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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
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Holly: This blog is composed of your questions.Contact me at the address listed on Holly's Notebook page
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Did I Blow It?
Dear Holly,
Thanks so much for your excellent workshop (Teacher's Tips for Homeschool Parents) at the Minnesota Catholic Home Educators Conference. I have had your book, A Mother's Rule of LIfe, for a year, and it made a big difference. Hearing you talk was a wonderful boost for me. My question after was regarding my daughter's doing the "class clown" act during our school time this year. In a few weeks, we've made some good progress, but I worry about our past mistakes. She is 10. Have I ruined her for life or can we look at them as learning experiences and move on to better things and times?Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 2:20 PM
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Chart Templates?
Dear Holly,
I really love the book A Mother's Rule of Life. Do you use a computer program to create the groovy looking charts? If so, what are you using? I am pretty illiterate as far as working on Excel and spreadsheets. An I have wasted lots of days looking for a nice template. So is there a nice easy, efficient way to make a nice chart without resorting to crayons and a ruler?Labels: Miscellaneous
posted by Holly at 2:15 PM
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Attachment Parenting & A Mother's Rule
Dear Holly,
We practice attachment parenting and ecological breastfeeding which includes feeding on demand and minimal separation of mother and baby (for a couple of years, in our family). I have not yet found a book along the lines of MROL that was written from this perspective. MOTH (Managers of Their Homes) included a breastfeeding schedule (not demand feeding), and in MROL, there is discussion about leaving the kids (presumably including the baby) with dad for an entire day so that mom can get out for a break. So I am curious as to whether there are any mothers out there who have actually been able to make progress toward a family schedule or toward increasing time meant for Person or Partner when they are also trying to ecologically breastfeed.Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 11:08 AM
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Too Much Schoolwork!
Dear Holly,
My biggest question when looking at your schedule was how you could complete school in a few hours. I tried an on-line Virtual charter school (K12) this past year and we are way behind. It seemed really intense. I will have a 3rd grade, 1st/2nd and a Kindergarden child next Fall along with the infant and a toddler. I almost feel as if this curriculum has a hold on me because I just can't seem to let it go. A hundred times a day I decide to do it then not do K12-maybe because of the free stuff they send or the teacher you talk to? It is an excellent academic program, but we just are not getting to it. Any suggestions for a good Catholic or Christian curriculum for large families?Labels: 4th P Parent
posted by Holly at 2:42 PM
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Tithing Norms?
Hi Holly,
I have another question for you! While tithing has always been a given for my husband and I, I have started to get a bit confused about what the Church teaches re: its practise. What is the Church's actual position re: tithing? Right now, my husband and I tithe 10% from his paycheck (I'm a stay at home mom), but I read somewhere recently that you should tithe before taxes and not after; also, I thought 10% was almost an obligational (or at least the recommended) amount for Catholics but when speaking about it with other Catholics, they seemed to say that the percentage is totally arbitrary. Is there a precise teaching to refer to, or is this an issue that is rather vague?Labels: 1st P Prayer
posted by Holly at 10:44 AM
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Spiritual Direction - Ways to Grow
Dear Holly,
Thank you soooo much for writing this book. It was so encouraging to know that others are going or have gone through what we are going through. Staying faithful is wearing, and we just can't seem to buy a break financially. But I keep thinking someday we're going to be fine....
My real question is this: I know people who have spiritual directors, and I once asked our priest if he could be ours, but then I realized he is much too busy. How does one locate someone that you feel like you can trust, who has the background to be truly helpful? How does spiritual direction work? I knew nothing of it until about 3 years ago. Thank you so much!Labels: 1st P Prayer
posted by Holly at 10:17 AM
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