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Printable Family Gratitude Devotions
October 30, 2020
These printable Gratitude Devotions will make it easy to help your family to focus on thankfulness during the month of November. Get your family reading the Bible and having meaningful…
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Printable Gratitude Journal for Kids
November 14, 2017
Are you looking for ways to encourage gratitude and thankfulness this Thanksgiving? Here's a printable journal that will help you do just that! I was trying to decide what to…
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Boys and Their Egos: Wisdom for Helping Boys Replace a Critical Attitude with a Spirit of Encouragement
August 22, 2016
Boys and their Egos! What's a mom to do? If you've been around many boys in the 10+ age group, you've probably come across the over-confident child who knows everything…
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Ideas for Celebrating a Christ Centered Advent Season with Kids
November 27, 2015
Our family kicked off the Christmas season with some Christmas music last night after our Thanksgiving dinner. I'm a big stickler about waiting to celebrate until after Thanksgiving, but once…
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Wisdom and Parenting in the Middle School Years (A story about Instagram and how our world is getting larger, plus resources for parents!)
April 15, 2015
I just bought him his first pair of shoes that are bigger than mine. Life used to be all about Thomas the Tank Engine and digging in the dirt, and…
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Sibling Fighting and the Problem of Selfishness
December 14, 2014
If your house is anything like mine, you are always on the lookout for ways to deal with sibling fighting. It can be exhausting, can't it? It's so easy to…
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Building Character for Boys: Hard Work and Responsibility
September 23, 2014
Welcome to a new series - Building Character for Boys (Printable Bible Study) Each post will include thoughts for parents and a printable Bible study for kids to do either…
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Going Beyond "Just Ignore It:" Strategies for Handling Sibling Fighting
September 7, 2014
"MOM! Make him get out of my chair!" "It's my turn to be in this chair!" "No it's not! You were in it last time! Today is my turn!" "You're…
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Biblical Boyhood: Respect, Part 2. What Do I Do with My Disrespectful Son?
February 9, 2014
Last week, I shared some thoughts on teaching boys to be respectful. I wanted to come back and add a second part to that post because I really didn't get…
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Biblical Boyhood: Teaching Boys to Be Respectful
February 3, 2014
Raising boys has been, in my experience, similar to raising puppies in many ways! We have constant muddy “paw” prints on the floor, boys are always tumbling over each other,…
