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How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby

June 6, 2022July 31, 2012 by valplowman
How to Prep Siblings For a New Baby

How to Prepare for a New Baby: Establish Independence in Children. How to get siblings prepared for a new baby. I think a concern we have as we bring a …

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Categories Pregnancy, Siblings Tags baby prep 5 Comments

How to Overcome Mom Guilt When Pregnant

June 27, 2022July 9, 2012 by valplowman
How to Overcome Mom Guilt When Pregnant. Tips for accepting life as is when you are pregnant and have other children to take care of and not taking on more than you can.

How to Overcome Mom Guilt When Pregnant. Tips for accepting life as is when you are pregnant and have other children to take care of and not taking on more than you …

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Categories Pregnancy Tags perspective 19 Comments

Adding Freedom and Responsibility for School-Aged Kids

March 12, 2025June 25, 2012 by valplowman
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Should You Control the Environment for Your Children. What you should try to control and what you should let go. I have talked about Controlling Environment for Toddlers. Last month, I …

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Categories Child, Childwise, Funnel, Parenting Tags freedoms Leave a comment

Good Sacrifice vs. Foolish Sacrifice in Parenting

June 6, 2022June 20, 2012 by valplowman
Good Sacrifice vs. Foolish Sacrifice in Parenting. Understanding when you should make sacrifices and when you should let things go.

Good Sacrifice vs. Foolish Sacrifice in Parenting. Understanding when you should make sacrifices and when you should let things go. I think as women, we can easily get caught up …

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Categories Motherhood 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

It Mattered To Me…the Power of a Teacher

May 23, 2022May 29, 2012 by valplowman
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The powerful influence a teacher can have on the life of a student. We all have the power to make a huge difference with small effort. As people, and I …

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Categories Parenting Tags word to the weary 8 Comments

Learn to Love Our Chores at Home

May 16, 2022May 23, 2012 by valplowman
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As hard as it is to enjoy chores at home, they never end. We will be happier if we can learn to be content in them. Have I ever mentioned …

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Categories Motherhood Tags work ethic 16 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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