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Helping Your Children Celebrate Christ This Christmas by Cortney Whiting
With the celebrations of Hanukkah, Kwanza, and Santa Claus, it is easy for many messages to be infiltrated into the true message of Christmas. Here are ten easy ways in which your family can remember...
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Strategies for Reducing Stress During the Holidays by Marianne Neifert
Remember that your own stress level and emotional state are readily transferred to your child. Lower your expectations for the “perfect” Christmas holiday and be prepared to “go with the flow” when...
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Christmas Break Training 101: Making Yours a Success by Erin MacPherson
source: seandereilinger We love the idea of using Christmas break as a time to “train” your kids. I wrote about sleep training my daughter during Christmas break in December‘s article “Sleep Tight.”...
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Merry Christmas! by William Summey
The Christmas season is upon us with all that entails: decorating, exams, church programs, holiday parties, shopping, family time, travel, delicious meals, and most importantly celebrating the birth...
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Special Needs and Resolutions by Ellen Stumbo
source: erjkprunczyk With the New Year here, it is time for me to think about resolutions. The thing is, having children with special needs has changed the way I look at these hopeful declarations of...
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Celebrating Valentine’s Day at Church by Christi McGuire
source: Premier Packaging Want to help the families in your church celebrate Valentine’s Day next week? Here are a few ideas. Youth Childcare Night. The youth group can utilize the church’s nursery,...
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Easter Crafts
Are you, like me, a parent of a craft-loving child? I have a 4-year-old who would “make art” all day long if I had the motivation, ideas, and supplies! All of the chicks and bunnies floating around in...
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Last-Minute Ideas for Easter Weekend
Use a playdough mountain to teach about the crucifixion and resurrection Make a resurrection garden Easter fruit tart resurrection rolls Do you have any Easter traditions with your kids?
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Mother’s Day Cards and Crafts
With Mother’s Day quickly approaching (it’s May 12!), you might want to guide your kids to make cards or small gifts for their moms and grandmothers. (Pssst, Dad, that means you.) Here are a few fun...
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Preparing for Advent
I know, I know. I don’t want to skip over Thanksgiving! I love it! But if you want to make a meaningful experience for your children this December, it might take some prepping. I wanted to share with...
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15 Unique Advent Calendars
December is creeping closer. I’ve already told you about two favorite Advent activities we try to do around here. But I also love Advent calendars, don’t you! We have a sweet little one with drawers...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving!
Here at ParentLife, we are so thankful for each and every one of you. This year, we want you to share with us what you are thankful for. Leave a comment here, or come visit us at our Facebook page.
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He Sets the Lonely in Families
My family moved to Richmond, Virginia, when I was 8 years old – quite far away from where my parents grew up and where all of our extended family lived. Dayton, Ohio, was a LONG trek now, and with two...
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5 Favorite Christmas Cookie Recipes
Do you still make cookies at Christmas? Fudge? Other family favorites? There is something in me that just feels like I MUST bake cookies in December. Two years ago – since I was pregnant last year – I...
View ArticleReal Life Solutions With Dr. Linda Mintle
1. Last Christmas, we were really surprised by how poorly our children behaved when we visited our families. I know they are toddlers, but they really acted up. We’d like to do a little prevention this...
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Wrapped Up with a … Oh Wait, I Forgot the Bow.
source: Bugs and Fishes I thought about doing something like this for my presents this year. Really, I did. Just about every year I try to convince myself that pretty wrapping matters, it will make...
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Christian Valentines
Valentine’s Day will be here before we know it. Despite my indifference toward the Hallmark holiday, my kids ADORE it. (Balance Time Day, according to my daughter at 2 years old.) I like to use their...
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Last-Minute Ideas for Valentine’s Day
Are you stuck at home in this snow? Our roads are actually not bad in Chattanooga, but it’s still a little gross outside and schools are canceled. Two of my kids and I were supposed to go to Atlanta to...
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Seeing, Hearing, Touching, Believing: Leading Your Children to Experience...
I bet many of our ParentLife readers have led their children through Truth in the Tinsel at Christmastime, haven’t you? It’s an ebook from our friend, blogger Amanda White, that helps you create an...
View ArticleGiveaway: The Jesus Film
Have you ever seen, The Jesus Film? Billions of people all over the world have! Did you know that it’s the most-watched film in history and has been translated into 1,197 different languages? Check out...
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