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In Life, Parenting

Things to do With Your Kids When Stuck at Home

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Lots of kids are home from school for a few weeks due to the corona virus situation. And the idea of trying to keep them entertained for a few weeks, and not being able to go places with them, may be stressful. But it doesn’t have to be. If anyone knows how to entertain kids at home, its homeschooling parents. Ha.

Make the best out of the situation and view this time as a good opportunity to bond with your children. Spend quality time with them. Don’t just stick them in front of a TV, but do things with them. And obviously, practice good hygiene and stay healthy.

I came up with a list of things you can do with your kids to help you out a little. Some things, you have to purchase. But things like this, things that will spark creativity, create memories, good bonding time, are worth it!

What you can do with your kids at home:
  • Arts & Crafts.

These boxes come with everything you need and have a ton of different projects and will keep you busy for hours.

Buy it here
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In Parenting

How to Get Your Kids to Eat Anything

Author KatiePosted on 4 Comments

We all know about picky eaters. Some of us have one, or two, or all of them. It can be frustrating when all your kid wants is chicken nuggets or cereal, for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nothing else. But we want our children to be healthy, so we try to get them to eat some veggies. We bribe. We beg. We try to sneak it in. But they still refuse.

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In Parenting

Your Kids Need to be Part of the Crew and Not the Passengers

Author KatiePosted on 3 Comments

We all love our children and cannot imgaine our life without them. But how often do we feel like they are in the way? Or that they make our life more difficult?

  • We tell them to go play because we are busy right now.
  • We get mad at them for being disruptive and interferring our work.
  • We work all day and then come home, exhausted, snapping at them for any irritating little thing they do, even if it’s normal child behaviour.
  • We demand that they help with house work, but they whine and complain about it, so we get irritated and then they don’t like us and grudgingly drag their feet while doing what we asked, if that.
  • They come to us and ask us to take them somewhere or do something with them, but it’s at a bad time and we are so busy right now, so we say we’ll do it later.
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In Parenting

Are Video Games Really Worth It?

Author KatiePosted on 1 Comment

Have you ever began playing a game telling yourself that you will only play for 10, 20, 30 minutes and 3 hours later, you wonder how in the world time flew by so quick? Video games have this effect on you. It’s just so exciting. You get a thrill from passing a level, and after you pass, you want to now try and pass the next one. Or if you’re playing with other people, you want to beat them. You want to be the winner.

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In Life

Parenting Book Recommendations

Author KatiePosted on 5 Comments

It is extremely important to me for a book to align with my Christian values. The parenting advice needs to be based on the Bible and its teaching. I want my children to be brought up in a godly way, so that they live their life righteously and never steer off the right path. I also what them to grow up to be good people that love and care for others, as well as someone I can be friends with. 😛 I’ve read numerous books and still have more on my list to read. You should never stop seeking knowledge.

Here is a list of books that I have read and would recommend:

**clicking on either the book or the title will take you to amazon where you can purchase them, if you’d like

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In Life

Parenting Doesn’t Come Easy

Author KatiePosted on 1 Comment

People often tell me I’m lucky. When they see my kids helping me in the kitchen or cook on their own, when they hear that my kids do their own laundry, when they see my kids behave while I shop, when they hear my kids eat veggies!!! They say, “Wow, you’re so lucky that your kids do that”. And it makes me wanna scream! Its not luck! Yes, I’m blessed to have kids. But I was given kids just as you were given kids. I’m not special.
It’s not luck. I didn’t have them just dropped onto my lap all perfect (well they kind of were in the beginning). But it’s not like my kids have a special “good kid” gene from somewhere.

kids doing crafts with kiwi crates

Every human is born into this world with a selfish, sinful nature and we, the parents, get to have this wonderful privilege to raise them right.

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