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Age-Appropriate 8 Year Old Chores

July 16, 2025February 6, 2023 by valplowman
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Chores Your 8 Year Old Can Do. A complete list of chore ideas that your child can learn to do when your child is eight years old. Find out what chores …

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Categories Child, Chores Tags Child Age Range, chores by age Leave a comment

Cell Phone Rules for Teens and Tweens

August 4, 2026November 7, 2022 by valplowman
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As you get your tween or teen a cell phone, establish rules about where they can be used, rules for before and after school, expectations at school, rules for apps, …

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Categories Preteen, Technology, Teens 4 Comments

Handling Explosions in Emotionally Intense Kids

October 17, 2022 by valplowman
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How to help an emotionally intense child prevent and manage emotional outbursts. Understand what steps you can take to avoid the outburst and how to best handle the outbursts when …

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Categories Discipline, Gifted Tags emotions Leave a comment

Hospital Packing List for Mom, Dad, and Baby

August 31, 2022 by valplowman

The must-have items to pack for your delivery. Everything to pack for mom, dad, and the baby! Hospital Packing List for mom, baby, and dad. Know what to pack to …

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Categories Pregnancy Tags postpartum 17 Comments

Technology Rules for Teens

October 1, 2025August 29, 2022 by valplowman
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Rules you should set for your teens for technology use. Set up tech rules and boundaries to keep your teen safe. Parenting in the teen years presents many challenges. Teenagers …

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Categories Technology, Teens Tags television 2 Comments

Extroverts and Introverts: How it Affects Giftedness

August 17, 2022 by valplowman
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How extroversion and introversion affect gifted students. Find out how your child will feel and behave at school and how you can help. As a parent, we understand things our …

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Managing Emotions When Your Kids Drive You Crazy

August 10, 2022 by valplowman
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5 actionable tips for parents to be able to manage their emotions when kids are hard. Advice from a family therapist and triplet mom! by Jessica Hayes Every mom has …

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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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Schedules and Sleep

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    How To Keep Sleep Consistent When Days are Longer

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