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7 Chores Your Six Year Old Can Do

July 16, 2025October 14, 2020 by valplowman
6 year old doing chores

Chores Your Six Year Old Can Do. A list of chore ideas that your child can learn to do when your child is 6 years old.  Having a child who …

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How To Show Your Child Love Through Quality Time

September 22, 2021September 28, 2020 by valplowman
Mom and daughter spending time together

23 ideas for spending quality time with your kiddos. Learn ways to spend meaningful time with your children. The Book The Five Love Languages of Children by Chapman and Campbell …

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Categories Parenting Tags love language, one-on-one time 8 Comments

10 Chores Your Five Year Old Can Do

July 16, 2025September 21, 2020 by valplowman
5 year old chores

Looking for some age-appropriate chores for your 5 year old? Read this post to find a list of chores your child can do and get your chore cards and chore …

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Dos and Don’ts When Caring for Twins

August 27, 2020August 5, 2020 by valplowman
twin babies

Tips to know what to do to care for your twins. 4 valuable tips to be able to care for your twins. While there’s truly nothing as beautiful as becoming …

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How To Keep Your Kids Quiet at Church

August 3, 2020 by valplowman
Family at church

Find out the 5 secrets to keeping children quiet during your church service. Know what you can do to keep your kids still and quiet at church. Being at church …

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Understanding the Middle Child–Why They are Balanced

September 8, 2021June 30, 2020 by valplowman
McKenna who is a middle child

A middle child can be somewhat of an enigma. Learn common characteristics of middle children and why they are so amazing! There are lots of stereotypes out there on the …

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Categories Parenting Tags birth order, leman, middle-child 4 Comments

My Journey to Health and Self Advocacy: Part 1

June 17, 2020 by valplowman
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The path one mom took to figure out what was wrong with her health and how she is advocating for herself and addressing those health problems. By Alyssa Hulme This …

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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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