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It Really Does Take A Village
How to build a community of support for your family. Continue reading
Posted in community, family, parenting, role models, service, volunteering
Tagged community, family, isolation, it takes a village, parenting, role models, service, volunteering
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Fighting Crazed Holiday Syndrome
Five tactics to de-stress the holidays, including Shun Those Voices and renounce How Does She Do It All Disease. Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, family, meaning, simple living, values
Tagged Christmas, family, meaning, slow Christmas, slow holiday, un-busy
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Don’t Deprive Kids Of Risk
Say yes to more challenges. Continue reading
Posted in consequences, family, independence, learning, selfhood, teens
Tagged challenges, consequences, family, independence, learning, risk, stranger danger, teens
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How Kids Benefit From Chores
Give your kids hands-on responsibilities at an early age if you want to promote skills, learning, impulse control, and success in adulthood. Continue reading
Pride Goeth Before Tiny Bite Marks
Perfect parenting+biting child. Continue reading
Posted in challenges, consequences, family, gratitude, interests, memory, mothering, parenting
Tagged ADD, consequences, family, gratitude, interests, memory, mothering, non-compliance, parenting
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Newcomers To God’s Country
Moving to the country? You might find death threats, vengeance-driven neighbors, and other amusements. Continue reading
Posted in family, humor, memory, non-violence, optimism, peace
Tagged country living, death threat, family, humor, memory, non-violence, optimism, pacifism, peace, rural life, vengeance
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The Boy With No Toys
Could you deprive your child of toys for his own good? Find out why one mother does. Continue reading
Posted in community, elders, family, homeschooling, imagination, learning, mothering, nature, parenting, radical homemaker, simple living, technology
Tagged community, elders, family, homeschooling, imagination, learning, mothering, nature, no toys, parenting, radical homemaker, simple living, technology
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Worst Christmas Became Most Memorable Christmas
Heartwarming Christmas story. Continue reading
Mentor: Fancy Name For Grown-Ups Kids Need
What happened to a little boy whose desire to “do stuff” led him to hang around neighbors? Continue reading
Healing The Next Generation
The science of epigenetics shows that the choices we make today can resonate in the minds and bodies of our great grandchildren Continue reading
