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Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters

A strong father figure in a girl’s life will shape her future.  Dr. Meg Meeker’s book, “Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters” shares many truths about dads and their daughters.  My husband brought this book… Continue reading

Poop and Jelly Beans

Our 4-year-old at the time, was using the bathroom in Kroger.   He asked my husband to please face the door while he was doing “his business!”  Unaware of my husband’s presence, our… Continue reading

Good Opportunities and Better Ones.

Train your child that not all good opportunities are the best opportunities for them. There are several opportunities that will present themselves to our children (like should I play on the soccer team)?… Continue reading

A Financial Exercise For Your Kids

(I love giving my blogs a title, it is so fun) Train your child about how to manage their money!  I know a lot of us have grown up thinking that our finances… Continue reading

Freedom?

Happy 4th of July! Two of my children are now teenagers, so the word freedom now has a whole new meaning.  I think our kids in the teenage years may need more support and… Continue reading

The Difficult One

Who is this child in my house today?  For no reason, everything I asked them to do today was forgotten and I was not happy. When I asked why,  there were simply excuses.… Continue reading

Make Some Cupcakes

Dessert can really show someone you care.  In my family when someone shows up on our door step, unannounced, with something sweet, it’s a big deal!   We took cupcakes to our friends… Continue reading

Silver Linings at Bedtime

Teach your child to see the “good” in every situation. So many times it’s easier for our kids to focus on the negative during a hard time in their lives. I think if… Continue reading

Family Meetings 101

I really want to be better about having more family meetings!  Every time I say, “family meeting”  everyone gets excited!  It may be because we don’t have them all the time and they… Continue reading

Taylor Swift’s – The Best Day by Lauren Breland

Happy belated Father’s Day to all you wonderful dads!  My dad, Keith, ROCKS!!! Wow, what a weekend!  So good in fact that I woke up this morning said, “oh stink, I forgot to… Continue reading