Tag: kids
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Showing Respect
Joey & Carla Link April 8, 2026 We went to a theme park with our son’s family recently. He has 4 kids who wanted to ride roller coasters. They of course want their dad and Papa to go with them, so our son and I went on the rides with them while Carla and their…
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Senioritis
Joey & Carla Link March 25, 2026 Spring is here and the seniors in high school, those in their final year of school are ready to be done with their studies and just have fun. If you have had a senior in your home, you will recognize the symptoms – once they get accepted to…
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Spring is Blooming and Your Kids are Too!
Joey & Carla Link March 11, 2026 During the Spring, we see plants and flowers popping up, making the land look fresh and bright with color. It’s also a time where our kids can start blooming in ways we may or may not be expecting or ready for. Springtime leads to new experiences for kids…
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Helping Kids 5 and Under Escape Temptation
Joey & Carla Link January 28, 2026 Do your kids know the right thing they should do? If your kids don’t know the right thing to do, they can’t tell Satan to get off their backs and leave them alone. Kids under 5 yrs. of age obviously don’t have the maturity or understanding to know who…
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Escaping Temptation
January 21, 2026 Joey and Carla Link Search Parenting Made Practical in your favorite podcast app or click here to listen! My kids knew it was their job to put their laundry away. I washed it, I folded it, put it in a basket and put each of my kid’s baskets in their room. From…
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Holidays and Your College-Age Kids
November 19, 2025 Joey and Carla Link One of our daughters went to college 4 hrs. away and we weren’t able to see her much her first semester there. When she came home for Thanksgiving, we couldn’t wait to see her. She spent much of that short time home sleeping or sending messages to her…
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Habitual Thankfulness
November 12, 2025 Joey and Carla Link Did you know there is a difference between being thankful and being grateful? They are often interchanged, but they mean two separate things. Gratitude is a deep, lasting attitude of appreciation, while thankfulness is an emotional response to a specific event or gift. While you are rarely thankful for hard things in life, you can have…
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REMINDERS
November 5, 2025 Joey and Carla Link I remember a time when I reminded one of my girls once again to get her chores done and her response was, “I know, I know.” I thought if she already knew, why wasn’t it done? In the last 24 hours how many times have you heard your…
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The Parenting Notebook
Kim O’Brien October 29, 2025 Have you heard the phrase, “Train your kids in times of non-conflict?” First, you should think about what training entails. As Joey & Carla have so often said, it has 3 parts: 1. Give them information 2. Show them how you expect them to use that information 3. Correct them when they don’t and praise…
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Positive Parenting, Part 2
Joey and Carla Link October 22, 2025 Last week we talked about being positive when you parent your children. Yelling, being harsh and angry or critical of them is being negative in your parenting and your children don’t need that. Being calm when you talk to your kids is one way you can be positive…