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Jul 2024
15m 32s

Hey Mom! You Can HAVE FUN

Jeanette Tapley and Christian Parenting
About this episode

​​We get it summer is busy! With work, vacations, holidays and the bottomless pit that is our childrens stomach summer is not the relaxing break it’s marketed to be!

So let’s take a little time this summer to look at the things we CAN do!

This week we are giving ourselves permission to HAVE FUN!

Jeanette shares some tips on preparing for fun and some fun ideas for you and your family!

Don’t worry Jeanette isn’t SHOULDING on you, she’s offering up a fun challenge to let go and cannon ball into the pool to make some sweet memories not FOR your kids but WITH your kids!

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Moms at Work is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual guidance to help you grow into the perfectly imperfect parent you want to be, visit www.ChristianParenting.org


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