parenting
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Positive parenting
3 life-changing things you should tell your kids every day
My 7-year-old son is like a lot of boys his age—energetic, jovial and somewhat loud. He also has this peculiarity…
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Positive parenting
4 (more) New Year’s resolutions for a better family
My youngest son was born six months ago this month. During that time he has learned to hold his head…
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Positive parenting
3 reasons to date your daughter every single week
There aren’t many things in life that truly terrify me. Natural disasters and tornadoes come close, and snakes finish near…
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Positive parenting
3 things Christian parents should tell their kids about ‘Star Wars’
In the past few months, my home has been transformed into, well, a Jedi training institute. That’s what happens when…
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Positive parenting
3 ways to teach your kids about death and the cross
My 4-year-old daughter Maggie has always been a bit studious for her age. She knew colors when she was 2,…
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Positive parenting
6 secrets to ‘eating out’ with children
The first time my wife and I took our newborn to a restaurant, time seemingly stood still. Sweet elderly ladies…
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Positive parenting
3 things to teach your daughter about true beauty
My daughter Maggie is only 3 but she already knows what she wants to be when she grows up. A…
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Positive parenting
Dad, I’m scared of the monster! (3 things to tell your kid)
It was a quiet evening at our house one spring evening when a voice of terror rang out from my…
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Positive parenting
3 ways to raise modest kids (in an immodest world)
I’m not sure when parents began debating the so-called “sheltering” of children, but I’m pretty sure the conversation became far…
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Positive parenting
Should you ‘let’ your child win in 1-on-1 games?
My biggest hobbies as a teenager were, in order: football, basketball, baseball, hockey … and any other sport that was…