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The Top 5 Benefits of Reading to Your Toddler

There are many ways for us to spend time together, but I believe the most bonding of these is when we read together. There in my lap, she feels safe, secure, close and loved. What more could a toddler want?

  • marriage

What Will Your Child’s Marriage Look Like?

Have you ever thought about how your marriage looks to your children — or about how your attitudes toward marriage are influencing them? Your modelling influences your children’s perspectives and practices in their own marriages.

  • toddlers

Staying Calm with Annoying Toddlers

Parenting – and teaching – takes oodles of patience, which one is usually short of when sleep-deprived, as parents of toddlers usually are. So, how do we keep our cool and model patience to our toddlers?

  • start

Right Start

If there is just ONE THING you have on hand to give to new dads, I encourage you to have the "Help Me Grow Guide: The First Year". It’s an easy way to bring dads into the wonderful life of their child and encourage their participation right from the start.

Fabulous Farm Adventures

We spent three happy hours exploring the animal farm, and even had time to visit a strawberry farm nearby afterward!

  • Good Kids

Catch Them Being Good

Encouraging your kids about good behaviour is one of the most effective ways to train, or disciple, your children.

  • Girls and Boys

The Innate Traits of Girls and Boys

The toys my 14-month-old chooses to play with confirms my suspicion that girls and boys are born with in-built predispositions towards different activities and skills.

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Equally Loved

When we discovered that Baby 2 was on her way, we were delighted, but also a tad concerned about how Baby 1 would react. Now, by and large, our progeny co-exist joyfully, taking delight in each other’s existence. We are careful to treat them as equally or equitably as possible.

  • travel

12 Crazy Weeks of Travel With a 12-Month-Old

Twelve weeks ago, my wife, my 12-month-old daughter, and I packed up our apartment in the United States for Squish’s biggest adventure yet — three months of travel, missions and adventure from the Great Lakes to Sydney, Australia and the jungles of Indonesia.

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