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5 Things To Say To Your Kids At Least Once A Week

“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” —Frederick Douglass That quote keeps me going on the days where I feel like my kids just aren’t listening. It gives me strength to keep hammering home those lessons I am desperate for them to learn. Although I feel at times like my words are going in one ear and out the other, there are moments when I realize they are … [Continue reading...]

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Stay sane tip #234: Get your kids to help you clean

As if you needed one more reason to love your little one even more, here it is: Little kids love to clean. Not everything mind you, but they like to help. And if you're cleaning, guess what? THEY LIKE TO HELP YOU. This is one of those Great Parenting Secrets That No One Talks About For Fear It Will Disappear. My two year old (man, time flies!) will wipe up a spill like nobody's business. Don't … [Continue reading...]

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How many kids do you want to have?

I'm a young mom, and with 1.5 kids (soon to be two any day now), I think I'm done. No, not think, I know. I know I'm done having kids. But everyone I know thinks I'm crazy for deciding this at 22. With two kids already, don't I have a right to step back and say, "Okay, this is all I can handle?" Sure, I might change my mind later (highly, highly, highly doubt it), but at this point in my life, … [Continue reading...]

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