In my last post, I addressed the dangers of pornography and why we need to protect our children from porn. We ended with the issue of how can we protect our children from this industry vying for our children’s attention and allegiance? Hopefully, this post will provide some answers. First, we have got to recognize the dangers of pornography […]
Why We Need To Protect Our Children From Pornography
A while back an article circulated social media that both shocked and appalled parents from the United Kingdom to the United States. The article was written by Martin Daubney, the former editor of Loaded, a UK magazine similar to Maxim here in The United States. The article, Experiment that convinced me online porn is the most […]
HAIR!!!
Hair has gone from playing hardly any role in my life to dictating much of it. I have curly hair. Not super curly, but curly enough. As a toddler I had loose little ringlets, but as I grew older, my hair straightened quite a bit. The short hairs around my face still curled in high humidity […]
Expert Diapering Hacks
I have had a child in diapers for eight years straight. I know – you’re jealous. Except for the first 22 months of my diapering career, I have had at least two, and for a while, three, children in diapers. A sizable percentage of the last eight years, I have spent changing and wiping. In […]
Minecraft Party Decoration Ideas and Downloadable Printables
The Summer is birthday party season for us. All three girls have birthdays in June or July. Since Olivia was four, the girls have had a joint party. They have all of the same friends, so it makes sense to just invite everyone to one party. We let the girls do something special with them on their […]
To All the Moms of Little Children
I thought I would share a little secret with you guys. Motherhood is hard no matter how many kids you have. A common occurrence when I’m talking with moms who have less children than me is that they belittle the difficulties and stresses they are experiencing because they “only” have one, two or three children. […]
What Does Google Say About You?
Photo Credit: perkyNbLue via Compfight cc Citizen privacy is a hot topic right now. In the last several weeks, a series of news stories reported about the federal government collecting information from the phone calls and Internet activity of millions of Americans. Last week, Google started fanning the fire. On their official blog, Google requested […]
Boredom Is Good – Why You Should Let Your Kids Be Bored This Summer
“Mom….I’m bored!” Ahh…three of the more annoying words ever uttered by children. Uttered is probably a very poor choice of words. They are actually usually whined in a very sing-songy kind of way. I’m betting that if I got on a mission and actually tracked the number of times my kids shared this oh so important […]
A Little Relationship Advice
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Does God Give Us More Than We Can Handle?
The popular answer is ‘No.’ We’ve all been told this, or maybe even said it. A friend reveals she is going through some really difficult life circumstances, and inevitably someone pipes in with, “Well, God won’t give you more than you can handle.” This response is totally understandable, but also totally inaccurate. When we’re faced with someone […]