In recent months, there have been many news stories, YouTube videos and social media posts that show parents getting creative with their discipline techniques to get through to their children. Everyone wants to know if these creative measures are healthy or harmful. I would like to talk specificallyabout public shaming and its use as a […]
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“The Easter Bunny didn’t come to your house today?” the young boy said to me right before the neighborhood Easter egg hunt some years ago. “He came to our house. He always comes to our house the day before Easter.” The little boy’s statement made me think of something I had never thought before. If
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While flying 23,000 feet above the earth through clouds and sky, the world looks a bit different. The small aircraft is surrounded by parts of the atmosphere. While on the ground it is easy to think of earth as separate from the atmosphere even though any science class would prove otherwise. But in the air,
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A friend of mine recently shared this video with me. It is very clever and I must admit that my first inclination was to laugh when I saw it. The video has become widely popular on the internet due to its ability to appeal to all people and because of its cleverness.
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I believe in raising strong, problem solving children! Today Paije, my sixteen year old daughter had the chance to learn problem solving in a whole new way even though she ended up using skills she has known her whole life. Paije has been driving for quite a while now, but today she had a kind
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Our family memorizes a poem and a scripture each week. Every day after we have our family scripture time, we say the poem and the scripture three times each. After a week, we usually have them memorized. This brief moment of deliberate daily memorization has created an atmosphere of learning and deep discussion in our
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“I’ve had a hard time feeling love for my children. How do I begin to feel love for them? How do you define love?” Read to find the Definition of Love!
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Parenting Lessons From A Ten Year Old “Oh Mom, that is so sad!” said ten-year-old Porter when he got in the car after our fun family night activity. “What is so sad Porter?” I inquired. “That little boy, only about three years old, in the car next to us didn’t want to get in his
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Our world is a world of law and order. The laws of the land may be just or unjust, but for all time there have been laws. There have been laws for government, laws for clubs and organizations, laws for the workplace, laws for God’s people, and laws for homes.
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Sometimes wonderful moments of instruction are missed because parents are afraid that the teaching moment might cross the line into judging. “That boy obviously has a lack of character. When someone does something inappropriate right after the adult told him not to do it, he obviously has a lack of respect for his elders and
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What will your youth think about self-government when you finally get it all working? This movie tells. Weston, age 15 talks about his father’s transformation and what he sees his future life being like now that his father learned self-government. This video brings me to tears. It is so inspiring I had to share it
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The family is a wonderful thing. But, even more beautiful is the relationships that exist between a brother and a sister. There are just certain things there that you don’t see in a tie between a child an a parent.
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Years ago I read an article about a woman who thought her children needed to emotionally throw up from time to time in order to stay emotionally healthy. She wasn’t talking about real vomit from the stomach. She was talking about crying and screaming and emoting until the child ‘got it all out.’ Do you think emotional vomit is healthy?
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It is traditional in western culture to pause for a moment each New Year and write resolutions for the upcoming twelve months. I have always done this, but I have to admit that some years I haven’t really felt like the process was really worth it. I mean, I have thought hard about what I
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Merry Christmas From The Peck Family! May God Bless your family with peace and love this coming year!
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“The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”, is a simple tale that clearly illustrates that the most beloved of holidays, Christmas, is not about getting stuff or doing festive things as much as it is about who you have become because of Christmas. “The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!” And the “most likely reason” was
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There was a time, not too long ago, when if something was described as “traditional” it was given special attention and even honored socially. Now days many people use the word in a negative way.
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When I was a little girl I remeber making Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy Christmas ornaments for our red, white and blue tree. I also remember taking a yucky bite out of one of them too. (Most children will try it once.) Make a fun Christmas memory with your children today by making these easy
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Becoming an adult requires doing adult things, and learning adult skills for daily living and communication. Planning a party is a great way to do all three of these things. Recently, my children planned parties. See what they did and learned here.
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