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SPONSOR: Firmly Planted Family (Bible Studies for the ENTIRE family!)
Three Tips to Prioritizing Your Day (including downloadable schedule)
Organizing Your Chores (Blog Hop)
Beyond the Chore Chart by Kimberly Eddy
- Have you tried to get your children to help out around the house?
- Do you stress out over the state of their messy rooms?
- Do your children ignore your carefully crafted chore chart?
- Is it easier for you to just do the job yourself?
- Do your children view helping out around the house as punishment?
If you answered yes to any of these, then, Beyond the Chore Chart: Chores, Kids, and the Secret to a Happy Mom is just for you! When it comes to books on chores, we moms need something that would go beyond just hanging up an age appropriate chore chart up on the wall, and assuming everyone would catch on and start helping out. There’s a process to getting your helpers to really help you out, and in this book I share my own tricks of the trade, getting your little helpers to become big helpers!
- Learn the secret to getting your kids to help you with household chores, without yelling at your kids.
- Why training your children step by step to do each job prevents frustration for you and them.
- How to teach your children, at different ages, to help with chores.
- Ways to make helping around the house fun.
…and more!
The New Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson
Is a willful little darling driving you to distraction? The New Strong-Willed Child is the resource you need—a classic bestseller completely rewritten, updated, and expanded for a new generation of parents and teachers. Challenging as they are to raise, strong-willed children can grow up to be men and women of strong character—if lovingly guided with understanding and the right kind of discipline. Find out what Dr. James Dobson, today’s most trusted authority on parenting, has to say about what makes strong-willed children the way they are; shaping the will while protecting the spirit; avoiding the most common parenting mistake; and much more. If you are struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own rules, The New Strong-Willed Child is a must-read! (This new edition is part of Dr. James Dobson’s Building A Family Legacy initiative.)
The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson
Because Motherhood Isn’t Just a Job. It’s a Calling.
A mother’s day is packed with a multitude of tasks that require energy and time: preparing meals, washing clothes, straightening and cleaning the house, and caring for children. These jobs all are necessary and crucially important. But in the dailyness of providing for a child’ s physical, emotional, and social needs, vital opportunities for spiritual nurture and training can be overlooked.