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Painting a Wall: A Parenting Experience | Parenting By The Minute

Painting a Wall: A Parenting Experience | Parenting By The Minute

A Parenting Masterpiece I’m a big fan of colored paint.  After a friend “converted” me to the world of color, white walls seem naked to me somehow. A can of paint is one of the quickest, cheapest ways to give a room an entirely new look and feel. A couple of the walls in our [...]

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Is Montessori too Unstructured for Today’s World?

In my deliberations about homeschool, I received some feedback on a Facebook post about using a Montessori Curriculm (which tends to be less structured than traditional schooling and lets the child lead the teaching by their current interests) to teach my boys.

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Fun Holiday Crafts for You and the Kids: Marshmallow Igloos

Fun Holiday Crafts for You and the Kids: Marshmallow Igloos

Learn how to make a marshmallow igloo with your kids. This is a fun and super-easy project to do together.

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Back to School: Focus on What They Do Best

Back to School: Focus on What They Do Best

Are you teaching your child to be mediocre in their weaknesses or strong in their strengths?

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Should You Keep Your Kid Out of Kindergarten?

Should You Keep Your Kid Out of Kindergarten?

Should you delay kindergarten for your child?

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Lord of the Flies: One SAHM’s War Against Wings

Lord of the Flies: One SAHM’s War Against Wings

One SAHM’s battle against flies and the 60 Second lessons she was able to teach her kids about these wing-ed creatures.

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How to Build Self-Esteem in Your Kids: Part 5

How to Build Self-Esteem in Your Kids: Part 5

“I CAN is 100 times more important than IQ” Book Smarts Aren’t the Only Way to Measure Intelligence One of the major flaws in our public education system today (at least in my humble opinion) is the focus on standardized test scores.  A child’s level of intelligence is NOT determined by how well or how [...]

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Positive Parenting Recommends: Inspirational Children’s Book “How Big is God”

Positive Parenting Recommends: Inspirational Children’s Book “How Big is God”

How do you explain God to a young child? Find out in this inspirational children’s book, “How Big is God?”

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Raising Children: Questions, Questions, Questions

Raising Children: Questions, Questions, Questions

What do you do when you feel like you are going insane because your child asks you question after question after question?

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Positive Parenting: Why Baby Talk is Detrimental to Your Child’s Well-Being

Positive Parenting: Why Baby Talk is Detrimental to Your Child’s Well-Being

Is teaching your child to use “baby talk” harmful to their well-being?

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