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Marriage: “Just Hang In There”

April 28, 2025April 15, 2015 by valplowman
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Marriage: “Just Hang In There”. Marriage advice from a couple married for 70 years. Life isn’t always easy and perfect. You often have to just hang on. Shortly before my …

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Categories Marriage Tags love 1 Comment

How and Why of Knowing Our Children’s Love Languages

September 22, 2021January 29, 2015 by valplowman
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The How and Why of Knowing Our Children’s Love Languages. How to figure out what your kids’ love languages are and why you should do so. How to Know Your …

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Categories Parenting Tags love, love language 2 Comments

How To Meet the Needs of Each Child

April 24, 2023May 6, 2013 by valplowman

How to make sure you are meeting the needs of each of your kids when you have multiple children. 8 actionable tips you can use to make sure each child …

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Categories Siblings Tags love, one-on-one time 12 Comments

Love and Logic Magic: Using Empathy for Discipline

February 14, 2022February 16, 2012 by valplowman
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How empathy is actually a very powerful parenting tool. Learn how to add this into your discipline methods for amazing results. Let’s take a moment to imagine something. Imagine you …

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Categories Discipline Tags love, love and logic 8 Comments

How to Respond to Challenges in Marriage

October 1, 2021October 5, 2011 by valplowman
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How to Respond to Challenges in Marriage. What to do when difficulties arise. Great marriage advice that is simple but very effective. If normal life didn’t snap you out of your …

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Categories Marriage Tags communication, love 4 Comments

Teaching Your Kids to Have Charity

August 23, 2021August 24, 2011 by valplowman
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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

Ideas for Nurturing Love and Friendship in Marriage

April 12, 2021April 20, 2011 by valplowman
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How to develop Love and Friendship in Marriage. Four tips to foster and keep love and friendship alive in your marriage. You know I always give it to you straight, right? …

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Categories Marriage Tags love 2 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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