Motherhood Series Archives - Bontrager Family Singers https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/category/motherhood-series Tue, 01 Mar 2022 20:27:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-NCWeddingPhotographer-2140-scaled-scaled-e1712745904991.webp Motherhood Series Archives - Bontrager Family Singers https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/category/motherhood-series 32 32 189531902 Answering the Mommy Questions, #1 https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/answering-mommy-questions-1 https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/answering-mommy-questions-1#comments Tue, 10 Jul 2018 13:43:00 +0000 Today I am launching the “Answers to Your Mommy Questions”.  Wow, there were over 40 comments with some of you asking 2-4 questions but my goal is to write one post a week until the questions are answered.  Thanks for your patience!! Today’s topic is “Sibling Relationships” and addresses the following nine comments:  “helping siblings […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/answering-mommy-questions-1/feed 8 1993 Recommended Reading List || Part 7 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/recommended-reading-list-part-7-in https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/recommended-reading-list-part-7-in#comments Thu, 11 May 2017 13:00:00 +0000 //Books to Read Aloud// This book list is intended for an entire family with young children, although some books would be found in the adult section of a bookstore.  When I would read aloud to my children, I usually read a book appropriate for the oldest children (ones in school) and had the younger children listen and […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/recommended-reading-list-part-7-in/feed 9 3249 Oreos or Broccoli || Part 6 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/oreos-or-broccoli-part-6-in-motherhood https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/oreos-or-broccoli-part-6-in-motherhood#comments Thu, 04 May 2017 19:00:00 +0000 {enjoy the “ancient” pictures used in this post!}    PURPOSE: to encourage mothers-to-be and mothers of young children in cultivating good appetites in their children. DISCLAIMER: This post is written by a mother who is in daily need of God’s forgiveness and grace as she seeks to “fear God and follow His commandments”.  CONFESSION: The author […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/oreos-or-broccoli-part-6-in-motherhood/feed 12 3280 Getting Children to Practice Their Music || Part 5 in the Mothehood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/getting-children-to-practice-their https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/getting-children-to-practice-their#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2017 00:03:00 +0000 {sibling music practice one afternoon} Today I am going to address a frequently heard question I often get after concerts:  “How do you get your children to practice their music?” We also hear, “I wish my children were that talented”.  Or someone will say, “Do your children  like to play music/practice?” Let me begin with […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/getting-children-to-practice-their/feed 6 3787 Shy Children || Part 4 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/shy-children-part-4-in-motherhood-series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/shy-children-part-4-in-motherhood-series#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 21:18:00 +0000   “My child is shy”. I have heard this quote too many times to count as a young child puts his head on his mother’s shoulder, hangs on to her leg, or stands quietly beside his mother with a “shy smile” on his sweet little face. So what is shyness?  Merriam-Webster defines it as “feeling […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/shy-children-part-4-in-motherhood-series/feed 15 4084 The A,B,C’s of Simplicity || Part 3 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/the-abcs-of-simplicity-part-3-in https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/the-abcs-of-simplicity-part-3-in#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2016 23:00:00 +0000 This blog post is a short summary of the last session that I did for young mothers (with 4 or more children) from our church.  I am posting it in hopes that it will be an encouragement to many other mothers who are in the “trenches”, as my dear husband describes those mothers with many […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/the-abcs-of-simplicity-part-3-in/feed 14 4834 Hiding God’s Word in Your Heart || Part 2 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/hiding-gods-word-in-your-heartpart-2-in https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/hiding-gods-word-in-your-heartpart-2-in#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:20:00 +0000 Well, this post has been “brewing” for about 3 months now.  More than once I have written it in my mind but it just never connected with the key pad. I have been quite busy in the past 3 months but I have also felt rather inadequate in writing this post.  At the same time, […]

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]]> https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/hiding-gods-word-in-your-heartpart-2-in/feed 9 5695 Teaching Your Children to Work || Part 1 in the Motherhood Series https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/teaching-your-children-to-work https://bontragerfamilysingers.com/teaching-your-children-to-work#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:42:00 +0000 This is the first installment in a series of posts written from one mother to another. My thoughts come from my own journey of failures and victories as a mother.  My desire is to encourage young mothers to train their children, teach them to walk in the ways of the Lord, and to love the […]

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