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responsibility

Don’t Be Your Child’s Scapegoat

April 27, 2020October 30, 2018 by valplowman
Mother and daughter sitting in a wheat field

Don’t Be Your Child’s Scapegoat. Tips to help your child learn to be responsible for self and stop blaming mom for mistakes. Hey mamas. I know. I know you want …

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Categories Motherhood Tags responsibility 2 Comments

How to Raise Independent and Responsible Children

June 22, 2021July 31, 2017 by valplowman
How to Raise Independent and Responsible Children

I have such a passion for helping children to be independent and personally responsible. I know that personally for me a huge part of my success as a person in …

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Categories Chores, Parenting Tags independence, responsibility Leave a comment

Should You Bail Your Child Out?

September 14, 2020February 21, 2017 by valplowman
Should You Bail Your Child Out? Click to read

  “Hi Mom,” came the timid voice on the other end of the line. “Hi sweetie, what’s up?” I responded. I knew what was up. She had forgotten something at …

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Categories Discipline Tags responsibility Leave a comment

How to Motivate Children to Clean Up After Themselves

September 28, 2020August 8, 2016 by valplowman

5 Cent Cleanup Plan {How to Motivate Children to Clean Up After Themselves} You know, I’d had it. I really felt like I spent the whole day, every day, walking …

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Getting Kids to Clean Their Own Messes

August 9, 2023September 4, 2013 by valplowman
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Get the tips for teaching your kids to clean up after themselves. They can clean up their own messes. Here is how you do that. There is no magic formula …

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Categories Chores Tags responsibility 3 Comments

In Efforts To Help, We Might Actually Hurt Our Kids

July 17, 2023August 14, 2013 by valplowman
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While we really want to protect our kids in every way, we have to start to relinquish control and let them make decisions. Ah parenthood. We start out with this …

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Categories Chores, Preteen Tags independence, responsibility, self-reliance 1 Comment

Importance of Teaching Kids to Accept Personal Responsibility

February 21, 2023June 12, 2012 by valplowman
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The Importance of Accepting Personal Responsibility. Why we need to own up to our mistakes, even if they were unintentional. I was recently reading my newspaper’s opinion section when I …

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Categories Moral Training Tags example, responsibility 9 Comments
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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