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How to Pass On Hate To Your Children

How to Pass On Hate To Your Children

When I was speaking on Cyber Safety there was a famous Cyber Bullying case in Florida. Two girls used a fictional social media account and “led on” another unpopular girl who was not considered to be good looking or part of the “in” crowd. After first pretending to like her, they then destroyed her hope by using the fictional account to be very, very cruel. It was widely believed that due to the…

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Judging "That" Mother

Judging “That” Mother

by Guest, Ashley Burtram

Tonight I found myself at a gas station at 10:30 pm. With my awake 3-year-old. With my sweating 10-month-old in a full-body onesie, in 85 degree weather. Wearing “booty shorts.” In my leftover hair & makeup from a day at the pool.

My son is showing his “thumbs”-up from an activity they did in church Sunday to remember how God made us to do good in this world. I’m learning…

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Subtle Messages Sent To Our Little Girls

Subtle Messages Sent To Our Little Girls

Subtle ways we create girls who worry about how they look.

You know I am all about honesty. So let’s get it out there. Some little girls (and boys, but they don’t seem to be affected by this as much) are really cute and some, well, are not. Sure, all children are “little kid cute.” I know, sugar and spice and all. But no matter how much I tell my mind not to do it, without thinking my brain tells…

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Win Your Child's Heart By Doing This

Win Your Child’s Heart By Doing This

If parents could just change this one area of their relationship with their child, they would win the hearts of their sons and daughters.

Parenting is hard. In my crazy head I imagine parenting is like being one of those chain saw artists. You have a crude log that you have to saw away and end up with a beautiful carving. But if I tried it I would end up with sawdust. Some times parenting feels…

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(via Once Upon A Time Kids Were Kids)

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Are You Raising Kids or Godly Men and Women?

Are You Raising Kids or Godly Men and Women?

Some days it is hard. Very hard.

As a parent of 4 and someone who worked in Christian organizations it was easy to find myself buried in an avalanche of “have to’s” and “emergencies.” On the parenting front I wanted to set goals and have objectives to keep the greater purpose and long term outlook in the front of my thinking so I could love, teach and respond to my children with those goals in…

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Psalm 46:1

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Did Christ Influence Our Nation's Founding?

Did Christ Influence Our Nation’s Founding?

“The Prayer at Valley Forge by Arnold Friberg” by Painting by Arnold Friberg. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Prayer_at_Valley_Forge_by_Arnold_Friberg.png#/media/File:The_Prayer_at_Valley_Forge_by_Arnold_Friberg.png

The Thanksgiving special at CBN News highlights several stories from the Pilgrims to our Nation’s Founding in Philadelphia and more.

I…

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Keep Your Daughter’s True Beauty Shining

Keep Your Daughter’s True Beauty Shining

I have three daughters and three granddaughters. There is something special about girls. While I find boys fun and adventurous and enjoy roughhousing, those girls can melt my heart faster than fast. Their ability to notice the little things in life, their inner strength but at the same time often so sensitive, I just love them!

But for us men, and women can get caught up in this as well, we are…

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(via How My Parents Ruined My Life One Photo At A Time)

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The Quest to Have Our Children Firmly Rooted In Faith

The Quest to Have Our Children Firmly Rooted In Faith

Proverbs Chapter 22: verse 6 advises us, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is older he will not depart from it.”

We train up our children in the same way that we would train up any young sapling by firstly ensuring that they are firmly rooted in soil that is best suited for their optimal growth.

Scriptural soil which is prepared for your child.

Soil from which they will take…

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What Every Christian Boy Should Know About His P*nis

What Every Christian Boy Should Know About His P*nis

Can I be honest? Many Christian boys seem to think their p*nis (modified spelling so as not to be flagged by search engines) is a bad thing. It is a body part that causes shame and embarrassment and is taboo to speak about in front of one’s parents. All the while he is subjected to a constant source of crudities, jokes, jeers, etc. among his peers.

He gets advice about his body from peers, the…

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Are Organized Sports Always Good For Children?

Are Organized Sports Always Good For Children?

I was 11 or 12. I had never had an adult so blatantly insult me before. Not ever. I did not tell my parents what he said until I was an adult. To this day it still bothers me to think about the words spoken to me that day.

My dad was big into baseball. I heard the stories growing up. He was the sandlot league leader in homeruns and often led his team in batting average. We heard the story of one…

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Thanks Veterans!

A shout out to all the veterans and a prayer for all active military families.

Ellen and my prayer for those presently serving:

Dear Lord,

Please help our military families realize how much they are appreciated! And even though their lives and military service present unique parenting issues, help them with providing godly wisdom to handle these challenges.

When the days are tough, I ask you to…

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Why Do People Keep Dying?

Why Do People Keep Dying?

It is just such a shame.

People keep dying, but they don’t have to.

This is becoming as bad as drunk driving.

I have watched moms do this in school zones when dropping off their kids. I have watched tradesmen do this in their trucks. Even I have done it! But we need to stop.

Distracted driving is DANGEROUS!

Help spread the word. Use an app, turn your phone off, do what you have to in order to…

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Moms, have you ever been told testing shows your son is struggling in school and is not likely to have much school success? This mom did but did not give up. She did something and now 20 years later she shares the amazing conclusion to her journey.