Better Parents, Stronger Kids

Restoring and preserving Freedom through TRUE Parenting!

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Movies, Music, Media! OH MY!

http://www.pluggedinonline.com/
If you are like me, I'm often appalled by what is available through the various media outlets to the public and specifically our unexpecting children! There is a great resource to help you to make better informed decisions about your own media listening and viewing and that of our kids. Plugged In Online is a media (movies, music, popular TV and video games) review site that is very thorough and reviews these things with a christian perspective. Check it out before you or your kids goes to your next movie or buys your next CD. My wife and I check this site before we see any new movies.
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Parents. America is Calling. Are we listening?

TRUE Parenting©, I believe, is the foundation for restoring and preserving our great nation, our freedom, our happy homes and society. This is the new focus of Better Parents Stronger Kids. The following song, written by William Joseph and words by Brendan Graham introduces beautifully our great calling as TRUE Parents. Come meet the parents of Better Parents Stronger Kids. Learn from them and share your wisdom. Be better today than you were yesterday! Browse through our new links and services. Share the site with a friend! Thanks for being a part of this wonderful thing called parenting. You are your children's foundation and they are the foundation and future of America! The strength of America is equivalent to the strength of the American family. Read on to learn more about TRUE Parenting and Better PArents Stronger Kids at http://www.betterparentsstrongerkids.com/profiles/blogs/true-parenting-o-america-youre

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WELCOME TO BETTER PARENTS, STRONGER KIDS!

I'm so glad you've decided to join me here at Better Parent, Stronger Kids! I have a vision for all parents out there to be the best parents they can be. Our kids deserve to grow up with the best parents so they can, in turn grow up to be the best parents they can be. I think of parenting and family as a never ending chain that requires each link to be strong. Come enjoy the association of other devoted, concerned parents and share the knowledge, stories and fun that you can bring. Now join me in learning and growing and becoming a little better every day so we can help our kids be a little better every day. Your family will be stronger because of it!

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Andy Smithson

Take it easy


I've been reading a lot about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy lately and the power of positive thinking and thought about its connection with our role as parents. We all probably struggle with distorted negative thinking about our parenting from time to time. Baby Blues presented a great example of the struggle p

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Posted by Andy Smithson on July 22, 2010 at 5:06pm — 1 Comment

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Pledge: Faith, hope and Charity!

Whether you agree with or even like Glenn Beck, he is a very influential person in the media today. Yesterday he made a challenge and presented a pledge to the american people. I believe that this pledge is right in line with the purposes and mission of Better Parents Stronger Kids. The pledge is that for the next 40 days we will pledge to practice faith hope and charity to our utmost ability. He further explains what

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Posted by Andy Smithson on July 20, 2010 at 1:00pm — 3 Comments

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Why have kids?

A recent article in New York magazine entitled" All Joy and No Fun" has gotten alot of attention from various media sources. I first spotted this article on MSN's home page and clicked through because the headline, "I love my children, I hate my life," caught my attention. By about page 5 or 6 of the article, you could hear my disgusted sighs from across the room. The sad rhetoric that created these audible sounds to escape me went on for ab

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Posted by Andy Smithson on July 19, 2010 at 8:30pm — 1 Comment

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How can we improve and spread the word?

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Biggest struggles parents and their kids face today

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Freedom

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Deanne Ford is now a member of Better Parents, Stronger Kids
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I took this pledge a few days ago when I read it on Glenn Beck's website. At the time I thought more about the faith and hope part because by children are grown and gone and basically live away from me. But as I read these latest blogs it occurred t…
July 23
mark sherman, Elizabeth Roemhildt, Duane Broderick and 2 more joined Better Parents, Stronger Kids
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Love is the most important aspect of parenting. Without it, you will fail. With it, no matter what mistakes you make along the way, you still have a good chance at succeeding...
July 23
Andy Smithson added a discussion
What are you looking for? How can we engage people in this important discussion about the power of parenting? How can we inspire people everywhere to be better parents in order to create stronger kids?
July 22
Andy Smithson added a blog post
I've been reading a lot about Cognitive Behavioral Therapy lately and the power of positive thinking and thought about its connection with our role as parents. We all probably struggle with distorted negative thinking about our parenting from time…
July 22
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Khair-un-Nisa Simmonds is now a member of Better Parents, Stronger Kids
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I've lived the "pledge" all my life and I took the opportunity from my life experience to write the "Educational Pledge" for our children and youth. I learned early in life that God placed me on this planet with my own "purpose and journey" to contr…
July 21
I pledged to the Faith Hope and Charity pledge and am going to print out this post to remind me every day to continue to do my best to live those principles. I'm also going to tell my wife and kids this evening when I get home and see what my little…
July 20
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July 20
The following is the comment I made on NYmagazine.com I'm a father of 3 boys and am happy. Not just the "look at the past" kind of happiness but also the pleasurable kind of happy where you actually have some fun with your kids too. Happiness is so…
July 19
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August 7, 2010 from 9am to 12pm
Better Parents Stronger Kids is excited to announce the dates for our upcoming 6 week Parenting coarse, "Becoming a love and Logic Parent." Andy Smithson will be presenting the material from the Becoming a Love and Logic Parent Curriculum on the fol…
July 19

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