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11 Tips For Living Clutter-Free With Children
Summer is here. The kids are home from school all day. And I don’t know about the rest of you, but I sort of feel like I am “owed” a summer vacation too. I don’t want to clean. I don’t want to cook. I...
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To My Daughter
Dear Daughter, Last weekend we went swimming at a nearby state park. One particular swimming area has cliffs on the bank of one side of the river from which people jump. Before the rest of us could...
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Alpha Mom Book Club: The Whole-Brain Child Book Review & Discussion
I really enjoyed reading The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson more than I thought I would. From the book...
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Summer Craft: How to Make Terrariums with Kids
If there were a superpower for killing perfectly lovely plants, it would be mine. So when I saw all these terrariums out at stores and in catalogs I thought, hey I can do that! They are...
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To Get A Second Dog, or Not to Get a Second Dog (A Real Family Drama, in Two...
To me it isn’t even a question. My children have been trying to convince me to let them get another dog. Something which is not going to happen. Nope. Never. Not getting a second dog. No thank you. I...
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How to Raise a Spoiled Brat to Adulthood in 18 Easy Steps
I have been a parent a long time, almost half my life at this point. (When did I get so old!?) I hear people talk about the phenomenon of self-entitled young adults and they all seem to scratch their...
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Make Back-to-School Week The Easiest Ever
I have written about how to make the back-to-school transition easier, here and here. Everything I wrote in those posts still holds true, but this time I am focusing more on what you can do ahead of...
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Your Child Says Their Teacher Is Mean, What Do You Do?
Over the past few days I have had several friends tell me that September is wearing them out. I know the feeling. Between getting everyone organized for school and re-establishing a routine, September...
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Getting Rid of the Shoulds
I have decided to strike the word should from my vocabulary. When my daughter was in Girl Scouts, she would earn badges that had to be ironed and/or sewn on to her vest. I was always way behind on...
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Teaching Kids How to Handle Life’s Disappointments
It is inevitable. We all face disappointments in our lives, many times out of our direct control. How we handle those disappointments is up to us. Teaching our children to weather setbacks and...
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