Family

How do you celebrate the holidays?

I want to be more intentional about our holidays. We have a lot of fun “commercial” traditions for Thanksgiving and Christmas (which there is nothing wrong with – and I plan to continue doing!), but not so many traditions that involve us helping or serving others, or that take time for us to think about …

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Kids

How do you get a strong-willed kid to try new foods?

I want to publicly apologize to all the parents out there with kids who will only eat three or four types of food. I confess I have judged you, and I was wrong to do it. I have wondered why you don’t have more concern for your child’s health. I have wondered why you didn’t …

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Kids

How do you get your kids to let go of old toys?

Have you had any success in this area? Because in my nine years of being a mom, I definitely have not! Well, technically, I did get my oldest daughter to agree to sell some of her stuff at our yard sale earlier this summer. By stuff I mean several plastic rings she had saved off …

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