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Help With Your Mother's Rule
Help With Your Mother's Rule is a forum for women who want trouble-shooting
help with their Mother's Rules or about any aspect of the 5 Ps of
the married vocation.
Ask
Holly: This blog is composed of your questions.Contact me at the address listed on Holly's Notebook page
and I will post questions and answers. Please share your unique ideas as well. The more ideas and experience we share,
the more successful every mother will be in designing her own unique
Mother's Rule.
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Can I Hop to Another "P" ???
Dear Holly,
Some friends and I have and are reading your book. I believe it's going to change my life. However, I find myself wanting to jump ahead. We are only on the first P and after a month of trying what I thought was reasonable, I find myself not successful ( accomplishing the prayers ) and jumping to your routine charts. Is this a good idea? If not what should I do?
Signed, Frustrated in Fort WorthLabels: About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 2:44 PM
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How do You Homeschool?
DearHolly,
I was wondering if you could share your school schedule with us? I know you said it varies but it might be helpful to see what you have planned. Thank you!Labels: Homeschooling
posted by Holly at 11:23 AM
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Weekend Rule?
Dear Holly,
What do you do on weekends? It seems like depending on how busy our Saturday and Sunday is, half of Monday is spent catching up on laundry and housework. What do you do?Labels: About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 3:45 PM
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Dealing With the Un-Scheduled
Dear Holly,
What do you do with events that are not in your Rule, like doctor's appointments, visits, etc..? For example, today the children and I were invited to eat lunch with an elderly lady at church. Since I was already out, I decided to go ahead and do my groceries with the children. Now, I'm home and exhausted with alot to do. I also need to finish a reading lesson with one of my sons. Do you ever have days like this? These happen frequently with me!Labels: About a Rule of Life
posted by Holly at 7:51 AM
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Children Go Slow in the Morning!
Dear Holly,
How do you get your children to get up and get going? They sleep through their alarm clocks and are so slow at doing anything in the morning even if they got to bed on time. Any ideas? Is this weird?Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 10:11 AM
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Dad's Prayer with Kids Confuses Schedule
Dear Holly,
Your book, A Mother's Rule of Life, is the first book that related to my life as a wife, mother and homeschool mom. I appreciate that you didn't just leave us with the thought that the point of a Mother's Rule is to make life easier and to do your job better. That wouldn't be enough of a motivator to me. But the point of the Rule is really to order my life (denying myself and taking up the cross He gives me--including my calling) to allow more of His ruling in my life. He uses it and every detail of my day as part of His process to sanctify me, produce fruit in me, and know Him better. How I need His grace!
I have a question: My husband is a pharmaceutical rep and sets his own hours of employment. He has a Bible time in the a.m. with the children. It isn't always at the same time everyday. This affects our routine. Right now, I use the time to extend my morning devotions if he and the children are running a little later. Sometimes it really does affect how far the children get on their chores.Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 8:02 AM
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A Child Who Clings
DearHolly,
My youngest (13 months) is very clingy, and demanding. I am still nursing and I do not ignore her, so I don't think it is a result of not getting enough attention. Perhaps, she is getting too much attention and therefore becoming too demanding? It is becoming VERY difficult to get anything done in the house, or to spend quality time with the older kids. She used to be very independent in her play times, but now it is ridiculous how much she wants to nurse or just be held by me.
I guess my question is, should I treat this as a phase and just hope things get better, coping with it in the meantime, or should I take action to discourage this and if so, what? Other than this, my mother's rule is working like a charm!Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 7:37 AM
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Siblings and Bickering
Dear Holly,
The five and three year old are constantly bickering. I have noticed it is almost always instigated by my oldest. I do activities with them throughout the day and try to keep them relatively busy, but there are several "free times" written in my rule. The result of this is another big problem and that is that my daughter (3 yr old) is always crying and yelling.Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 9:23 PM
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Motivating Little Children to Do Their Chores - Options?
Dear Holly,
Your note on apprenticing children struck me. My parents used to just spank me alot. Given what you are talking about, here is a question I would like your input on. My two older children, ages 5 and 3, complain every single time I tell them it is "tidy time". While the timer ticking worked a little for my 5 year old son, it didn't take away the initial complaints. My 3 year old girl is very reluctant, and even down right defiant about it some times. I could always force her to do it, but I don't want to fight with them every day over this. It is so simple and usually only takes about 5-10 mins.Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 7:32 PM
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