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Advocating for Your Child at School – Tips for building a strong relationship with your child’s teacher

Colleen D 1 Comment

Advocating for Your Child at School – Tips for building a strong relationship with your child’s teacher

advocate [verb ad-vuh-keyt; noun ad-vuh-kit, -keyt] verb: to act as an advocate: a father who advocates for his disabled child. noun: a person who pleads for or in behalf of another; intercessor. Parenting a child from a hard place (any special needs child) is a … [Read more...]

Adoption, Parenting, Parenting How-Tos, Parenting Styles/Beliefs advocate, children, children from hard places, diversity, emotions, Family, feelings, kids, mothers, parenting, parents, school, special needs, teachers

Parenting While Grieving… tips from a mom who keeps failing, and showing up anyway

Erin 10 Comments

Parenting While Grieving… tips from a mom who keeps failing, and showing up anyway

My Grief Experience After a 2.5 year cancer journey, my mom passed away last fall. To say that it’s been a rough few months would be an understatement! I have put a lot of pressure on myself to navigate this season well, especially when it comes to how I help the kids process … [Read more...]

Parenting, Parenting How-Tos, Parenting Styles/Beliefs, Self-Care for Moms, Spirituality in Parenting children, children from hard places, emotions, Family, feelings, Grief, grieving, joy, mothers, parenting, parenting style, perseverance

It’s Not About the Boots!! – Tips for dealing when our kids [seemingly] try to manipulate us

Erin 1 Comment

It’s Not About the Boots!!  – Tips for dealing when our kids [seemingly] try to manipulate us

The Problem - Child's Behaviour that appears Manipulative: I was following a conversation online recently in which a mom was asking for advice. She wanted ideas for dealing with a child who kept asking for help with things that he was perfectly capable of doing himself. Since he … [Read more...]

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The Magic of Delighting in Our Children

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The Magic of Delighting in Our Children

“We can give real worth to another person by looking them in the eye and calling them by name.” ~James Paton, First Alliance Church, February 24/25, 2018 I went to see The Greatest Showman recently. I loved it! The music, the dancing, the adventure, the hope of overcoming … [Read more...]

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Hanukkah Lullaby by Ruth Abrams (babylullaby.ca) – book review

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Hanukkah Lullaby by Ruth Abrams (babylullaby.ca) – book review

  REVIEW OF THE BOOK: Hanukkah Lullaby* Author: Ruth Abrams Illustrator: Tia Mushka Published by: Baby Lullaby Released: 2015 Series: Baby Lullaby Books Ages: 0 - 4 It is also a Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens selection  Order from … [Read more...]

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