Toddlers and Preschoolers

The Toilet-Resistant Child

30 November 2011 Pax Parenting™
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      You’re the parent of a five-year-old child who is still not potty trained.  You get all kinds of advice.  You may even be criticized.  You may wonder if there is some underlying medical reason that your child can’t seem to do his or her business on the toilet.  After all, your other [...]

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Agents of Change

10 March 2011 Big Kids and Tweens

“Be the change you want to see in the world” – Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi’s statement is as profound today as it was in his own lifetime. If we really want to make a change in our families, we must be willing to model for them the changes we want to see. It isn’t enough to [...]

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Conscientious Parenting

7 March 2011 Big Kids and Tweens

Parenting is not for wimps. It is an awesome responsibility, not to be taken lightly. It is far too important a mission to attempt passively. Life can get the better of us, if we aren’t grounded in faith and centered on family. It’s easy to fall into parenting by remote control. That doesn’t mean putting [...]

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