According to a 2016 TODAY survey of 7,000 U.S. mothers, "42 percent said that they sometimes suffer from Pinterest stress – the worry that they’re not crafty or creative enough. Symptoms include staying up until 3 a.m. clicking through photos of exquisite hand-made birthday party favors even though you’ll end up buying yours at the dollar store, or ...
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No Stress Thanksgiving Ideas
Sometime I feel sorry for Thanksgiving. The poor holiday becomes an afterthought to its more-popular sibling, Christmas. But yet I wonder if the popularity and busyness of Christmas is a trick of the enemy to keep gratitude from being our focus. The Bible is filled with verses such as this one reminding of us of the ...
Thanksgiving Gratitude Rolls
I first saw a few years ago the idea of Gratitude Rolls on Pinterest. Of course I pinned the idea loving the possibility of this tradition. But as Thanksgiving approached that year I realized this idea was everywhere, from the local newspaper to blogs. I'm unsure how I missed this idea for so many years, but thankful as this has ...
What’s a Christian Family to Do with Halloween?
What's a Christian Family to Do with Halloween? ...
The Changes You’ve Asked For!
Monday is not the typical day to receive a blog update, but the info is so exciting it can't wait until Tuesday! Ask users what makes the ABCJesusLovesMe Preschool Curriculum extra special and many will say the community and support. And it's understandable because when you decide to use ABCJLM with your child or students, you don't walk ...
How to Read to Your Child {Review}
Talk to any elementary school teacher and they will agree that the best thing you can do with your child to prepare them for school is read to them. And then, read some more. But what does reading to your child look like? Birth to 3 Years of Age During these formative years it is important to introduce the child to a plethora of quality ...
Stop the Lying!
A reader asked... Any good ideas for dealing with lying? That's a tough one. Lying is a common issue with most preschoolers. Some even believe it is an important part of their development. Here are several reasons why preschoolers lie according to this source at BabyCenter: • Forgetfulness. • Wishful thinking. • An active ...
Help! My Child is a Perfectionist
Isn't it interesting that for every parent who has a slow or sluggish child, there is another with a child who is a perfectionist. While one would think a perfectionist would be breeze to raise, there are great challenges in directing children who put extreme pressure and high demands on themselves. Since balance is the goal of parenting, here ...
Answering Tough Questions from Your Kids
In our house it starts with, "Mommy, can I please talk to you about something 'portant." What follows is a deep, intellectual question that causes me to check the child's birth certificate to insure the child's actual age. And if you think these tough questions begin at puberty, you have a big surprise coming. Starting at the age of three, our ...
Ideas to Create Kindness in Your Children
Anytime we have a moment to sit and wait in the car I read from a chapter book. Right now it happens to be The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. It is a very interesting story about a China rabbit who doesn't know how to love. He is tossed into a multitude of situations until he has no choice but to love those he comes in ...