Parenting

Large Family Moms Homeschool Through Chronic Illness and Pregnancy

April 26, 2012

Hooray, you came back! Have you subscribed to get my FREE daily updates via email? And don’t forget to “like” my Facebook fan page where I post interesting links and chat daily with my 6000+ fans. See you there! The 4 Moms of 35+ Kids have been asked often how we handle homeschooling a large [...]

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On Forcing Children to Share (and Socialism)

April 24, 2012

Recently I saw 2 children who both wanted to play with the same toy at the same time. One child was trying desperately to wrestle the toy away from the other, while shouting, “Share! SHARE!” To the child urging “SHARE!”, sharing meant “you should give me what I want.” Sharing was seen as something you [...]

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Online Parenting/Homeschooling Resources

March 25, 2012

My friend, Nancy recently called me to ask if I knew where she could get an i.d. card for her homeschooled teen who needs a picture i.d. to take the SAT test. I knew just where to send her because I needed a teacher i.d. to get into Six Flags for free last year. I [...]

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Ebook SALE! {Goes Live at 11:00a.m. CST}

March 19, 2012

Ebook winner is Robert, who entered to win for his wife. You da man, Robert! The day is finally here! The 4 Moms of 35+ Kids are releasing our very first parenting ebook! Beginning at 11:00 a.m. CST you can buy this 4 Moms parenting ebook, chock full of parenting advice from 4 veteran, large [...]

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4 Moms eBook – Coming SOON!

March 7, 2012

The 4 Moms of 35+ Kids are this close to releasing our very first e-book! (Smockity holds thumb and forefinger really close together.) Emails are flying back and forth, text is being edited, printables are being prepared, photos are uploaded, palms are sweaty. Oh, maybe that last part is just me. I’m SO excited for [...]

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Paint Chip Chore Cards

February 14, 2012

Remember when I showed you how to make this chore wheel out of paper plates? Well, that has served us well for a while now, but I thought it was time to shake things up a bit. Nothing stirs up excitement about doing chores like a brand new system, and when I passed by the [...]

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The Mean Mom

January 27, 2012

This is a transcript of a speech I gave recently in my living room. Dear Children, I am fully aware that it embarrasses you in front of your friends when I march up to the front row during the middle of church and snatch you up to have you sit beside me. That was sort [...]

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It Won’t Always Be Like This

January 19, 2012

I once heard that whenever people are going through a difficult time, they get into the mindset that “for ever and ever everything will be this difficult.” What interested me when I heard about this was that the age and circumstance of the person made no difference in the thought process. Troubled teens, new mothers [...]

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Favorite Read Aloud Books

January 10, 2012

My children, even the teenagers, who are excellent and voracious readers themselves, love to sit around and draw, knit, or just listen while I read our favorite chapter books aloud. Here are a few of the books we all love: Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers – This has been said to be the [...]

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5 Simple Ways to Occupy Preschoolers

January 6, 2012

We have “life group” at our house every Thursday night, which means we have 3 preschoolers in the mix (not counting 2 kindergarteners and 2 toddlers). If you have any preschoolers living at your house, you may have noticed that it can be a challenge to give any project or conversation your focused attention unless [...]

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