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Family

Learn how to manage the sibling relationship and help your children love each other. Get tips on strengthening your marriage and learn why that helps establish a strong family. Get travel tips and tips on managing extracurriculars so you can forge a strong family culture. And of course, don’t forget the pets!

Surviving Traveling with Children

December 24, 2024October 1, 2014 by valplowman

Get the tips you need for traveling with kids. Get packing tips, driving with kids, flying with kids, and staying in hotels with kids. The holidays are coming up and …

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Categories Traveling Tags Surviving 2 Comments

Tips to Do Family Scripture Study

September 16, 2024September 17, 2014 by valplowman
Scriptures open and page being turned

Get the tips you need to be successful at doing family scripture study with your kids each day. You will also find the benefits of making this effort. I believe …

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Categories Family Tags family time, scriptures 4 Comments

Poll Results: Adding Baby to Family and Sibling Dynamics

May 14, 2019July 23, 2014 by valplowman

  Here are the results for the poll on dynamics with a new baby and the older children.   How old was your child when the new baby came? 15-18 …

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Tips for Camping with Children

October 13, 2021June 26, 2014 by valplowman

Camping is pretty much our family’s favorite thing to do. It is a great vacation with young children. It is inexpensive and really relaxed. There are a lot of amazing …

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Categories Summer, Traveling Tags BFBN, camping 10 Comments

How to Manage Performance Nerves

May 20, 2024May 8, 2014 by valplowman
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Get 9 tips to help you or your child overcome performance nerves. It can be scary to perform. These tips can help you relax and perform well. A little over …

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Balancing Household Responsibilities with Family Time

March 28, 2024April 9, 2014 by valplowman
Balancing Household Responsibilities with Family Time

For me, one of the hardest things to figure out as a parent is the balance of taking care of my house and taking care of my family. I have …

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Making Hand-Me-Downs Work in Any Season

March 8, 2024March 6, 2014 by valplowman
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How to use your hand-me-downs even if the seasons do not match up perfectly. Save money by using hand-me-downs for your kids. When I was in my third trimester with …

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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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