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What is Hygge? And Why You Need It.

What does hygge mean and why is it essential for achieving balance in motherhood?

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jessica}   As the New Year began, I mulled over what I wanted my “word of the year” to be. I finally found it. Maybe I should say it has finally found me. My goal for this year was to … [Read more...]

Discipline Strategies for Kids Under Six

Discipline strategies for kids under six. These make sense to kids and encourage positive behavior.

  Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Lisa} Helping my children work through defiance is one of the top five stresses of being a Stay At Home Mom. Discipline is important work and somedays my approach goes well and other … [Read more...]

Teaching Children Self-Discipline

Teaching children self-discipline. Parenting tips and a unique activity for one-on-one time.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Genesis Bows. All opinions are 100% mine.   One of the biggest challenges for me as a parent is when my children get frustrated while trying to learn new skills. I want them to always have their inner voice tell them “you can,” rather than “you can’t do this.” It takes self-discipline as a parent to resist just … [Read more...]

9 Tips for Teaching Children to Obey

Teaching children to listen and obey is not always easy. Being a mom is hard work, but this mom of 4 shares her tips for teaching children through loving discipline.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Guest Post by Jenn Gigowski} Ephesians6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; I don't know about your children, but my son hadn't yet received the … [Read more...]

Parenting With Consequences Prepares a Child for Life

Parenting with consequences prepares a child for life. Tips for a discipline continuum for parenting through the challenges.

Parenting with consequences teaches children to be mindful of potential risks. It's as small as teaching about cars in the road and looking before crossing the street. It plants the foundation for being mindful of how our child treats others their entire life. If you run in front of a moving vehicle, chances are you could get hit or even killed depending on the vehicle's … [Read more...]

Discipline Is Not a Dirty Word

Our parenting choices affect every person our child interacts with from the time they are toddlers to adulthood. Discipline is essential to teach. It is not a dirty word in parenting.

We were at a playgroup with a few children. It was not a large group. My son-at that age-was a total follower. He wanted to follow the big kids. They made him laugh and looked like fun. The problem was, he was about 16 months old. He was not at a stage where he could think about his actions. He only saw the big boys running and making messes and thought since they looked … [Read more...]

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