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What are important skills to teach teenagers?
These two are not unrelated. If the teenager feels loved, then he/she has a much better opportunity of learning how to handle anger in a positive way. However, if the teenager’s love tank is empty, the teenager will almost certainly handle anger poorly. Love and anger go hand in hand because they are two of […]
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Non-toxic, what does it mean?
Every single product from the Wellness Shop is non-toxic, derived from plants, clean for your home and the environment. The basic definition of “non-toxic” is not poisonous. Meaning if you or anyone in your family were to ingest any of the products, you/they, would not die. Yes, you’d probably get a tummy ache but death […]
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Allow your toddler to do dangerous things carefully
What does it mean for a child to “do dangerous things carefully?” This refers to when your child is figuring out an obstacle on their own. Maybe your toddler is trying to get on the counter to get their sippy cup and you’re not around. So they push the chair over to the counter to […]
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Self-Awareness and Parenting
In order to effectively parent, you have to have a great deal of self-awareness. We as parents have to recognize when our limits are about to be tested and find a way to assert our limits. You set your limits and affirm them with kindness and clarity. If we let a situation build up, and […]
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Taking time away from your children
You might wonder, “is it normal for mom’s to miss their life before they had children?” The answer is, YES. This forced notion of needing to be with your children 24/7 and being totally enthralled with the life you have with them, isn’t realistic. You will find some women along the way who are like […]
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An interesting perspective of a life lesson
🐮 COWS DON’T GIVE MILK A father used to say to his children when they were young: —When you all reach the age of 12, I will tell you the secret of life. One day when the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what the secret of life was. The father replied that he […]
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It is not a race
I’m impatient. I move fast and love things done now. I have a dream and wish it came true last weekend. I get an idea and want it realized tomorrow. But life’s not like that, is it? My goal is to get back to when I felt happy with my body; where my body felt […]
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The 9 Year Change
Congratulations! You made it through 8 years of parenting, that’s a true accomplishment. All this trials and tribulations you and your child went through were all building block for coming attractions. Welcome to the first new ride after 8, this is what we in the child development world like to call “The 9 Year Change.” […]
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Marriage in a nutshell
Marriage is beautiful, messy, complicated, stressful, heartfelt, satisfying, adventurous and courageous, to say the least. What’s the goal? To make it to the “end” with your beloved. That’s not to say there won’t be some major road bumps along the way. Marriage takes a lot of work and unfortunately, there isn’t a handbook for it […]
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On Any Given Day…
On any given day as a parent, do you feel over it? When you realize parenting is a lot harder than you thought it would be. And the parenting aspect of being a Mom/Dad really isn’t that fun. Sometimes you think back to the times of before you had kids…and miss it. This is your […]