Tag: parenting
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Spring Time Is Bloom Time for Your 10-13 Year Olds Too!
Joey & Carla Link March 18, 2026 In 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. They can surprise you with a deeper understanding…
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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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Good Marriage Habits
Joey & Carla Link February 18, 2026 Joey and I have been married over 40 years. That is a long time and does indicate we are no longer young or middle-aged adults! In the last post, we talked about ways to destroy your marriage relationship. In this post we are going to talk about the…
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Is Your Spouse Your Best Friend?
Joey & Carla Link February 11, 2026 Why should your spouse be your best friend? God created the Garden of Eden to be a paradise. He put Adam there to care for the animals and to enjoy the plentiful food. But God saw that Adam was lonely. To fix it, He created a woman named Eve…
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Are Your Teens Ready to Date?
Joey & Carla Link February 4, 2026 With Valentine’s Day coming soon and spring-time around the corner, teenagers start looking at dating if they are not already involved in a relationship. It’s both a scary and exciting time for parents, as they remember their own dating experiences and know they need to let their older…
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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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Leaving Christ in Christmas
Abigail Edmons December 17, 2025 Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year – or perhaps the most stressful time of year. Before you think I’m a Scrooge, hear me out. I promise, I’m not. I remember growing up and loving everything about Christmas. I loved Christmas Eve service (you know – the thrill of…
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Changing Traditions
December 10, 2025 Becki Smith As our children have grown older, I’ve started to wonder if I will lose some of my treasured traditions. But I’ve come to realize that our traditions can take a different shape as our season of life changes. One of our favorite family traditions during the Christmas season has been…
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The Tradition of Sharing
Grace Morris December 3, 2025 Every year since my husband and I got married, 11 years ago now, we have made an assortment of Christmas cookies and put them in baggies and passed them out to all of our neighbors. We first lived in an apartment for 2 years and this was a great way…