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valplowman

Valerie, also known as The Babywise Mom, is the mother to four children. She has been blogging on Babywise and general parenting since 2007. She has a degree in technical writing and loves using those skills to help parents be the best parents they can be! Read her book, The Babywise Mom Nap Guide, to get help on sleep from birth through the preschool years. You can also find her writing at Babywise.life, Today Parenting, and Her View From Home. Read more about Valerie and her family on the About page. Follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for more tips and helps.

Obedience Is Just the Beginning

July 16, 2024June 14, 2012 by valplowman
child giving okay sign in front of yellow wall

First time obedience is just the beginning step to helping your child learn and grow. When you get this down, you can move to bigger things! By Maureen Monfore, www.childwisechat.com In …

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Categories Discipline, First Time Obedience Tags Guest Post Leave a comment

No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk…Or Is There?

June 2, 2022June 13, 2012 by valplowman
spilled milk

No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk…Or Is There? Why I actually do get after my kids for spilling milk. Not every time–but there are moments. I am typically a very …

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Categories Discipline Tags in action 8 Comments

Importance of Teaching Kids to Accept Personal Responsibility

February 21, 2023June 12, 2012 by valplowman
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The Importance of Accepting Personal Responsibility. Why we need to own up to our mistakes, even if they were unintentional. I was recently reading my newspaper’s opinion section when I …

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Categories Moral Training Tags example, responsibility 9 Comments

Long-Term Goals You Should Set as a Parent

May 31, 2022June 7, 2012 by valplowman
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As parents, we should have long-term goals of things we plan to teach our children to do and things we want them to know. I am not much of a …

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Categories Parenting Tags goals, Parenting breakthrough 2 Comments

Train Your Child to Have Good Character (even if it is hard)

August 14, 2024June 4, 2012 by valplowman
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You should train your child to have good character–even if it is hard. This is how and this is why you need to do it! Children are different from each …

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Categories Childwise, Moral Training Tags character 2 Comments

Why You Need to Allow Kids to Make Mistakes

May 23, 2022May 31, 2012 by valplowman
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Mistakes are vital for kids to have learn how to be responsible and take control of their own lives. You need to allow mistakes to be made. As a society …

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Categories Consequences, Discipline Tags love and logic 5 Comments

Brayden Child Summary: 7 Years Old

May 23, 2022May 30, 2012 by valplowman
Brayden 7 years old with Valerie

7 year old life and daily schedule. Learn about this child’s daily schedule and how to handle things that come up with seven year olds. When I look over at …

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Categories Child Tags child summary 8 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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