25 Ways to Simplify Life With KidsAnyone who has kids knows that any
life with kids is going to be
complicated, at least to some degree.
From extra laundry to bathing and
cooking and shopping and driving and
school and chores and crises and sports
and dance and toys and tantrums, there
is no shortage of complications.
You won’t get to ultra-simple if your
life includes children … but you can
find ways to simplify, no matter how
many kids you have.
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Pivotal Book Review
Strong Fathers, Strong
daughters
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:10 Secrets Every Father
Should Know
by Meg Meeker
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From the Inside Flap
The most important person in a young girl’s life? Her father. That’s right—and teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker has the data and clinical experience to prove it. After more than twenty years of counseling girls, she knows that fathers, more than anyone else, set the course for their daughters’ lives. Now Dr. Meeker, author of the critically acclaimed Epidemic: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids, shows you how to strengthen—or rebuild—your bond with your daughter, and how to use it to shape her life, and yours, for the better. Directly challenging the feminist attack on traditional masculinity, Dr. Meeker demonstrates that the most important factor for girls growing up into confident, well-adjusted women is a strong father with conservative values. To have one, she shows, is the best protection against eating disorders, failure in school, STDs, unwed pregnancy, and drug or alcohol abuse—and the best predictor of academic achievement, successful marriage, and a satisfying emotional life.
Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters reveals:
• The essential characteristics and virtues of strong fathers—and how to develop them
• How daughters take cues from their fathers on everything from drug use, drinking, smoking, and having sex, to self-esteem, moodiness, and seeking attention from boys
• Why girls want you to place restrictions on them (even though they’ll complain when you do)
• How to become a hero to your daughter—and why she needs that more than anything
• The one mistake fathers make that is the primary cause of girls "hooking up" • Why girls depend on the guidance of fathers through, and even beyond, their college years
• Recipe for disaster: the notion that girls "need to make their own decisions and mistakes"
• Why girls need God—and how your faith, or lack thereof, will influence her
• How to communicate with your daughter—and how not to
• True stories of "prodigal daughters"—and how their fathers helped bring them back Dads, you are far more powerful than you think you are.
Your daughters need the support that only fathers can provide—and if you are willing to follow Dr. Meeker’s advice on how to guide your daughter, to stand between her and a toxic culture, your rewards will be unmatched.
This book is available from
Amazon.
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How to Create the Best Bedtime Routine
Just when you thought you'd pulled your
last all-nighter, your baby becomes a
kid who won't go to bed.
The first step toward a good night's
rest: Create a routine that takes you
out of the equation before your child
drifts off:
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