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1 Dec 2020

Christmas Gifts To Remember

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Adventure, Holidays, Marriage, Training | 1

by Julie Young To be honest, I’m not sure how Santa does it! As a busy Mom of seven, I barely have time to make a list, let alone check it twice, and I already know who has been naughty … Read More

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20 Nov 2020

Parenting with Patience in Unprecedented Times

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Community, Family, For Teens, Friends, Holidays, Middle Years, Miscellaneous | 0

“Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.” ~ Elisabeth … Read More

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6 Jul 2020

How Not to Be a Thief

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Child Training, Community, Family, For Teens, Middle Years, Training | 0

How Not To Be a Thief All of us have been victims of a thief at one time or another. Some of us remember having our lunch stolen in elementary school. Maybe you were getting ready to pull into a … Read More

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15 Jun 2020

Sibling Conflict

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Genesis reads like a how-to manual on what NOT to do to your brother or sister. Perhaps God, in His infinite wisdom, front-loaded the Bible with accounts of poor sibling relationships so we could learn how to avoid those same … Read More

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17 May 2020

Gender Identity in Young Children

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Family Identity, Training | 0

Question: I hope you can help. My sister called me in a panic. She is concerned that her 5-year-old son seems to prefer playing with his sister’s dolls and dress-up clothes. With all the discussion of gender confusion and homosexuality, … Read More

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4 May 2020

Grief in a Pandemic

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Family, Family Identity | 0

GRIEF: a deep and poignant distress, a natural response to loss. The emotional suffering one feels when something or someone you love is taken away. MOURNING: the act of sorrowing, a period of time during which signs of grief … Read More

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6 Apr 2020

Answering the Difficult Questions our Children Ask

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Family, Protecting the Innocence of Childhood | 0

It seems that everywhere we turn, children are being exposed to more and more conversations and lifestyles that rush them into a world of sexual knowledge long before they are emotionally or intellectually ready to handle such knowledge. This … Read More

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25 Feb 2020

Questioning Couch Time

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Marriage | 0

Does couch time really make a difference? Can couch time look differently in my house? Does it have to take place on a couch? Do my children have to be in the room when we have couch time? Can … Read More

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19 Feb 2020

Couch Time on the Road

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Marriage | 0

Sometimes I feel so old. Take technology for instance. When my husband and I were young parents, we had a cell phone. Yes, one. It made phone calls and that was it! It weighed about five pounds and took up … Read More

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12 Feb 2020

Couch Time

by ContactMom.Life | posted in: Marriage, Routine | 0

How Something So Simple Can Affect Your Child So Profoundly Parenting hacks. Do you know of any? We wish that there was an easy, quick fix to so many of the struggles of parenthood. Parenting is a lot of hard … Read More

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