Your Children And Play: Are We Missing Something?
Drastically reducing screen time at home nets some astonishing results. You may end up with a homemade cardboard pinball machine that...
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Teresa Auten
- Aug 2, 2021
- 5 min
Playrooms Your Children Will Actually Play In
One of my fantasies when I was a young mother was seeing my children playing in their playroom. I could see it so clearly in my mind's...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 26, 2021
- 4 min
Don't Tell The Kids We Don't Know What We're Doing!
You are totally rocking out this parenting thing! Your children are cute, smart, well dressed, took a cooking class at age two (yes, they...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 19, 2021
- 4 min
Hold Your Child's Heart: Beyond Love
The instinctive love we feel for our children is nearly impossible to define. It is simply and irrefutably there. Someone hands us our...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Your Child And Your Parents: Part Two: A Great Summer Visit
Grandparents are so in love with their grandchildren! And what's not to love? Your children are precious and smart and beautiful in...
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Teresa Auten
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
Your Child And Your Parents: Part One: Make Room For Grandparents
You have beautiful dreams for your family. Your parents, probably, have similar feelings. How do you juggle your role as parents, while...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 21, 2021
- 4 min
Your Child And Meltdowns: Calming And Intercepting The Storms
You didn't see it coming...or maybe you did and all you could do is hang on and wait for it to pass. Before you begin to yell, "Calm...
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Teresa Auten
- Jun 7, 2021
- 4 min
Your Children And Chores: Removing The Conflict
The great power struggle of household chores can be contained with these steps. Set aside some time to create one simple tool, and chores...
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Teresa Auten
- May 31, 2021
- 4 min
Give Faith Communities Another Chance
In a post Covid-19 world, I would like to speak up and encourage you and your children to go back to worship with your faith community....
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Teresa Auten
- May 24, 2021
- 4 min
Your Compliant Child: What They Need From You
Some children are born with a sweet and cooperative attitude. Other children have to learn to be cooperative over time. If your child is...
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Teresa Auten
- May 17, 2021
- 4 min
Be Our Guest: Social Skills For Children Part Three
Say thank you to your hostess; receive the food that is offered; engage in conversation with the other guests; use nice table manners....
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Teresa Auten
- May 10, 2021
- 4 min
Introduce Your Children To Confidence: Social Skills Part Two
What seems so simple and basic to most adults can be very intimidating to many children. You can help your children learn the basic and...
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Teresa Auten
- May 3, 2021
- 4 min
Social Skills For Children Part One: Apologizing
Never underestimate the healing power of a sincere apology. This social skill is one that children (and adults) would really benefit from...
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Teresa Auten
- Apr 26, 2021
- 4 min
Helping Your Children Form Friendships...
The righteous choose the friends carefully...Proverbs 12:26 NIV It is very clear that friends and companions shape one another, and not...
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Teresa Auten
- Apr 19, 2021
- 4 min
Helping Your Children Develop Faith (without mind numbinginly dull "family devotion time")
I am often asked for ways to help children engage their faith. This is a very important aspect of parenting no matter which faith your...
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Teresa Auten
- Apr 12, 2021
- 4 min
When We All Get Together: Coming Home Again (transitions part three)
In part three of the transitions series, we are looking at the time when everyone comes home after a day of work or school or being out...
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Teresa Auten
- Mar 29, 2021
- 4 min
All's Well That Begins Well: Starting The Day In A Harbor Home (Transitions Part Two)
This was, and still is, the most difficult of the transition times for me, so it is the one I spent the most time trying to get right...
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Teresa Auten
- Mar 22, 2021
- 5 min
The Bedtime Routine That Is A Powerful Act Of Love
Ending each day well for your child is a way to let them know that they are loved and secure. Here is a tried and true way to accomplish...
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Teresa Auten
- Mar 15, 2021
- 5 min
The Power Of Play: The Family That Plays Together
Ancient wisdom declares "The family that prays together stays together" and I absolutely agree. Even so, I'd like to add a little bit of...
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Teresa Auten
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
The Little Squirrel That Would: A True Story Of Courage
Courage isn't about having no fear, but moving forward even when you are afraid. Everyone is afraid, but not everyone is courageous....
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