What you do as a mum matters
I recently encountered a young woman online who wrote about her dream to someday be a mother. She reflected that, these days, a dream of raising ...
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Are you kind to your kids?
A friend once asked me if I thought I was a kind parent. At first, I wasn’t clear on what he meant. Loving? I show my kids love every day. ...
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The wise step-mum
“When I got married a year ago, I had the dream of being a terrific wife to my husband and a godly influence to his 6 and 8 year-old,” the young ...
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Why kids need mean mums
I tried to slip out the door, but Mum intercepted my exit. “Sweetheart, what are you wearing?” “Just black pants,” I said. “Did you paint ...
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Mothering when life gets hard
My husband had, countless times in his sermons, challenged me with the question, What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness? My life often ...
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Balancing work and family life
Futurists of the 1960's predicted that by the 21st century we’d have one wage earner per family working only 20 hours a week. Modern reality, ...
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A Wife and Mother’s Role
Previous article in this series Conquering communication It wasn’t until our second child was born that we realised how different raising her was ...
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Caring for children and elderly parents simultaneously
Question: Should we be considering the possibility of taking my ageing mother into our home while we're still in the process of raising three kids? ...
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6 things my children are teaching me
I’m currently enrolled in the hardest class of my life. The teacher? My daughter, Abigail. My mother always said that children end up teaching you ...
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Stress busters for Mums
I revved the engine of the minivan, anxious to get home. Ethan, then a preschooler, was telling me in no uncertain terms, "I have to go number ...
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Equipping Your Teen with Character
Why do today's teens answer the question, "What is character?" with good looking? Since when did physical appearance become a character ...
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Single Mums
Single mums are often clumped into one statistical group. While many similarities exist among single mums, they also tend to have vast differences ...
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