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character

Building Good Character Traits in Ourselves

March 25, 2024August 20, 2015 by valplowman
Mom and daughter clapping hands while sitting on a bed

Get simple tips to help you develop the character traits you want to have. When you have strong character traits, your kids learn from you. What do you want to …

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Categories Moral Training Tags character, example 2 Comments

Teaching Children to Care for Possessions

May 7, 2019July 1, 2015 by valplowman

  Children can indeed be hard on their things. Some are naturally very careful and take good care of their things while others are naturally very hard on things. I …

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Categories Parenting Tags character, financial wisdom, respect Leave a comment

How to Teach Respect for Personal Property

November 19, 2024June 18, 2012 by valplowman
Five children lined up and smiling for the camera

How to Teach Respect for Personal Property. How to teach children to respect the property of others. We have recently been talking about teaching virtues to children. We talked about …

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Categories Childwise, Moral Training Tags character, respect 1 Comment

Train Your Child to Have Good Character (even if it is hard)

August 14, 2024June 4, 2012 by valplowman
child giving a thumbs up

You should train your child to have good character–even if it is hard. This is how and this is why you need to do it! Children are different from each …

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Categories Childwise, Moral Training Tags character 2 Comments

Teaching Children that Other People Count

September 23, 2021September 26, 2011 by valplowman
Dad and daughter

Why we parents need to teach our children that other people count and tips for how to do so. Childwise Principle #6 in On Becoming Childwise is “Other People Count” (page 70). …

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Teaching Your Kids to Have Charity

August 23, 2021August 24, 2011 by valplowman
Child making a heart with hands

Get 5 actionable steps you can take to teach your children over time to have charity for others. These are simple to do. How do you teach your kids to …

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Categories Moral Training Tags character, love, patience, virtues 3 Comments

How to Teach Children to Have Character

May 5, 2020August 22, 2008 by valplowman
How to teach children to have character. Tips from the book On Becoming Childwise to help you develop character in your child and why you should care about character training. 

How to teach children to have character. Tips from the book On Becoming Childwise to help you develop character in your child and why you should care about character training. 

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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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    It’s Okay If Your Baby Sleeps “Only” 10 Hours at Night

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    How to Dress Your Child for Better Sleep: Finding the Optimal Temperature

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