The “Perfect” Mother’s Day
All I asked for was some help planting flowers in the pots and flower beds in our yard, I ruminated. This was my honest answer to their question ...
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What Mums Really Want on Mother’s Day
We see it every year about this time: TV commercials pushing the latest jewellery trends, grocery stores full of boxed chocolates and local flower ...
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Keeping the castle safe: Home network protection and your kids
Criminals no longer need to break down the front door and walk into your house to have access to your bank accounts, medical records, even your ...
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Fun ways technology can connect you with family and friends
So – you’re stuck at home like the rest of us. Depending on your personality, you may be comfortable with that fact or on the verge of pulling ...
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4 ways to calm toddler tantrums
When my daughter Ava was 2 years old, she insisted on wearing a Snow White costume to the grocery store, the park and even to church. One day, I took ...
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Your kids can avoid negative thinking traps
Everyone stays up later than me!” If I make a mistake, they wont like me anymore.” I’ll never be good at _____.” If I had a dollar for every ...
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Good parents, prodigal kids
Arianna was heartsick over the immoral choices her adult son was making. She asked him where he saw Jesus in all of them. “I’m having to rethink ...
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Building Family Identity
My wife, Cathy, and I stared at each other in disbelief as our oldest daughter, Christy, told us she was running away. When she started packing her ...
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End the homework battle
“Do you have any homework tonight?” A simple question, yet it can spark what becomes a familiar argument throughout a child’s school years. ...
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5 positive effects reading has on child development
The Love of Story My four-year-old nephew and I have two things in common: we love volcanoes and books. Every time he comes over to our house, the ...
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Fun ways to bring kids and grandparents closer
How much can your kids tell you about Grandma and Grandpa? Do they know what Grandma or Grandpa did for a living? What about other special skills the ...
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Demonstrating steadfast love in parenting
What is Steadfast Love? Steadfast love. It’s a phrase we hear in parenting circles and in the church. In the Bible, this phrase is written 195 ...
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