Hi, it sounds like your daughter is doing great.

In some churches, they offer Sunday school for young kids. The babies will be entertained with toys and the volunteers will read them story. It’s not just babysitting but foundation for kids to learn about God. This ministry provide spiritual nourishment for infants and toddlers.You may want to give it a try. Thank you for sharing.

While I was reading your post, I remember my son when he was young, when his friends come over to our house, they know my rules like no running inside the house and they are allowed to play only in the basement. If my son is invited to come to his friend’s house, I told him to respect their rules too.
For us parents, it’s a challenge for us to discipline our children. Good values take a long time to develop and the best people to convey them are the parents by practicing good examples, showing them what to do and how to act. It’s true that we should start to discipline our children at their young age, when they are ready to accept and understand instruction. The Bible also says that we should train them the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it. Thank you for sharing.

While reading your post, I remember my son. When he entered kindergarten he already knows how to read because I enrolled him to Kumon, school that helps accelerate child’s learning. He enjoyed reading school books because it was easier for him and at home, we read harder stuff.

I would like to encourage you to just continue what you’re doing at home. Some schools offer special classes or other services for kids that are advanced in reading. You may want to talk to his teacher about that so that your son will be challenged. Thank you for sharing.

My son is a sophomore in high school and they are also required to volunteer. He is also busy in sports and school but volunteering will also be good for his resume for college. Every day, he has to go to baseball games and practice so his only option is Saturdays, so he goes to feeding the homeless and nursing home. By doing this, it develops him to be compassionate to others.

Since your children are also busy, you may want to try to volunteer on weekends too. Your kids may want to try helping the elderly neighbor to clean their yard or do housework. They may want to try babysitting to help those working moms. I hope this helps. Thank you for sharing.

I can relate to you, I grew up not eating vegetables. I just want fried food. But when I became a mom, I started eating healthy food not only for health reasons but to show good example to my son. I started with adding fresh tomatoes every time I eat fried chicken or fried eggs. I used to love eating junk food but when I became a mom, I stopped buying unhealthy food like chips and chocolates.

You have mentioned that you no longer eat fast food all the time, that’s the start and you’re doing a good job, eventually, you will crave for home cooked meal with healthy stuff on it. Whatever healthy change you want to make, it’s not too late and you can see good results. Praying for you.

Hi, I can relate to you. My son is 15 years old and every time I checked him if he is doing his homework, he will change the screen of his laptop. Nowadays a world is filled with distractions everywhere we turn. I told my son to focus on his homework, no texting or browsing Instagram, snap chat, twitter. Sometimes I would check him from time to time to make sure he is doing his homework or else he will stay up until 2 am doing homework. I learned a lot from this article, http://bit.ly/2oMnUmV, it teaches about how to set limits in what and how long they can view social media, it might help you too.

In order for you to figure out what your son is looking at the internet, you can try this link, http://bit.ly/2p9q9NM. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, when my son was in elementary, most of the time I volunteer in school and I always attend back to school night, it helped me to know some of the parents, we don’t really talk that much but at least when I see them at the grocery, I know them and smile at them. I tried to get involved in my child’s life through school events because it will provide me with opportunity to make new adult friends as well. I get to know his friends by instead of sending off my son somewhere else to hang out with friends, I encourage him to invite his friends into our home.

Making an effort to get to know my child’s friends’ parents is important to me, it conveys message to my son that his friendship is important and it matters to me. I only allow my son to sleep over if I know his friend and his parents. The Lord is good and He will always protect our children from harm. Let’s trust Him that He will lead our children to right friends who will be good influence to them. My son is now in high school, I guide him in developing friendships that last, this article, http://bit.ly/2mG2NBG, is helping me a lot, and it might help you too. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, as parents, we help our children develop goals and attain them through helping them work hard in school and at their different activities. The Lord has beautiful plans for them, and He holds their future. This article is helpful to me in guiding my son to achieve his dreams, http://bit.ly/2nT4KZW , it might help you too.

Since I am a stay at home mom, I can I fully support my son in school and other activities. He loves what he's doing and I don’t have to remind him every day to give his best. My son goes to public school, he does baseball in spring and marching band in fall season. We don’t pay any amount. He loves to play drums and he also play at the church every Sunday during worship service. He loves to write essays and public speaking so he participates in a youth group where talents are being enhanced. My part here is to remind him about the deadlines. God bless your family. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, maybe you can tell stories while you’re husband is driving, that way he will enjoy and not so focus on the negative things on the road. That’s what I do when my husband is driving and it helps a lot especially if it’s long drive, I tell him stories while the radio is on, we sing together while he’s driving, you might want to try them because it worked for us, it might work for you too.

God bless your trip. Praying for protection and you will have fun.

Hi, may be your son is comfortable sleeping naked or maybe he was dreaming. My son when he was the same age with yours, he used to sleep walk, he gets up during sleep but is unaware of his actions. My niece, when she was young, she peed on the bed because on her dreams she was peeing. That might be the same reason why your son was naked on his sleep. You can talk to your son regarding this.
Thank you for sharing.

As parents, we face challenges in parenting our children. Tantrums are part of normal development. It will be helpful if you and your husband are on the same page in raising you child, because if you are not, the kid will end up going to one parent and not the other, or he will have stronger relationship with one, there will be conflict between the parents and it can get really complicated. You can try to talk to your husband regarding this.

In my 20 years of marriage, I can say that communication is important. You may try to talk to your husband about how you really feel. We also experienced some problems to keep our marriage happy after we become parents. There will always be disagreements in any relationship but having healthy marriage is possible. By God’s help, you can have a beautiful marriage and be a better parent too. This article might help you, http://bit.ly/2oyTMI0
Praying for you that things will be alright in your family. Thank you for sharing.

Every kid is different. Other kids, they can work independently without their parent’s supervision, but my son who is in 10th grade is still asking for my help, though not most of the time. I helped him in some of his projects and reminds him about the deadlines. Sometimes I checked his school journal to make sure that he is meeting all his deadlines.

Parent’s support is important in helping our kids succeed in middle school, but as they grow more independent, it can be hard for us parents to know which situation needs involvement. You may try to sit down with your son to talk about his subjects , or help him establish homework schedules, encourage him to ask you if he needs help when it’s needed. Thank you for sharing.

When my son was in elementary, I helped him in his projects. I let him decide what he wants to do and I helped him in other things like most of them involves arts and crafts. We did most of his projects together, and most of the time he got an A. One time we did a project in Science, there is no way that a 1st grader can do it alone, some require glue gun, cutting with knives and cooking.

Your son might noticed that his classmate’s project looks perfect, if he asked, you can try to talk to him and reassure him that his project looks better too, you may want to tell him that their parents help them. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, selecting the right college is one of the most important choices we will ever make. My son is now in sophomore and we already talk about college, some of the considerations that we are looking; if that school has good academic reputation, graduates get good jobs, offer good financial assistance plus the location. Maybe your daughter thinks that the best school for her. May be having a talk with your daughter would help.

This article that I found talks about preparing the future of our teens, it says that teens desire to make their own decisions…when it comes to making college decisions, teens want to know that the choices are their own. This article, http://bit.ly/2mbIKri, might help you. Thank you for sharing.

Hi, when my son was young, we used to go to play dates because I want him to socialize with others kids. I didn’t allow him to go without chaperone, I always watched him every time he play with someone especially when he’s with group of kids. I also experienced that there were times some parents are not conscious of what their children are doing, so there were screaming and quarreling over something. For some parents, play date is also their time to relax from household activities, they need a break too. I would like to encourage you that during play date, if there are kids biting or doing things that might hurt others, you may try to talk to the children or to the parents to kindly let them know what’s happening, so that no kid will be in danger. It would be great also if there is someone who will supervise the children while playing.

This article, http://bit.ly/2mB1cNv might help you in your playtime with your daughter. Thank you for sharing.