Category Parenting

How Personality Assessments Help the Family

We All Have Personalities For an audio message Click on the above title “How Personality Assessments Help the Family.”

Becoming a Mother

As it appeared in the Beaumont Enterprise, Sunday, May 8, 2011 Child’s Love is the Best Gift on Mother’s Day I raised a girl and two boys as a single mother. We had good days, not so good days and some terrible, no good, very bad days. My daughter, Treva, the only girl and the […]

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Parenting Tip for Single Moms

Parenting Isn’t Easy If you are on a mobile device Click the Title, “Parenting Tip for Single Mom” above.     Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and […]

Parents Must be the Protectors

Parents Must be Protectors       Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and special education for eighteen years, finishing her professional career as a Braille teacher. […]

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How Single Parents Raise a Secure Child

To Raise a Secure Child – You Need to Attach When I was raising three kids as a single mother, I was often too exhausted to think straight. I needed direction or a director. Now I’m a tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms, and I learned a few things along the […]

What is Really Important When Raising Kids?

A bite of soul food from Gail, a tough old bird with a soft spot for single moms. Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University of Texas. She married Sam after raising three children as a single mother. She was an educator in regular and special education […]

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Courage for Single Moms on 9-11

9-11   This entry is in honor of single mothers everywhere inspired by the single mothers who attend the SMORE Class at Calder Baptist, Beaumont, Texas. COURAGE I didn’t know any victims of 9-11 personally. I met someone months later and she told me of working with Todd Beamer’s sister, who helped established the Todd […]

Our Children Have Unique Personalities-Cherish Each One

Cherish Each Child’s God Given Nature

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4 Ways to Create a Happy Home

  A Bite of Soul Food from a Tough Bird with a Soft Spot for Single Moms Listen to a brief message from Gail about ways to enjoy life. Related posts: Bonding with Family Fun & Lots of Ideas for Fun with Kids Gail holds a degree from Lamar University in Speech and a Master’s from the University […]

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My Dad Taught Me About Priorities – from a Tough Old Bird

Teaching Priorities What my dad told me a valuable way to teach children. Gail Cawley Showalter, Founder SMORE for Women