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Kaye Wilson
- Mar 8
- 4 min
Overwhelmed and Discouraged
If you're a mom, chances are you feel overwhelmed and discouraged at least part of the time. As much as you love your children, they can...
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Kaye Wilson
- Feb 27
- 4 min
Happily Obedient: An Oxymoron?
Parents want their children to be happy. Parents want their children to be well-behaved and obedient. The hard thing is that, for many...
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Kaye Wilson
- Feb 22
- 5 min
Stop Yelling: Here's How
The only parents who have never yelled at their kids are those who are: A. never around their kids, B. never ask them to do anything, C....
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Kaye Wilson
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Passing Your Faith to the Next Generation: Another Reader Response
A couple of weeks ago I invited readers to send me examples of the ways they've found to pass their faith on to their children. Here is a...
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Kaye Wilson
- May 12, 2021
- 7 min
Readers Respond--How To Pass Your Faith on to Your Children
In my last post, I asked for your input; I wanted to hear from you some of the ways you've found to help you pass your faith along to...
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Kaye Wilson
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
Happy Mother’s Day!
Last week my fourth child, John, graduated from the OU College of Engineering with a degree in Chemical Engineering. I remember when he...
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Kaye Wilson
- May 7, 2021
- 5 min
What Will They Believe When They Grow Up?
What will your children believe when they grow up? They probably won't believe in Santa Clause, but they might believe in Aliens; they...
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Kaye Wilson
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Are You Laying a Solid Foundation in Your Kids' Lives?
In one of his parables, Jesus describes the difference between a foolish person and a wise person by asking his audience to imagine two...
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Kaye Wilson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Who I Am, What I Do, and Why I Do It
Welcome to my website! For the benefit of those who are new to the site, and for those who may not know me, I'd like to introduce myself....
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Kaye Wilson
- Mar 19, 2021
- 3 min
Bullies…and "Sissies"
Over the past few years, bullying has become sadly common. Tragic incidents of children committing suicide after having been bullied,...
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Kaye Wilson
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
What Rules Are For
We're surrounded by rules. Even though we know and understand that rules are a necessary part of living with other people, they sometimes...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
But, I Didn't Sign Up For This!
By now, those of you whose kids didn't go back to full-time, in-person school have had a chance to see how this school-at-home thing...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
In-, Un-, On-, and Pro-
In-, Un-, On-, and Pro- are the four “prefixes of parenting.” I bet you didn’t even know there were parenting prefixes, did you? (I...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Rainy Day Strategies for Cooped-Up Kids
Today in Oklahoma it's cold and rainy, surely the first sign of a change in seasons. As we enter the transition from warm, sunny weather...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 8, 2020
- 3 min
Mom-xiety: Some Final Thoughts
In my previous several posts, I've discussed what I'm calling "mom-xiety", a form of anxiety and stress that is unique to mothers. I've...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
Getting Ahead of Stress and Staying There
There are always going to be things that cause us worry and stress; there's just no getting around that fact. The important thing is to...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 3, 2020
- 4 min
A Strategy For Managing Momxiety
In my last post I promised to share ways of preventing and addressing what I'm calling "Mom-xiety", a form of anxiety unique to mothers...
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Kaye Wilson
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
Struggles With Mom-xiety
I've always been a bit tightly-wound, something of a perfectionist who relied on the approval of those in authority for my sense of...
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Love and Discipline
When you say "We don't allow that behavior" but don't correct with some kind of consequence, you're showing you actually DO allow it!
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 25, 2020
- 5 min
Teach Kids About God, Even With Sunday School On Hold
Anyone who has tried to attend church with small children understands the enormous blessing of the church nursery and Sunday School. Not...
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 22, 2020
- 5 min
My Homeschooling Odyssey, Part III: What I Learned
In my last post I shared the struggles I experienced during the years that I homeschooled my five children. Before moving into Part III,...
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 21, 2020
- 6 min
My Homsechooling Odyssey, Part II: Why I Had to Quit Homeschooling
I loved homeschooling. I came to believe in it so strongly that I began to think it was really the only responsible way to educate...
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Kaye Wilson
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
My Homeschooling Odyssey, Part I: Why I Loved Homeschooling
In 1984, my world changed in ways I could never have imagined; my husband and I had our first child! Like most parents, we were thrilled...
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