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Are You Teaching Your Children to Live Without You?

February 4, 2010
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Each day you have the opportunity to allow your child to grow in the area of self-reliance, are you nurturing that?

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Do You Step in Too Often?

January 15, 2010
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I often wonder if I allow my children to work out their own problems enough. Problem solving is certainly a skill I want them to develop, so wouldn’t it be best if they actually walked through the process a lot of times rather than me always helping them figure things out?
This past week in [...]

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Are You a Bad Mom When You Allow Your Kids to Struggle?

November 13, 2009
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Isn’t our goal as parents to help develop problem solving skills in our children?  I think as busy moms, we often forget and take the easy road and solve problems for our kids.  By repeating this habit of giving answers to our children instead of allowing them the opportunity to figure something out on their [...]

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