Momfulness

I have a list of life skills I want to teach my children before they leave the house for college and life as young adults. The list includes skills like cooking, cleaning, basic sewing, managing personal finances and personal care and grooming. If you’re interested in teaching your children how to be self-sufficient, read on for ideas to get started.- See more at: http://familyshare.com/play-house-how-to-get-your-kids-to-cook-clean-and-organize#sthash.47OSMoun.dpuf

Follow these tips to raise a healthy, happy child. Some tips may be hard work, others may come naturally, but after you've covered the ten bases, you can stop stressing about the rest and get on being a great parent and enjoying your child.

Help ease communication problems with your children by trying these fun and interesting questions for all ages!

Find out how to start teaching your kids about gratitude when they are young.

With unrealistic media images bombarding girls daily, find out how to boost your daughter's self-esteem.

Sometimes you don’t realize you have a temper till you have kids.
And then one night someone carves a pattern into the leather sofa. Or someone just  dumps a pencil sharpener out all over the floor.

What's the best cure for the summertime blues? How about outdoor education?  The backyard or local park are great places to soak up the sun and dive into a citizen science project or a quick environmental ed lesson. So if you know someone suffering from summer boredom, here are some hands-on, DIY outdoor education ideas that are great for kids.

My firstborn is a precocious little thing. She’s a yogini, belly dancer and amateur fairy catcher who aspires to play the tuba. Pushing four, she’s taught me almost as much as I've taught her.

Five tips for how parents can start fun conversations at home about empathy

What's the best parenting advice you've ever gotten? Read the top 3 entries from Parenting.com's recent contest, & share your own!

How to help your dhildren develop compassion

Raising children in today’s world is a challenge, especially when it comes to instilling a sense of compassion in a world that seems increasingly apathetic. Helping your kids learn the importance of helping and feeling genuine sympathy for others isn’t such a complex proposition, though, it’s only one that requires a strong investment of time and effort.

Does your child have an affinity for music? Do they enjoy creating buildings and cities with Legos? Are they strong mediators who work well in groups? What

Entitlement has been the topic of the summer for me as I deal with my own issuesas well as those of my young children. We live in an entitled society where "have it your way" has become a personal motto for most people and where "me first" isn't just something your two-year-old demands.

But as I have mentioned before, we don't deserve anything, and if we want to teach our children how to follow Christ, then that means lessons in self-denial, contentment, and living a life of humility--something we have to be intentional about. The world is only going to teach them the opposite.

I don't have all the answers. My kids beg for stuff every time we go to the store just like yours. I throw pity parties on a regular basis. But here are a few lessons I'm learning as a mom.

We cook, we clean, we may homeschool, take care of babies, and a lot of us run home businesses or work outside of the home. We are busy. When you have more than one child it can be difficult to find the time to spend quality time with each one individually.

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Good girl!  Good boy!  Good job!

Are those phrases a familiar part of your parenting repertoire?

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