Grace is three years old, and she still goes potty:every time she gets up from sleep time before every sleep time after every mealThis means she ends up going every one-two hours! I still have to walk around the corner where she can’t see/hear me in order for her to actually “go”. I don’t want to tell her to go potty all day, so after meals I usually say, “Where should you go?̶

We have never stayed on schedule all day, haha! But the schedule does help, and I am so thankful for the scheduling kit I got from titus2.org.  It is called Managers of Their Homes.  I have the others about chores and school, and they’re great, too.  Some moms look at it and feel like it is not good for them since they are a small family.  But I disagree!  I was a mess when I only had one kid, and the sc

Chapter 11 — “He Lived What He Taught Us” “My Father did not push us to prayer, he led us–first by the consistent example of being a pray-er himself, then by asking the blessing (a phrase he thought more accurate than ‘saying grace’) at meals, and by gathering all of us together after breakfast for family prayers, as described in Mother’s article. I do not say that we

Question: “Sometimes I feel like my kids stumble out of bed, eat breakfast in their underwear, then take forever getting ready to do school.  Of course we also have to clean up the kitchen which is just another thing to delay getting our day started. ” Answer: When I was on the MOMYS (Mothers of Many Young Siblings, momys.com) email loop, I learned so very much from moms who had already been where I wa

from S. M. Davis, pastor in Illinois “7 Keys to Unlocking Doors of Communication” solvefamilyproblems.com and Dave Smith, ministering at a Christian camp in Iowa at the time of Dr. Davis’s message 1. Do you know I love you? 2. Do you love me? 3. How do you feel today? 4. Is there anything we can do together today? 5. Have you been praying lately? 6. Did you read your Bible today? 7. Why do we take

from S. M. Davis solvefamilyproblems.com 1. Discover, learn about, and show interest in the interests of your mate and children. 2. Train yourself to listen with your entire being 3. Watch for opportunities to give praise to those around you 4. Plan opportunities just for communication, such as eating together as a family, dating your spouse, or camping together 5. Watch for and accept God-given opportunities to co

Chapter 23 “Encouragement” “Give me the love that leads the way, The faith that nothing can dismay, The hope no disappointments tire, The passion that will burn like fire. Let me not sink to be a clod– Make me Thy fuel, Flame of God. (Toward Jerusalem, p. 94)” Chapter 25  “Work and Play” “‘I commend the enjoyment of life,” says the teacher in Ecclesiaste