It has been coming on for a while now, but it still seems surreal that we are at this point…
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This is What Courageous Parenting Looks Like
Before I had children, nobody told me that the sleepless nights would not stop when my babies grew into big kids…
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Our Parenting Yes’s and No’s
I recently read an article that got me thinking: what are our parenting yes’s and no’s? What do we allow…
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In Defense of Teens
I remember it well. I was wrestling with my two active toddlers at church one Sunday, frazzled and probably wishing…
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Why I Teach My Teens Abstinence
My youngest daughter just turned 11 years old. As part of her yearly physical, the doctor encouraged me to vaccinate…
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The Most Important Thing I Have Learned in 17 Years of Parenting
I do not take parenting lightly. Teaching my five children to be respectable members of society is a massive undertaking, and I…
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5 Things I Don’t Do For My Kids (Because I am Mean)
It is a well-established fact around my house that I am a mean mom, and I am OK with that….
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