Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Join in the fun to encourage children to play creatively. In order to write a post for this week, I needed to get my three-year-old and his little friend involved in an activity. Instead of the post I intended to write, I thought […]
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Say what you mean, and say it without whining I once babysat two kids I didn’t know well who only stopped whining long enough to eat a snack and take enough quick breaths to sustain their complaining. They must have been practicing the high-pitched
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Using consistent Natural or Logical Consequences for children’s misbehavior is fair and effective. Last week’s post on not yelling at kids got some interesting Facebook comments. There are lots of ways to have a successful family, but there is a common misconception that parents
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: If you want your children to hear what you say, don’t yell. Over Christmas Break, in the spirit and giving and receiving, I picked up a nasty virus that has wiped out my voice. I can only muster up a croaky little whisper. As
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Falling in Love with your Family Guest Post, by Alison One Christmas we braved the snow to spend the holidays with my husband’s family. That year I snagged lots of Amazon deals and had them shipped to my in-laws. Great idea, right? The trouble was that I stopped paying attention to all the messages from
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Falling in Love with Your Family by Alison In the busyness of the holiday season, I know I am usually more concerned about where the tape is than about how my marriage is faring. Our relationship is strong, I reason, so gravity can take it to the position of a distant satellite to planet Frenzy.
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison Ahhhh. The Christmas season is upon us. Parents happily shop around town, finding everything they are looking for. Red-cheeked children are giddy with delight as they select the perfect gifts (all within price range) to bless others with. Babies coo in their car seats as they go
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By Alison (Read Previous Posts Here) This post was supposed to be about ways parents can teach their children to be thankful by encouraging them to give service. But as I thought about my experiences as a mom of five, I realized that my kids have usually been my teacher in this area. So, here
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