Over at Parent Hacks Asha has a post on a freebie - 42 fantastic conversation cards in PDF format, created by Ellen, ready to download from The Reign of Ellen. Suitable for family gatherings to get kids open up or social gatherings to dig a little deeper with other people with fun, yet without offensiveness. […]

When my children were still at preverbal stage, I used words combining with some gestures to communicate with them. Waive my hands to say goodbye or shake my head indicating no, patting my hip to say a diaper change…something like that. My children easily understood me and imitated my gestures and words as well.
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Rex Bowlby, a dad to two boys, has a very unique way of and perspective on parenting/fatherhood. In his book “Why Would I Want the Toy, When I Can Have the Box?” Rex shares with his readers 101 fun and cost-free activities that can help children acquire self-confidence, obtain coordination and develop creativity/imagination.
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My husband is pastoring a church where there are nine Sunday school teachers. Most of them are stay-at-home moms. They have been investing a lot of their precious time in teaching our church kids week after week.
Last year our church would like to give them our big thank-you. I was designated to buy something meaningful […]

Some children whose primary love language is acts of service would be very sensitive to what their parents do for them. They may not remember everything that their parents did for them, especially those acts of feeding or changing diapers when they were babies. But they would remember some specific incidents that their parents helped […]

Would you like to receive gifts? No matter adults or children would like to receive as many gifts as possible. Most children beg for things they like too. But for those children, if their primary love language is receiving gifts, it is a different story though.
When we (Dr. Chapman & Ross Campbell) asked ten-year-old Rachel […]

Dr. Chapman told a story of how a child’s love tank can only be filled by undivided attention – quality time:
Four-year-old Sara is pulling on her mother’s leg. “Mommy, Mommy, let’s go play!” “I can’t play right now,” Ginny says, “I must finish making this potato salad. I’ll play with you after that. Go play […]

We all have to communicate through words. Children learn to speak not only by mimicking adults, but also taking a process through which their parents and other adults interact with them. The whole learning process involves understanding the meanings of words as well as receiving emotional messages.
Words of affection, praise, encouragement and affirmation with positive […]

According to Dr. Chapman, to some children, physical touch is their primary love language:
Samantha is a fifth-grader whose family recently moved to a new community. “It’s been hard this year, moving and having to make new friends. Back at my old school, I knew everybody and they knew me.” When we asked if she ever […]

I happened to find Leslie’s sharing over at DotMoms, I enjoyed reading the article and shared the same feeling. Now and then, people around might comment on how often and when we should say “I love you”. From the bottom of a mother’s heart, I would like to let my loved ones know how […]