https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/ Helping Women Live a Balanced Life in the 21st Century Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-74368 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 19:40:47 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-74368 […] adoptive parents adamantly refused to give me any information about my birth mom or even my nationality. As a kid, I […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-73864 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:44:52 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-73864 […] a parent is one of the toughest things I have done in my life. It is also the most fulfilling thing I have […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-73229 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:08:25 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-73229 […] wife is not easy. There is this expectation that she has to be perfect, together, perfect family, perfect marriage, perfect children. Unrealistic expectations can freeze […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-42475 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 15:08:59 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-42475 […] of the things that has helped me to persevere through hard times with them, is to focus on their strengths and talents, rather than on their weaknesses, shortcomings, and things that make me want to scream, […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-42424 Wed, 13 Jul 2022 13:35:30 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-42424 […] don’t know who I would’ve become without the responsibility of parenthood on my shoulders, but I doubt I would’ve been […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-41761 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:09:47 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-41761 Nice tips! Parenting really is a journey filled with many thrills and chills lol!

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-41521 Mon, 07 Dec 2020 17:53:38 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-41521 Loving these tips. You’re so right. Parenting is filled with unexpected incidents and chaos. Go with it!

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-41517 Thu, 03 Dec 2020 16:17:48 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-41517 Great tips, Betsy. So many apply to the adults I teach also!

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-41515 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 23:59:21 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-41515 […] I had another* article published at Four Columns for a Balanced Life. […]

]]> https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/top-ten-parenting-tips/#comment-41512 Tue, 01 Dec 2020 05:30:11 +0000 https://fourcolumnsofabalancedlife.com/?p=22442#comment-41512 Very true, Crystal. With age comes wisdom… and perspective. 🙂

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