve the problem? Let me start by...

I Have an Etsy Site!

**UPDATE: all of the puppet theaters are gone, thanks! I still have puppet theaters available, so I listed them on my very own Etsy site.  Are you proud of me?  I’m proud of me!  It was very stressful, wrapping my poor little pea-brain around all those photos...

Sibling Rivalry: First, Address the Root Cause

Mary asked in the comments of Verbal Fireworks for some Love and Logic responses to sibling rivalry that might work. I’m putting my thoughts here and in the next post on this topic; any other suggestions that you may have to add to the comments section would be...

The Joy of Laughter

My weekly post at ForeverParenting is up.  🙂  I thought Giggles was a good thing to think about in the last minute hecticness (is that a word?) before Christmas. Is there anything more beautiful than hearing your child laugh? My favorite is when the boys start...

Taking It For Granted

I’m tripping over books as I walk around the house today, and every time I do I’m just struck by the miracle that is my boys’ reading.  I’ve mentioned in other posts that there’s been a great deal of difficulty associated with home...