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Discipline

Learn effective ways to discipline your children. You can start discipline as young as with your baby! Learn tips for correcting and training children of all ages, from baby through teen years. Get a solid foundation from my post Discipline 101: The Basics of Correcting Children. Read all about my Discipline Phrases to be prepared to respond to children when they misbehave. You can read up on consequences and find different discipline methods.

How to Correct Your Preteen

September 4, 2024July 10, 2017 by valplowman
Brayden as a preteen

As soon as your child enters the age for a preteen, the way you correct or discipline that child starts to shift a bit. You both can feel things changing, …

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Categories Discipline, Preteen Tags BFBN 2 Comments

Why I Don’t Let My Children Fight

June 11, 2026June 26, 2017 by valplowman
Why I don't let my children fight

Siblings fight, right? That is to be expected. The question is, how much is normal, and when has the fighting gone too far? The even bigger question, as a parent, …

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Categories Discipline, Siblings Tags fighting 1 Comment

How to Respond to Siblings Fighting

June 11, 2026May 1, 2017 by valplowman
How to Respond to Siblings Fighting

When your children fight, you might not know how to best respond. You don’t want to create bitterness among the siblings. You also want them to learn to solve problems …

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Categories Discipline, Siblings Tags fighting, siblings without rivalry book, tattling Leave a comment

How I Learned The Value of Forgiveness

September 14, 2020March 29, 2017 by valplowman
How I learned the value of forgiveness

  Although it can be confusing at times that the date of Easter shifts around so much from year to year, something I love about that fact is that it …

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Categories Moral Training Tags #PrinceofPeace, forgiveness Leave a comment

Disciple Delay Tactics {BFBN Discipline Week}

September 14, 2020March 10, 2017 by valplowman
Discipline delay tactics

  ” “I’m going to count to three! One….two….three….four…“ “If you don’t come here right now, you’re going to get a spanking!” “You don’t want to come? Okay, I’m leaving …

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How I Discipline Without Spanking

July 18, 2023March 6, 2017 by valplowman
How I discipline without spanking

I am not afraid to say that my children are very well behaved. Oh sure, they make mistakes. They do things they shouldn’t. Most of the time, however, they are …

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Should You Bail Your Child Out?

September 14, 2020February 21, 2017 by valplowman
Should You Bail Your Child Out? Click to read

  “Hi Mom,” came the timid voice on the other end of the line. “Hi sweetie, what’s up?” I responded. I knew what was up. She had forgotten something at …

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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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