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Six tips to getting the most out of your summer playground visits
A lot of children are currently on Summer vacation. Others will be in the next few weeks. My kids have two more weeks of school until they start their summer vacation. Like most families we can’t...
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Help encourage your child to read this summer – Great tips from author...
As a parent to a non-reader (otherwise known as a “reluctant reader”) it can be VERY frustrating to encourage your child to read, most especially during the summer months. We have tried everything...
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Five Simple Activities For Summer That Keep The Brain Challenged
The brain is not meant to stop learning over the summer—in fact, studies show that when school closes during the summer break, students’ brains can actually lose information acquired during the school...
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Four reasons why what you think you know about summer vacation is probably wrong
My kids just finshed school a little over a week ago. I can understand how elated they feel not to have to do homework and study for tests for two months. I felt that way once too when I went to...
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Oxygen’s new show, I’m Having Their Baby – Plus $100 Visa Giveaway (ends...
Not many people know this about me. I don’t know anything about my biological mother. I was raised by my biological father and paternal grandparents (I refer to them as mom and dad). My biological...
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How active should YOUR kids be?
I recently had the opportunity to write a guest post for Jen and Barb at Mom Life (JenandBarbMomLife.com) about how active should your child be and why I feel it’s important for children to get some...
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Healthy Snack Ideas from PBS Kids & Whole Foods Market
Many children will be returning to school in just a few short weeks. Some children have already started back to school. Mine still have three weeks to go before they return to school. Like most...
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Simplify Your First Week Back with Kraft Foods ($100 Prize Package giveway...
Has your child headed back to school yet? My kids ave around three weeks left before they go back to school. In a way I’m ready for them to go back. At the same time it’s somewhat bittersweet since my...
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Keep the fire burning year round
This summer I was honored to be able to participate in a special campaign with Hershey’s and The Motherhood that centered around one of my favorite treats – S’mores! My kids love S’mores but they have...
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Help save $$$$ on college expenses with CampusBookRentals.com
The above comic is supposed to be funny. Sadly, it’s not funny at all. In fact it’s true. College is incredibly expensive. Many kids graduate college already $50,000 – $200,000+ in debt, and only 22...
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Don’t Be This Guy on Parent-Teacher Interview Night! #OxfordLearning
The following is a true story (names changed to protect the guilty). About a week after report card time, Mr. Carroll had an appointment to meet with his son Mike’s tenth-grade teachers. On his way...
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10 Tips for Keeping Great Notes #OxfordLearning
As a mom I know how important it is for my kids to take great notes at school so that they have all the appropriate material they need to study for texts. My son needs to learn better study habits. He...
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Pepperidge Farms Goldfish Brand Launches a New Parenting Site (5 Winners!...
If you read my blog on a regular basis you know that I rarely post press releases unless I feel like the information would be of some interest to my readers. I may be the mother to teenagers, but that...
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Fun in the Kitchen with Chef Boyardee & the Little Chef’s Project (Giveaway...
When my kids were little they always begged me to let them help me out in the kitchen. Being the overly paranoid parent that I am I was terrified to let them stir something in a pot on the stove, or...
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Share your Moments of Joy and win great prizes (Giveaway ends 12/10/12)...
I never realized how the simple thing in life can bring you such great joy until I became a parent. Suddenly things like a giggle, your daughter trying on your shoes (which are huge on her tiny feet)...
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10 Tips for Raising Joyful Children by Greg Malouf
There is no greater joy than freedom of the soul, particularly as it is expressed in the laughter of our children. And that is never more evident than during the holiday season – a time that seems...
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When should a teenage boy start to shave?
Our son turned 13 years old a few months ago. It’s hard to believe that my little boy is on his way to becoming a man. My “baby” boy was born 9 weeks premature. He was only 2 1/2 pounds and 15″ at...
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When to “Let Go”?
I know that I am far from a great parent. I’ve made mistakes. I’ve made A LOT of mistakes. That is because no one is ever given a “How to be a parent” manual when they leave the hospital with their...
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Will Free Range Parenting Lead To Troubled Teens?
Have you ever heard of the term “Free Range Parenting”? An example of Free Range Parenting would be to allow your 10 year old to ride is bike a few streets over to visit a friend. Or letting your...
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Managing An Out Of Control Teen
I have two teenagers – an almost 16 year old daughter and a 13 year old son. They have the typical teenager attitudes, rebellions and my daughter is a major “drama queen”, but at least their behaviors...
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