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Get Your Child to Love Reading
Reading is a huge part of a child's development. In the early stages, it should be a shared experience between parent and child which can impart a love of books from an early age. Reading skills are an...
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Parenting: How to Teach Kids to Make Their Own Breakfast
I'm a big believer in tasks and chores. I'm pretty much a die-hard Momma Drill Sergeant, handing out orders and jobs to anyone in my path. We've handed out a small list of "duties" and responsibilities...
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Family Garden: How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your Child
When I was a little girl, I would work with my grandmother in her garden on the south side of her house, learning how to pick cherry tomatoes and spy the worms that destroyed the tomato plants. She...
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4 Tricks to a Memorable Outing With Your Kid
Are you planning a fun-filled adventure with your tiny tot, but you’re not sure if you're doing it right? Fret not, we can help you plan the next outing with your kid with our mom-azing travel tips. 4...
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Parties: How to Plan a Party When You’re Pressed for Time
I have always loved parties and entertaining. Now that I’m a mom and I’m running my own company, I no longer have time to entertain as much as I would like—the big exception being birthday parties....
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Kids’ Bikes: How to Keep Safe While Riding Bikes
Bike rides are a great activity for the family and a great form of exercise. Be sure to keep your kids safe while riding by taking these necessary precautions. How to Keep Safe While Riding Bikes Wear...
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Parents: How Fathers Can Build Relationships With Their Kids
Fathers play a significant role in the development of their children and nothing is as heart warming than the relationship between a daughter and her father. Even though I may be an adult who no longer...
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Inexpensive Summer Time Family Fun Tips
We heard some great tips from Kathy Peel on bringing the family together during Tuesday’s #gno party, but here are so more to consider for family fun this summer! Go on a scavenger hunt at a museum or...
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5 Ideas to Strengthen Father and Toddler Bonding
Father and toddler bonding is a growing area of study, and Fathers Day is a time to celebrate the wonderful fathers in the world. Having a relationship with one's dad can make a huge difference in a...
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How to Make Summer Chores Fun
I don't know about you but I've redesigned our chore chart more times than I can count. This summer, I've finally found an easy way to mix up our regular chore chart and get the kids motivated to help...
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The Importance of Being Bored
We are winding down the summer weeks and it is easy, as parents, to look at our bag of tricks and realize that we've burned through most of our ideas. We've taken the family trips, we've done the...
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Cultivating Happiness in the Midst of Mothering
How do you find happiness? Kids tend to find happiness not through heightened stimulation or vast leisure, but by engaging their energy. My challenge as a mother is to remain neutral through the...
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Food: Healthy Eating Tips to Banish Snack Time Hunger
When my kids were younger, the only meal I really stressed about was a healthy dinner. Now that they are a bit older, dinner isn’t the only thing I’ve got on my mind. I know that when that school bell...
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Communication With Kids: How to Address Tragic Events
When traumatic events occur in our world or our town, our inclination might be to limit communication with kids and keep them naive and protected from the tragedies and violence that occurs around...
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Child Development: 9 Ways to Help Kids Learn to Manage Anger
Just as adults need to develop and refine their communication skills, kids need to be taught effective and healthy ways to share their feelings, process emotions, and get across their points....
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Saying Yes – A Parenting Experiment
I don't like disciplining my kids. I do it, of course. As parents we need to set limits, boundaries, and teach our kids. But that doesn't mean I like it. That means I say "no" a lot. Or otherwise use a...
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6 Ways to Stop Bullying and Spread Kindness
Have you ever witnessed cyber-bullying? As a parent, have you had anti-bullying conversations with your children? Identifying ways to stop bullying on the spot isn't easy. That's why teaching children...
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