Inside: Creating positive sibling relationships between your kids is vital to the overall health of your family. It’s not always easy, but there are 17 ways to prevent sibling rivalry and jealousy by focusing on making your kids’ relationships with one another stronger. Mom, she told me I was a bad dancer. No, I didn’t. […]
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Build a Strong Family Identity with These 12 Tips
Inside: Build a strong family identity with these 12 ideas to feel more connected to your kids, help pull each other closer, and be a more cohesive family unit. When we moved our family of five away from the only home we had known, we plopped ourselves down in a new time zone, away from […]
Good Sportsmanship Skills: Teach Kids to Cheer On a Friend
Inside: Intentionally teach kids how to have good sportsmanship skills with these tips and with this free printable: Cheer on a Friend. There’s a video that will always live rent-free in my head. It’s a championship baseball game, and it’s the last out of the last inning. The pitcher struck out the batter to win […]
How to Raise a Kind Boy Amidst the Tough Guy Boy Culture
Inside: It’s tough to raise a kind boy amidst the tough guy boy culture found on sports teams. It’s hard to balance teaching them kindness when they’re trying to fit in and be one of the guys. But there’s a powerful phrase we use to praise our son’s kindness while he plays sports with the boys […]
Kids Need Friends to Help Bully-Proof Our Kids
Inside: Kids need friends and positive peer relationships to be less attractive to bullies and to help bully-proof our kids. My ten year old started at her new school last week. It’s her third school in three years. Which is insane, but unavoidable. My daughter has navigated the world of being the new girl with […]