Author: Joey & Carla Link
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Joey & Carla Link July 16, 2025 For each of your child’s strengths, there is an opposite weakness. Your strong-willed choleric child has the potential to make a great leader someday but at the same time can be bossy, demanding and has the need to control all situations he/she finds himself in. You have to…
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Working with Your Child’s “Bent”
Joey & Carla Link July 9, 2025 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 Parents hang on to this verse from Proverbs, hoping and praying their kids will “not depart” from the spiritual, emotional, physical and social training they give…
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Do Your Kids Know What it Means to be Patriotic?
Joey & Carla Link July 2, 2025 How would you define the word “patriotic” if someone asked you what it means? As those of you who regularly read the Parenting Made Practical blogs know, I like to define words. It gives me a whole new perspective when I know what the word actually means. “Patriotic”,…
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Is There a Choice That Will Make My Child Happy
CarrieAnne Langdon June 25, 2025 It can be overwhelming to have to make a lot of choices for anyone, much less for little ones who can’t make them for themselves. 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…
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Summertime
By Joey & Carla Link June 18, 2025 School’s out for the summer and you’re ready for some fun with your kids! Whether you’re staying home this summer or traveling we wanted to share some things we did with our kids while they were growing up to make our summer’s go smoother. We found that…
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The Habit of First-Time Obedience
Isabella Ruffo June 11, 2025 My parents used the parenting principles they learned in the Growing Kids God’s Way parenting class to raise my brothers and I when we were growing up. One of the principles my parents were excited about but I wasn’t the biggest fan of was learning to obey immediately, completely, and without arguing…
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What is Your Family Identity?
Lois Wilkinson June 4, 2025 Does your family function in ways that bring unity? One of the Mom’s Notes sessions that sticks out to me the most is “Building Family Identity”. Reflecting back on what we did with our adult kids, we now enjoy the sweet fruit from our parenting efforts. Being intentional over the years helped our family in 3 specific ways–it brought unity, gave…
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I’m Finally Friends with My Mom!
Halle Nightingale May 28, 2025 My mom and I have a great relationship now that I’m in my 20s, but it wasn’t always smooth sailing. My middle-years transition was rough and the high school years weren’t exactly dreamy either. I remember reading Proverbs 29:15 in middle school and thinking, “That’s me. I’m the child that brings shame to…
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Memorials
Joey and Carla Link May 21, 2025 Many people in the United States celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the start of their summer. We are confident, if we stood on the street and asked people what Memorial Day stood for, most adults 50 years and older would be able to tell you it was a…
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Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
Andrea Stokes May 14, 2025 How often do you find yourself in a tough parenting situation where your child has done something he/she knows is wrong and is digging his heels in and won’t give in to your instructions? That is frustrating and leads to parents saying “How many times have I told you…!” Then…