Feb

9

Valentines Day Traditions

Posted by Cindy

February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

- At Myspacejunks.com This Saturday Valentines Day. I’m sure you already know that. What, if any, family traditions do you have? I learned at Christmas time that a lot of families have traditions I have never heard of and I enjoy learning and sharing these ideas and traditions. I know Valentines Day isn’t nearly as large [...]

Feb

5

Child’s Play

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February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Years ago I worked with a toy company and one of the company’s sayings was “A child’s work is play.” It sounds a little odd until you really think about it. For young children, their “job” in life is to play and learn. Playing and learning go hand-in-hand. Even in the 21st century with all [...]

Jan

29

2009 Burn Awareness Week

Posted by Cindy

January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment

TAMPA, Fla. — Feb. 1-7 is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week, Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick-off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries. A special Web site has been developed for the campaign, Burn Awareness Week . Once at the website click Parents & Caregivers at the top of the [...]

Jan

26

Pocket Change

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January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Parenting is tough enough without worrying about cutting costs. Whether it’s your day to carpool, pick up groceries, pay the bills or call your college kid studying abroad, thinking about pocket change rarely makes the “TO DO LIST”. THIS YEAR IS ABOUT “CHANGE” Here are the top “TIPS” that’ll payoff big for you and will [...]

Jan

24

Parenting Myths Book Review and Giveaway

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January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Leslie Leyland Fields new book “Parenting is Your Highest Calling and 8 Other Myths that Trap Us in Worry and Guilt“, is an insightful look at nine myths most Christian parents believe as fact. Leslie is a writer, professor, wife and mother of six children which range from a college student to a kindergartener who [...]

Jan

11

Chore Chart Giveaway

Posted by Cindy

January 11, 2009 | 9 Comments

For the last week we have talked about chores. I now want to give you the opportunity to win a chore chart kit. This is a creative kit made by Top Line Creations. The kit includes two 12″x12″ die cut sheets with pictures of chores, one blank chore chart with room for 5 chores, cardstock [...]

Jan

10

Chores To Pay or Not To Pay

Posted by Cindy

January 10, 2009 | 1 Comment

Paying for chores is probably a bigger decision than that of having kids do chores. As in everything, there are 2 sides to this one. We have done it both ways.  We used to pay for chores but we haven’t paid for chores in the last 8-9 years. When trying to decide if you should [...]

Jan

7

The How’s of Chores

Posted by Cindy

January 7, 2009 | 1 Comment

So far we have covered the why’s, when’s and what’s of chores. Today we will talk about the how’s. Once you decide that it is time to have your child(ren) start being responsible for some chores, then you need to decide what chores each child will be responsible for, how you will track the chores [...]

Jan

5

The When’s and What’s of Chores

Posted by Cindy

January 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

When should my child start doing chores? What chores can they do at what ages? Are questions I am often asked by moms. Every child is different, so you need to base what jobs you give your child by what they can accomplish. You will probably be surprised though, most kids are able to do [...]

Jan

4

The Why’s of Chores

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January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The dawn of a new year often brings discussions of children and chores. In the last few days I have spoken with several parents about this very issue. Common questions parents have are: Why should my children do chores? What age to start chores? What chores are appropriate? How many chores? and To pay or [...]

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