Parenting
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How to Be Firm with a Child without Overpowering Them
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You don’t need to fight or overpower a child when they’re not listening. This is what to do instead. In our last discussion in this post we wrote that being firm can be good for a child. We also wrote that fighting with a child is not chinuch. We explained the difference. Fighting means when
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5 Ways to Raise Organized Children
Even if your kids aren’t organized now, it’s not too late to teach them these important skills. Raising kids who respect organization and time management will not only benefit your own home but will give them lessons that they can apply to every aspect of their life. I realize, though, it’s hard to implement organization
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What Bathtub Should I Be Getting My Baby? I Wasn’t Sure So I Tried Them All….
Is there a baby bathtub that’s better than them all? It all depends on where you like to bathe your baby. You’d think by now I knew what I was doing as a mom. But no. With a 5 year break between my youngest two, I discovered that a) I forgot a lot about being
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How Can I Be Firm without Fighting with My Child?
Firm , Fight , Afraid . What do these three words have in common? Parents are often not firm with their children when firmness would be good for the children. The reason they are not firm when they should be firm is that they are afraid to fight with the child. They know that fighting
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Help Your Daughter Prepare for All Her Personal Needs
Keeping a cute little pouch of personal necessities in her backpack can spare a young lady from an embarrassing situation. There was a great basketball game at gym class today and everyone had a great time burning off some energy. But it’s time for class and nobody is feeling – or smelling – very fresh.
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Which 7AM Is Right for Your Baby?
A 7AM offers comfort, convenience, and warmth when your baby is in an infant seat or stroller. But there are so many to choose from! How do I know which is best for my needs? Exactly one year ago, when my baby was a newborn, I had the exact same questions. There were so many
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Sibling Rivalry: Will We Ever Figure Out a Solution?
The endless fighting is probably not about “who started it.” Sibling Rivalry began with the first siblings to exist; Cain and Abel, and while not all fighting ends in bloodshed it can still be emotionally and sometimes physically painful. Even though as parents we know it is “normal” for siblings to fight it doesn’t make
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On the Go? This is the Easiest Way to Take Along Your Baby’s Formula
Now, you’ll always have your baby formula accessible, in one little convenient package. I don’t know why it took me so many babies to figure this one out. I mean, duh. Couldn’t I have first had this simple formula idea 14 years ago, instead of when my youngest was 11 months old? It would have
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The Hook: Our Favorite Way to Never Forget The Baby in the Car
If you don’t want to drive with one shoe in the back seat, this might be the solution for you. After we published this post about forgetting a baby in the car, we received lots of feedback and tips from readers. But one reader recommended a really simple solution that we thought we’d share with
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The Hebrew/Jewish Baby Name List for Boys
Expecting a baby? This is the resource with the type of Jewish and Hebrew baby boy names that you want. For our girls’ list, click here. Note that this list includes names that your baby would actually be called at the time of the bris. We’ve also included common nicknames for each name, when relevant,
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