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Read different posts targeted at different age ranges of children. Get help on raising babies, raising pretoddlers, raising toddlers, raising preschoolers, raising children, raising tweens, and raising teenagers.

Brinley Child Summary: 7.5 Years Old

May 21, 2020February 18, 2020 by valplowman
7.5 year old Brinley

Find out what life is like for this 7.5 year old girl who was raised on Babywise. See her daily life, activities she is involved in, and her daily schedule. …

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I’m Sorry vs. Please Forgive Me: Helping Kids Apologize

February 12, 2020 by valplowman
Mother consoling her sad daughter as they sit on a bed

Learn two great phrases to help kids apologize and distinguish between intentional harm and accidents. Why kids should apologize even for accidents. It isn’t easy to apologize. It takes a …

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Categories Moral Training, Preschoolwise Tags forgiveness 14 Comments

Kaitlyn Preteen Summary: 12.75 Years Old

May 15, 2025February 4, 2020 by valplowman
Kaitlyn in a green dress in front of a Christmas tree

12.75 year old tween girl information and helps. See all about her daily life as a preteen girl and get the tween schedule.  This is a summary for Kaitlyn from …

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Categories Preteen Tags Preteen Summary 4 Comments

12 Chores Your Toddler Can Actually Do

June 16, 2026February 3, 2020 by valplowman
Toddler doing chores

Are you looking for some chores your toddler can do? Do you love the idea of your toddler learning to do chores, but you aren’t sure what she CAN do? …

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Categories Chores, Toddler Tags chores by age 2 Comments

Using Encouragement as a Discipline Tool

January 18, 2023January 23, 2020 by valplowman
Mom encouraging her daughter

There are many ways to discipline, or correct, a child, and encouragement is one of those! Read all about how to use encouragement as discipline in this post. Did you …

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Categories Discipline Methods, Pretoddler, Pretoddlerwise Tags attitude, prevention 4 Comments

McKenna Preteen Summary: 10.75 Years Old

June 21, 2023January 8, 2020 by valplowman
McKenna at 10.75 years old

Daily life and schedule for a 10 year old tween girl. Learn about common concerns that come up with the preteen age group. This is a summary for McKenna from …

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Categories Preteen Tags Preteen Summary 2 Comments

How to Help Preschoolers Work Through Their Fears

December 12, 2019 by valplowman
Scared preschooler talking with her mom

Tips to help preschoolers work through their fears and learn to overcome those fears. Learn what to do and what not to do as a parent. Children get scared. It …

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Categories Night Sleep, Preschooler, Preschoolwise Tags imagination, night terrors, nightmares 13 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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