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Making Allowances (aka: A Chore System for Kids)

August 2, 2019

Have you established a chore system for kids in your house? If not, you should consider it. Years ago I attended a Mother of Middle Schoolers meeting led by Marya, a fabulous gal slightly further down the parenting path than me. That morning I learned that I stood alone in the I-do-every-single-thing-for-my-kids camp.  “When did […]

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Filed Under: Money, Raising Children Tagged: chore system for kids, how to get kids to do chores, should I pay kids allowance

Mental Illness: When It’s a Family Affair (15 Observations and/or Best Practices)

July 12, 2019

For years, I had no idea what was wrong with my mother. That she’d been diagnosed with a mental illness: manic-depression (Known today as Bipolar Disorder.). Ashamed of her condition, Mom told no one. My father stayed silent on the topic as well, not clueing my brothers and me in on her condition. No doubt […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Emotional Health Tagged: how to help a loved one with mental health problems, Mental illness, when a family member is mentally ill

6 Sanity-Saving Parenting Tips (AKA: My very best mommy secrets!)

July 5, 2019

Do you want your kids to grow into excellent humans? If so, today’s post  with parenting tips is for you. Tony Bear and I have raised three kids that we think are pretty great. Lots of people have assured us this is true. So how did we do it? By the grace of God. And […]

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A Father and Child Reunion (An essay on a father. And forgiveness.)

June 14, 2019

By Jennifer Norstrom Silbert Exactly one year ago tonight, my brothers, their wives, and I were standing vigil over my dad’s hospice bed at my parents’ home in Wisconsin.   We expected, but didn’t know for sure, that Dad wouldn’t make it through the night. His cancer had roared back into his life just three weeks […]

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Filed Under: Aging Parents, Faith, Family Tagged: aging parents, death, death of a father, father and daughter relationships, forgiveness, hospice, losing your father

25+ Fun Things to Do with Your Adult Kids (after they leave the nest)

June 3, 2019

On my recent reader survey someone asked, “What kind of activities do you and  Tony-Bear do with your adult kids now that your nest is empty?” I wonder if she really meant to ask: “How do you get your kids to come visit once they’re ‘grown and flown?’” Host “Family Suppers” This was actually our middle-child’s […]

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Filed Under: Family, Relationships Tagged: activities with adult kids, adult kids, family fun

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