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How To Melt Away Your Child’s Anger By Forcing Them On A Scary Mountain Trip

QUICK! WATCH THIS VIDEO! THIS IS MEEEEE!!!!!!! My gosh what a day of unmitigated horrible agonizing miserable character-building learning! But the good news is, every drama king trauma through which our kids go compel them one step closer to maturity and taking ownership of their feelings. Like the following. It was a nice, quiet Camp […]

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Week 5, Day 2 Camp Ling – its slooooowin’ down!

I confess. The kids are having such a good time doing their own thing that it's really tempting to let them spend summer as they'd like. I still plan on early morning jogging and blogging and mathing and all that…. But hey. School starts next month! It's time to enjoy the remaining…hmmm….time. 🙂 Methinks this […]

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What *really* happened with that burning bush

I can so see this happening….

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“How can I teach my kids about healthy eating?”

From the mailbag. "Dear MamaBear, I want my kids to learn how to eat right from an early age. Tell me…how do I do that? Sincerely, Darlene in Ft. Washington" Dear DiFT, Eating right is a very important thing indeed. And here's one surefire way to contribute towards that. Walk the walk you talk yourself. […]

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3 Fatals Beliefs That Kill Your Children’s Self-Confidence (and how to steadily defeat them)

One of the biggest challenges for MamaBear parents is ensuring their kids' confidence level is sturdy, powerful and impossible to destroy. Alas, this requires a heck of a lot of long-term maintenance!  I was reminded of this yesterday, when HS2 allowed his inner coward to destroy his inner hero. Of course, this happened during the […]

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Week 5, Day 1 – Camp Ling! It’s August!

Today is August 1st! And you know what that means, right? That means… School starts next month!! Woohoo!  🙂 Life is going along so swimmingly these days….it seems like I'm just repeating myself for every update. But let's see what's for today. Boys have Rec camp and Math, girls have math and writing, I have […]

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Circular drawing!

It never ends….

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Fractured Fairy Tailes

Love stories like this! Click on the comic above to see it all!

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When You WANT To Make Your Children Cry

Growing up. It's a hero's journey. 'course, so is parenting that same adventure (kinda sorta like surviving 83 simultaneous monsoons in December is a walk in the park too!). But every now and then, you'll see your kids making Really Bad Decisions that you want to smack down yesterday and ensure…never happen again. Here's what […]

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“Where can I find happy stories?”

From the mailbag: "Dear MamaBear, I'd like to offer my 5 year old some inspirational stories.  Do you know where the best are? Anonymous" Dear A, Indeed I do!  There are lots of great free inspirational story places online – some of my favs include: Thoughtful and Inspirational Stories Inspirational Words of Wisdom Inspirational Short […]

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