Joyful Family Life, run by Nicci Bontrager, has a unique perspective when it comes to family life blogging. With her Master’s degree in Psychology, Nicci helps families learn about marriage enhancement, emotional well-being, and parenting. As a practicing counselor and mother of three she understands exactly why families are so important. “We learn so much from […]
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(This article is an excerpt from the book Drops of Awesome.) I was walking my son, Oscar, to the bus stop. I didn’t often walk him to the school bus. He was in second grade and pretty independent, and I was usually busy getting myself and his sisters ready because I’m semi-nocturnal and I sleep
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Looking to craft something special for the Christmas season? Spread holiday cheer and inspire your child’s imagination with these simple DIY projects. Santa Binoculars image source Scout out Santa Claus and discover the magic of Christmas with these snazzy binoculars. It is possibly the most creative craft to ever be created from a toilet
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From the beloved chicken dance to the infamous cha-cha slide, you’re never too young or too old to start dancing. Dancing can be a great source of joy, exercise, and artistic expression. In addition to these benefits, dance comes in so many forms! Here are our top reasons why dance should be the next activity
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Why does the self-esteem of today’s kids seem to be falling? We’re so obsessed by measurable outcomes in terms of quantifiable achievement in our kid’s lives these days, that I think we’re generating a huge problem in terms of their feelings of self-worth. For example, we praise high grades and high performance and frown
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In the busy days before your wedding, you aren’t thinking about what you’re going to do when it’s all over; you assume nothing is going to go to waste. But when the ceremony is finished and the reception feast has been consumed, cleanup begins and reality sets in. What on earth are you going
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During that long fight against infertility, there are moments of weakness that drain the marrow from your bones. The struggle takes so much strength from you, that any other battle, even that constant fight to keep the house clean, takes too much effort. In my own struggle, I know I have spent days feeling overpowered,
With so many enticing distractions today, it’s easy to see why our teenagers are leaving the dinner table behind. When we manage to get them to sit for a family meal, it’s often with distractions in tow. Like it or not, friends greatly influence our kids, often exerting a tremendous amount of peer pressure. We
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“The mowing machine’s whirring sounded cheerfully from the old buffalo wallow south of the claim shanty, where bluestem grass stood thick and tall and Pa was cutting it for hay.” Little did my seven-year-old mind know, apart from the fact that I hadn’t understand a single word in the first sentence of this book,
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There are only a handful of films that have left an indelible impression on me. Steel Magnolias happens to be one of them. I remember watching this film quite frequently as a child. Some people may be surprised that I could handle such adult themes at such a young age. In fact, I managed to
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