The Importance of Creating I Love You Signals for Your Children
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The Importance of Creating I Love You Signals for Your Children

I love you signals are a great way to connect with your child in a way other than verbally. In my experience, my child beams when they see me make our I love you sign from across the room. I want to encourage you to make up your own I love you sign language with…

5 Lessons Adults Can Learn From Toddlers
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5 Lessons Adults Can Learn From Toddlers

Call me crazy, but I do not believe in using negative language such as “Terrible Twos” or the “Terribler Threes” to describe toddlers.  Whatever you send into the universe must come back.  When you put a positive out, you will get a positive back.  Equally, when you put negative out, you will get a negative back. …

Bad Behavior Does NOT Mean Bad Kid
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Bad Behavior Does NOT Mean Bad Kid

What comes to mind when you think about a child having good behavior?  How about bad behavior?  You may visualize scenes that have played out in your own household when you believe your child has bad behavior.  Unfortunately, labeling children good kids or bad kids is very socially acceptable and part of our culture. If…

15 Simple Ways to Save Money In Order To Thrive on One Salary
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15 Simple Ways to Save Money In Order To Thrive on One Salary

Saving money does not have to be agonizing, and save money doesn’t have to be a “4 letter word” that you dread discussing. When we decided that I would be a Stay-At-Home-Mom, I honestly disliked the thought of scaling back on my spending.  I knew that there was nothing I wouldn’t try in order to get to stay…

25 Reasons All Children Should Be Listening to Music
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25 Reasons All Children Should Be Listening to Music

Children LOVE listening to music.  If there’s a child who doesn’t love music, then I’m going to argue that they haven’t met their hearts match where music genre is concerned Born to Dance Did you know that humans are born to dance?  Researchers have found that babies prefer to listen to the beat of music over…

5 Awesome Parenting Books That Totally Shifted the Way I Think About Parenting
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5 Awesome Parenting Books That Totally Shifted the Way I Think About Parenting

How many parenting books would you say you’ve read? Have any of them changed your parenting a great deal? I read a lot of parenting books.  I have a lot of Aha moments while reading, but there are some ideas that I make sure to tattoo onto my brain or tongue.  You know those sentences…

21 MORE Ways to Say I Love You to Your Child by Showing It
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21 MORE Ways to Say I Love You to Your Child by Showing It

A child who feels loved and cherished thrives.  Psychiatrist, Dr. Charles Raison said, “One generation of deeply loving parents would change the brains of the next generation, and with that, the world.”  With that in mind, I wanted to provide parents with a way to say I Love You to your child through your actions….

Weekend To Remember Review: Marriage Retreat ($100 Off Coupon)
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Weekend To Remember Review: Marriage Retreat ($100 Off Coupon)

This is an honest review of the Weekend To Remember Marriage Conference that is run by Family Life. After reading this article, you will know if the Weekend To Remember conference is for you and your partner or not. This conference changed our marriage for the better! Recently, I kept hearing an advertisement on the…

Help, I Need Childcare! (What to Look For)
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Help, I Need Childcare! (What to Look For)

When I first found out I was pregnant, I did not yet know that I was going to be a stay-at-home mom.  I taught at an elementary school, and my co-workers quickly warned me that I better start looking for childcare immediately. They explained to me about the waiting list at the good places and…