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Raising Self-Sufficient Kids

February 20, 2018 by BlessingsInSurprise

One of the hardest things about being a parent is keeping up with all of the housework!  Whether you have one kid or 10+, doesn’t it always seem like you have 20???  I know it does for me, and I only have three kids!!!  My gameroom can go from clean to THIS (see picture below) over the course of an hour!!!  It’s like I’m raising three tornadoes sometimes!!!

In a society that encourages laziness, entitlement and taking the easy way out, it can be very challenging to instill work ethic into our children.  The BEST thing that you can possibly do to help yourself in this area is… Read More »

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