1. Boys Will Be Boys! Tips for letting boys be boys, while raising them to be men.

    Boys will be boys... but what does that even mean? Is it a helpful thing to say, or not? As a mom of four boys, I can tell you without…

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  2. Sibling Fighting and the Problem of Selfishness

    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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  3. Biblical Boyhood: Respect, Part 2. What Do I Do with My Disrespectful Son?

    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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  4. Biblical Boyhood: Teaching Boys to Be Respectful

    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,…

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  5. Kindness in Action: Devotions for Families on Loving God and Loving People

    My boys are not really into Valentine's Day - all the hearts and mushy stuff is not exactly up their alley! But as I was thinking ahead to February, I…

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  6. Biblical Boyhood: Putting an End to Pestering

    At our house, we have been dealing with pestering as a source of sibling fighting and conflict. This has been a challenge to deal with, because on a certain level,…

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  7. Biblical Boyhood: Self Control Part 2 (Carelessness, Wasting, and Being Destructive)

    At the end of August, I wrote a post on teaching children, especially boys, about self control. The focus of that post was childish behavior vs. foolish (sinful) behavior. I…

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  8. Teaching Siblings About Loving Each Other

    As I've written before, I think that sibling conflict is one of the most exhausting aspects of mothering. Some days, it's relentless! And as I also said in this post,…

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  9. Biblical Boyhood: Training in Self-Control

    A couple weeks ago, I was sitting in the living room during afternoon nap time. The two younger boys were napping, and the two older boys were riding bikes outside.…

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  10. Dealing with Sibling Fighting and Rudeness

    Ah, sibling fighting... One of my least favorite parts of parenting! Lately, it seems like every word out of my boys' mouths is rude. We have had everything from the…

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