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Are You a Boy-Mom? 9 Helpful Things We Can Learn About Our Sons

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Are You a Boy-Mom? 9 Helpful Things We Can Learn About Our Sons

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I share another important post by homeschool mom Michelle Caskey (with permission) because we both want to encourage and inspire you as you learn to relate to your boys. 

Contrary to popular opinion in our modern society, boys think, see, hear and process very differently than girls. This isn’t to say that men are better than women or vice versa.  Just different.  And we would be wise to recognize these differences and to celebrate them rather than trying to pretend that they aren’t there or trying to make them go away….

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Warum sind Kinder gelangweilt, verwöhnt & haben keine Freunde?

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Why are kids bored, spoiled & have no friends? a little boy with a crown on his head

Translated by Anne Schweda for Deep Roots at Home.

„Der Gefühlszustand von Kindern ist heutzutage katastrophal! Wenn sie zur Schule kommen, sind die meisten emotional gar nicht dazu in der Lage, etwas zu lernen. Dazu tragen viele Faktoren bei, die von unserem modernen Lebensstil herrühren.“ ~ V.P.

Das, was meine Freundin Victoria Prooday (Ergotherapeutin) in ihrer beruflichen Praxis erlebt, ist so weit verbreitet und alarmierend, dass ich sie darum gebeten habe, ihre Gedanken dazu mit anderen teilen zu dürfen. Da dieses Thema auf ein so überwältigendes Interesse gestoßen ist und sich daraus auch viele Gespräche ergeben haben, veröffentliche ich ihren Artikel in etwas gekürzter Form an dieser Stelle erneut.

 

 

 

Alle Eltern, denen die Zukunft ihres Kindes am Herzen liegt, möchte ich dazu ermutigen, ihn zu lesen. Mir ist bewusst, dass viele am liebsten nichts von dem wissen wollen, was Victoria in ihrem Artikel zu sagen hat. Aber es ist für das Wohlergehen eurer Kinder dringend notwendig, dass ihr diese Botschaft hört….

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Too Much Skin, Girl. Too Much Skin: A Talk On Modesty by Rick Thomas

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Too Much Skin, Girl. Too Much Skin: A Talk On Modesty by Rick Thomas, three classy girls in modest but trendy summer dresses and sun hats

Photo by Ben White on Unsplash

By Rick Thomas.

While summer is an appreciated and welcomed relief from the blustery cold of winter, it does bring a different kind of difficulty. The summer months draw attention to our universal struggle with biblical sexuality, and the modesty debates take a prominent role in our conversations.

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The Lost Art Of Roughhousing: Why Roughhousing Makes Kids Awesome

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The Lost Art Of Roughhousing: Why Roughhousing Makes Kids Awesome, a father and son laughing and wrestling on the parent's bed.

Roughhousing. Horseplay. Wrastling. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the best things about being a dad. I love chasing my one-year-old son, Gus, around the house or pretending that the living room is a lucha libre ring and wrestling with him. No matter how stressed out I’m feeling, hearing one of his big, belly laughs erupt as I swing him around like a monkey makes all my cares go away.

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15 Proven Ways To Increase The Attention Span Of Boys

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As a general rule, the attention span of boys tends to be shorter than that of girls. Obviously, this varies with each child. Depending on personality, boys are usually downright full of energy and constant motion unless they are ill. It helps to understand that this is not abnormal, most of the time.

Even boys who have wonderful powers of focus still have a tendency to bounce, fiddle with objects, look around, and generally want to be on the move. Sadly, boys are often ‘diagnosed’ with ADHD when they are just being boys.

Fortunately, it is possible to promote a healthy environment for your boys which will be more conducive for learning, if you are homeschooling (or not) and can control some of these lifestyle choices.

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