Author: Joey & Carla Link
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Intentional Parenting
Teagan Nicks March 6, 2024 I grew up fairly different than most of my friends; not only did my parents follow a parenting curriculum (whereas I could tell a lot of my friend’s parents were just winging it), they were actually involved in a parenting ministry–Growing Families International–where they taught parenting classes weekly. I remember…
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How Traditions Affect Your Identity as a Family
Mandy Block December 13, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Say It
Roxie Ramseyer November 29, 2023 When our 4 boys were young there were so many days when I was just exhausted! It seemed that the unending physical tasks of raising little bodies was at times overwhelming, but that paled in comparison to the feelings of fatigue with the unending need to train them to have…
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Helping Your Kids Choose to do the Right Thing
CarrieAnne Langdon November 8, 2023 It can be overwhelming to have to make a lot of choices for anyone, much less a little one! Do you realize how many times a day you offer your kids choices? What cereal do you want this morning? Do you want to wear the red top or the blue one?…
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Encouragement Works
By Joey & Carla Link November 1, 2023 Your kids will go through times it seems like they are never going to do the right thing. You have given them consequences, but still no change. If you have consistently used lots of consequences with your child and see no difference in his/her behavior, how about…
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Helping Your Kids Choose to do the Right Thing
By Joey & Carla Link October 25, 2023 Your kids misbehave every single day. So do you. It’s called sin, and since none of us or our kids are perfect, we need to get over our unrealistic, perfectionistic expectations of them. This doesn’t mean you throw in the towel and let them do what they want.…
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What Love Is
By Joey & Carla Link October 18, 2023 You have had a long, hard day with the kids and things you needed to get done for the church’s upcoming Harvest Fest. The roast is in the crock pot but nothing else is done for dinner. The kids are fighting with each other and you just…
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What Love is Not
By Joey & Carla Link October 11, 2023 What’s love got to do, got to do with it? What’s love, but a sweet old-fashioned notion? What’s love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? Have you ever heard of the song “What’s Love Got…