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5 Mom Lessons You Can Learn from Little League Coaches

1. Tune in and take time. As a coach you must tune in to the emotions of your players. Take the time to talk to your child. 2. Expect kids are not little adults. Remember they are just learning the game of life and expect errors. 3. Play loose. A good coach, and a good mom, helps kids keep challenges and competitions in perspective by not putting pressure on them to win at all costs. 4. Have fun. If we can get our kids to play loose, we have to follow suit and remember to have fun with our kids. 5. Win or lose… A good coach will treat his team the same way in victory or defeat.

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Sibling Kindness Can Be A Reality

For all you moms with multiples this is a dream printable. The Glowing Words Printable/Jar will help you coach your child in kindness in a way that is positive and inspiring. Cuddle up every night and let your child choose a glowing word kindness card from their glowing jar. Soon your child’s words will glow like the jar and the sibling harmony in your house will put a glow on your face. Dreams do come true. You can find the Glowing Words printable and instructions on how to make the Glowing Words Jar here.

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Forgiveness Lessons for Kids

Your children will mimic exactly what they see. Your role as parent is to lead by example. In this case, you are called to practice forgiveness instead of walking away angry from situations. Remember these guidelines to keep the practice of forgiveness alive and well in your family. 1. Show forgiveness to your children 2. Model forgiveness in your marriage 3. Practice forgiveness in community and school relationships 4. Show forgiveness in extended family relationships

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How to Balance Your Helicopter Tendencies

I saw a very funny skit on helicopter parents. At the time I laughed, even though the skit kind of convicted me about a couple of things I do for my kids. Days later I started to get annoyed because my laughter had turned to paranoia. Was I a helicopter mom? What exactly is a helicopter parent? Wikipedia says: Helicopter parent is a colloquial, early 21st-century term for a parent who pays extremely close attention to his or her child’s or children’s experiences and problems, particularly at educational institutions. OK, so is this a bad thing? I guess the push-it-over-the-edge word in the helicopter definition is extremely. I felt some relief about that – I must not be a helicopter mom. Because of my schedule, I don’t have time to do anything to the extreme. I do, however, pay close attention to my children’s experiences and problems. The helicopter mom definition led me to another question. Why isn’t there a name for the opposite kind of mom? That’s a much bigger problem in my opinion. So here is my colloquial, early 21st-century term for a mom who doesn’t care – Submarine Mom. Submarine mom is a term for a parent who doesn’t …

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How You Can Prepare To Help Your Child In School

If you want to be prepared to to help your child do well in school, it is important that you have good relationships with all of the people who intersect with your child’s life at school and after school. They will help you prepare a plan for your child by guiding you with information about your child’s development and behavior. Here are some examples of people with whom you should have sound relationships, as well as a few tricks you can use to put yourself in a position to interact with them if you are not overtly social: 1. The parents of your child’s friends. One way to get to know other parents is to offer to drive for the car pool to movies or play dates. Call ahead of time and chat about the arrangements. Then, when you pick up a child, get out of the car, go to the door, and introduce yourself to the parents. Every mother loves to hear compliments about her child, so when you return, let her know if her son or daughter was polite and you will have a friend in her before you know it. 2. Teachers. Volunteer in the classroom, go to every conference and open house, attend class performances, chaperone on field trips, and join the PTA. Every …

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It’s What A Mom Must Do: Poop Clean Up!

I met Chrystal a year ago. Her father, Tony Evans, was the speaker at our Family First Dinner and Awards. Her sister, Priscilla Shirer, was also there to receive the iMOM award and her brother Anthony Evans sang. Amazing family! That night each of them had a memorable take-away for me, but it was Chrystal that I was most drawn to. For some reason God opened a door in the over-scheduled evening for a few moments to really talk. A few moments is all you need because Chrystal is real, warm and one of those moms that I know, without a doubt, would be a sweet friend if she lived in Tampa. Like me, Chrystal is a mom of 5 and was happily living the anonymous mommy life when she was led to write, Kingdom Woman, with her dad. We have traded several messages about that craziness–writing, working and kids! I started the book this morning and she had me from the first line. I expected no less we are kindred moms for sure. Here is a taste of this real woman, a real mom, dealing with a very real toddler problem–poop! By Chrystal Evans Hurst When my middle son, Kanaan …

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Do You Have A Plan For Your Child?

No matter where your parenting path takes you, you must know that you would not have been given the privilege if you were not up to the responsibility. And that responsibility includes having a plan for the life of your child. Without a plan you are leaving your child to chance. According to author and former chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers Michael Hyatt, few of us have a plan for our own lives. How much less do we plan our children’s? I have met very few people who have a plan for their lives. Most are passive spectators, watching their lives unfold a day at a time. They may plan their careers, the building of a new home, or even a vacation. But it never occurs to them to plan their life. As a result, many end up discouraged and disillusioned, wondering where they went wrong. We could say the same thing about our children’s lives: I have met very few moms who

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How To Know When Your Child Is Ready To Make Choices

Choices–lots of choices. Too many choices. I get confused by the multitude of choices, so kids must be uber confused! Whether your child is 5, 10 or 15 years old they will be required to learn to choose and choose well from the oodles of options surrounding them. No child will escape the forceful that will daily demand that they choose and so every child must learn to make wise choices on the path to adulthood. Little children make little choices and are rewarded by being given bigger choices. The problem arises when little children are given the opportunity to make big choices or lots of choices—or worse, they contest a choice their mothers have already made. Here’s an example: MOM: Honey, we’re going to the zoo, so please put your sneakers on. CHILD: I don’t want to wear my sneakers. I want to wear my sparkle shoes. MOM: But we’ll be walking a lot, and your tennis shoes are comfy. CHILD: So are my sparkle shoes. MOM: I don’t think they are . . . and we need to go. CHILD: But, Mommy! MOM: Okay, okay. If you think you will be okay, wear them. Two things could happen here. On the one hand, the child may end up …

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Love Your Child By Praying For Them

It happens more than I would like. I shift from praying for my kids and trusting God for every aspect of their lives out of my control to worrying as if I alone can do something about it. I always end up shifting back. I want to enjoy my children before they are grown. Worry kills the joy. So I shift back and pray. Prayer is guaranteed panic prevention. Prayer allows me to let go and enjoy parenting. Some of you may be thinking there has to be another way. Prayer is so inconclusive—I can do this. I can figure out something more concrete.

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