Peer Pressure: One Magic Phrase And Other Tools To Help Your Child Stand Firm
"If everyone else was jumping off a cliff, would you do it too?" I'm pretty sure that 97.9% of parents have demanded this at some point...
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Teresa Auten
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
How Does She Do It?: The Secret We All Share
She has a secret. I bet you do too. It's the one secret for getting through the days that drain you, soaking in the joy of the days that...
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Teresa Auten
- Oct 3, 2022
- 4 min
Find The Balance: Well Rounded Kids (And Parents)
Family schedules are on overdrive when the school year is well established as it is now. What we all need is balance. Balancing work,...
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Teresa Auten
- Sep 19, 2022
- 5 min
Apologizing In A Harbor Home: Creating Grace
Living as a family has good times and challenging moments. In the spirit of keeping a Harbor Home, there are events that cause hurt and...
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Teresa Auten
- Sep 12, 2022
- 4 min
Three Perfectly Simple Steps For Perfect Parenting! Sort of....
So simple, yet so difficult. So easy, but incredibly demanding. Straightforward but complicated. Parenting seems completely natural and...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 29, 2022
- 5 min
A Homeschool Pioneer Remembers: Homeschooling Back In The Day
I didn't even know the word. I knew what I wanted to do, but didn't know how to explain it. I didn't even know that there were other...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 22, 2022
- 5 min
When Your Bright Children Resists School: What You Can Do
School is not the same experience for every child. Some thrive and some absolutely do not thrive. Some learn well in classrooms and some...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 15, 2022
- 5 min
More About Stress In Your Young Child: Prevention, Resilience, Confidence
Childhood is a stage that packs a big punch across the human life span. It represents about 10% of our lifetimes, but it impacts us...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 9, 2022
- 5 min
Stress And Your Young Child: How You Can Help Them Cope
Childhood as a carefree time of playing with friends, going to school, and spending your allowance on candy is a notion so old and...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 1, 2022
- 4 min
Reading To Your Child: Why, How, What, When? Here Are The Answers To Those Burning Questions
My mother taught me two things that have lasted throughout my life: how to play the piano and how to read. Everything of worth that I...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 25, 2022
- 5 min
"What If Our House Was A Rubber Chicken?" And Other Questions Your Child May Have
Questions, questions, questions. Some of them are so ridiculous that you wonder what on earth is going on in your child's brain. What's...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 18, 2022
- 5 min
100th Joyful Harbor Home: Because Motherhood Matters
A truly counter-culture movement, Joyful Harbor Home is a passionate mission to celebrate motherhood and the essential role mothers play...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 11, 2022
- 4 min
The Golden Ratio: Build Your Child's Inner Self
In the universe around us, there exists a mathematical wonder known as The Golden Ratio. Artists, architects, and engineers use this...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 5, 2022
- 5 min
I Spy With My Little Eye: Children Who Love To Play
Do you remember what it was like to be a child? What do you remember about play? Did you know that children need to play freely in order...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 27, 2022
- 4 min
Amazing Crazy Chaos: Positive Energy or Nervous Breakdown?
I hope everyone's summer is going as well as mine is so far. The days are hot and sunny, we seize every opportunity to play in the water,...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 20, 2022
- 5 min
Spiral The Drain With Style: Get Back On Track During A Crisis
We have all been there. Overwhelmed by problems that wash over us like giant waves. Our feet fly out from under us and we long for solid...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 13, 2022
- 5 min
How I Refused To Be Cancelled: My Personal Experience With Marginalized Motherhood
Rabbis ponder why Noah was chosen over Adam to save human and animal lives before the great flood. There are many thoughts on this, but...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 7, 2022
- 5 min
How Will You And Your Children Remember Their Childhood? Here is why you want to know that...
How long do childhood memories last? What do adults remember from their childhoods? This topic is really interesting to me. Learning...
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Teresa Auten
- May 30, 2022
- 5 min
Boundaries In Blended Families: The Covenant Method For Building Unity And Setting Limits
The teacher who wouldn't let you touch her desk taught you to respect private property. The parent who insisted you call adults Mr. or...
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Teresa Auten
- May 23, 2022
- 5 min
Step Mothering Part Two: Rules And Roles And Reality
This is where the rubber meets the proverbial road in a blended family. After the initial excitement, life settles in to the routines...
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