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goals

How To Use a Vision Board to Help Kids Set Goals

December 19, 2019 by valplowman
Vision board example

A vision board is quite effective in helping children set goals and achieve goals. This post outlines why and how to do it. When it comes to goals, the setting …

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4 Reasons You Really SHOULD Set Goals

January 6, 2025December 22, 2016 by valplowman
Woman setting goals at a bulletin board

Goals may seem scary because you might fail, but if you don’t set any goals, you DEFINITELY won’t make any of that progress. Here is some motivation for you to …

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Resolutions Parents Should Make that Matter

December 30, 2024January 7, 2015 by valplowman

Get 7 categories of ideas for setting your New Year’s Resolutions this year. As parents, we should be making goals to continue to improve and grow! Here we are, one …

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Goal Tips: How to Be Successful

January 29, 2024January 6, 2014 by valplowman
An open notebook with the word Goals written arcoss the top of the page and numbers listed.

Get tips on how to set goals and be successful in meeting them. You have to do more than just set a goal. I sat down all ready to write …

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Long-Term Goals You Should Set as a Parent

May 31, 2022June 7, 2012 by valplowman
parents with their kids making a plan

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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Tips for Making and Achieving Goals

January 3, 2022January 3, 2012 by valplowman
Setting goals

Have success with your goal-setting this year! Find out how to overcome failure and reach your goals that you want to set. It is that time of year again! The …

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Book Review: The Parenting Breakthrough

April 13, 2020April 15, 2010 by valplowman
Mom reading The Parenting Breakthrough by Merrilee Boyack

What you need to know about the book The Parenting Breakthrough by Merrilee Boyack to know if you should read it or not. I have mentioned The Parenting Breakthrough by …

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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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