Today I have a mental health expert here to help us with talking to our teenagers when they are anxious. I am certainly no expert in this field. I don’t know about you, but I have three teenagers and need all the help I can get. Whether your teenager identifies as “anxious” or not, chances are they will have times where they absolutely are anxious. I think it’s unavoidable. Our mental health expert is here to provide us with tips […]
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Today I have an expert guest post from the field of fire rescue! He is here to share with us what it takes to become a fire rescue officer. As I and many of my readers have older teenagers and young adults, I thought this is a relevant and interesting career path to learn about! Building a Career as a Fire Rescue Officer Being a firefighter is a noble profession, but it is not easy and neither is the process […]
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Today I have a guest writer from the Arrow House counseling center to talk to us about troubling signs to watch out for when parenting teenagers. Specifically, they are giving us the common signs of substance abuse, as well as a few parenting tips. I was eager to hear from our experts on this issue since I know most of my readers are in a similar phase of life as I am. Our kids are getting older, and we are […]
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I recently took my two teenage sons to tour Liberty University. This was so exciting and felt like such a big deal to me. It was my first college tour as the mom instead of as the nervous/excited high school kid. I still felt nervous/excited to be on a college tour, but now it is for the futures of my sons rather than for myself. Those late high school and college years are such a hopeful time, full of seemingly […]
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This past month I had the pleasure of reading a few new children’s books that I think your kids will love this summer. ***When you purchase through links on my website, I do collect advertising fees from the Amazon.*** Best of all, these books each have a different character-building lesson in them. They are beautifully illustrated too. When you shop online, it is hard to know what exactly is in any book you have never read before. That can be […]
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It is so important to teach your son about home repairs. Yes, girls can definitely benefit from this too! At our house, we just happen to only have boys, so I tend to focus on raising boys. This is a guest post that I think brings an awesome point: training up your sons on how to work with their hands. I want to make sure we use these tips at our house more too, and I hope you find this […]
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As a mom of four boys, I love coming across cute quotes about being a boy mom. These are all quotes about being a boy mom that anyone raising a boy, or two, or seven, will enjoy. I created fun pictures for some of them too so you can save them on Pinterest. I tend to save more funny quotes than I do helpful articles. Ha! Or I save the helpful content on Pinterest, but I do not actually ever […]
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Are you new to home schooling? Have you ever thought about home schooling your children, but you were not sure where to start? I have another Guest post for you! We have Amanda Wilson, author of Heading into Homeschool: A Faith-Based Step-by-Step Plan for Beginning to Homeschool . You can also find Amanda at www.maestramom.com. She blogs about home schooling and parenting, and she has many helpful resources on her website too. Amanda’s book is all about getting started with […]
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One of your duties as a blogger is to read other blogs. There are many reasons for this. It makes you a better writer, builds your online community, and also you learn things. At least one day per week, I take an extended stroll around the internet visiting my favorite blogs, and I try to regularly visit new ones as well. This week I found such cool stuff, I just had to share with my own blog readers. Usually I […]
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There are many pros and cons of home schooling, just as there are pros and cons to public and private schools. If you find yourself weighing the differences of which method of school you should do for your children, this list will help. I have revised my pros and cons lists to reflect my views now that I have 2 years of home-school under my belt as well, and our children have also attended 2 years at a private Christian […]
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