Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: How to survive the Return of the Little People? Let them work, have a schedule, plan something fun every day, let them be bored, and focus your parenting. Some of us are still reeling from new summer schedules and the return of the little […]
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Falling in Love with your family by Alison In a Nutshell: Sometimes the best parenting plan is to plan to ignore inappropriate behavior. Confession time…I am a card-carrying Over Parenter. I tend to step in too quickly when my kids disagree, and make molehills into mountains. But I’m trying. My kids may say otherwise, but
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Sometimes all it takes is a small change to make a big difference! Rewind to last Sunday. My three-year-old was sitting in time-out for the fourth time that day. I was sick with a really nasty cold, my hubby was out of town, and
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In a Nutshell: With all the media flurry about parenting styles, remember that whatever way you choose to raise your children, it must be one in which the marriage can flourish as well. Dinner with five kids is usually quite the noisy affair at our house. On night a few years ago, I noticed that
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison On this Mother’s Day Weekend, I wanted to share something close to my heart…the very symbol of my motherhood…the object that has come to personify my commitment to the art of mothering…the constant reminder of the mother I have become after years of intense effort and valiant
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: It is so much better to protect children than it is to heal adults. It is up to all of us to prevent child abuse. I am feeling very tenderhearted today as Child Abuse Prevention Month draws to a close. Today, on average, 5
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Falling in Love with Your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: To prevent physical abuse, parents need to cope with stress, learn what is considered physical abuse, and stay far away from it. As a Child Development major, fresh out of college, I got a job that included teaching parenting classes for court-ordered parents who
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Here’s one idea for getting kids to do their chores…the Deck of Doom. I’ve been going crazy after dinner! My kids each have small after-dinner jobs to complete, but they have been finishing them about as quickly as a tortoise with a bad leg…if
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