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How to Get Your Teen to Participate in Family Events

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There comes a time when your baby becomes a full-fledged teenager. During this stage, your child may longer wish to willingly participate in family activities. While this is quite common, the need for family engagement is still important during this stage in childhood. Today we’re sharing some tips to help you get your teen to participate in family events, without huge … [Read more...] about How to Get Your Teen to Participate in Family Events

Ideas to Start New Family Tradition

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Family traditions are a wonderful way to strengthen the bond between parents and children in your household. While most family traditions occur during the holiday season, more families are starting to branch out to create family traditions all year round. Today we’re featuring some ideas to start a new family tradition so you can enjoy ample time together before the children … [Read more...] about Ideas to Start New Family Tradition

Fun Ways to Bond With Your Teen Son

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When your children are babies you are their one and only. Their mission is to do everything you do and be around you 24/7. As your children grow and enter the teen years, it’s more difficult to connect or so it seems. Teenagers have that push to be independent while still wanting to be a part of your life. It’s on you to figure out that fine line between allowing them the … [Read more...] about Fun Ways to Bond With Your Teen Son

Creative Ways to Bond with Toddlers

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Toddlers change their mind faster than your sink loads up with dishes! These little human beings have a hyperactive mind that’s laser-focused on learning everything about their world. Sometimes this desire to learn about their world is something they want to do in one whole day! While your toddler is rambunctious, curious, and all about themselves, you can find creative ways … [Read more...] about Creative Ways to Bond with Toddlers

Easy Ways to Build a Stronger Sibling Bond

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Sibling relationships can be one of the more difficult relationships to handle. These children grew up together and formed a bond unlike one they’ll form with any other person. This bond, while strong, can face many challenges. During the younger years, you might find that having multiple children means that you’re constantly listening to bickering. Bickering between … [Read more...] about Easy Ways to Build a Stronger Sibling Bond

Creative Ways to Bond with Your Teen

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For many parents, it’s harder to bond with their teens than it was to bond with their toddlers. During this time of childhood, your child may be pushing you away, becoming rebellious, and fighting for independence. These are all normal behaviors during adolescence. The teen years are full of hormonal fluctuations, limit testing, and talking back. While not every teen … [Read more...] about Creative Ways to Bond with Your Teen

Year-Round Family Traditions for Bonding

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Many families have holiday traditions that come around once per year. While holiday traditions are an excellent way to celebrate the holiday season, family traditions don’t have to come around once per year. Today we’re diving into the topic of family traditions that you can enjoy all year round. These examples will provide you with a chance to bond with your family as you … [Read more...] about Year-Round Family Traditions for Bonding

Winter Break Activities for Family Bonding

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Winter break is a great time for kids to have a breather from school time, but it can be incredibly nice for families to be able to spend some time together and improve their bond. However, the winter break weather and events can make it seem more difficult to figure out the best ways to spend time with your family or some activities that can encourage bonding. There are so … [Read more...] about Winter Break Activities for Family Bonding

The Significance of a United Family

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Family is the most important part of every human being’s life. From a young age, you develop the strongest bond with those within your family unit. From your parents to grandparents and siblings these are the people who help mold you into the person you are today. Parents are there to keep children safe from the day they're born into adulthood. Parents are a child’s first … [Read more...] about The Significance of a United Family

Healthy Fall Activities for Outdoor Families

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When the weather takes a turn for cooler temperatures, it’s time to evaluate how you spend quality time outdoors. If you’re an outdoor type of family but unsure what to do with the kids once the cold temperatures of fall arrive, then you’re in for a treat. We’re featuring our favorite healthy fall activities for outdoor families. These are just a few creative ways to get … [Read more...] about Healthy Fall Activities for Outdoor Families

How to Build a Strong Bond With Your Autistic Child

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The spectrum is rather large with some children being nonverbal and others more high functioning. Whichever end of the autism spectrum your child is on; one fact remains true – some parents have a difficult time understanding how they can bond with their autistic child. When you first receive the diagnosis that your child is on the spectrum, you’ll be full of questions and … [Read more...] about How to Build a Strong Bond With Your Autistic Child

The Ultimate Guide for Family Bonding Activities

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Many families neglect one important part of having a family, making time for each other! In our busy lives, we tend to just live the motions each day without pausing to think about how we can spend time with our loved ones. Family bonding is an essential part of keeping a family together for the long run in life. While many people think that family bonding activities must be … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide for Family Bonding Activities

Winter Break Activities for Families

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Winter may be a season of hibernation but it’s also a great time to enjoy activities with your kids. Whether you’re a winter fan or not, these winter break activities for families will surely give you something fun to do. Family bonding is an important aspect of raising a family. Maintaining a close bond with your children will help deter them from making bad decisions, … [Read more...] about Winter Break Activities for Families

How Siblings Can Bond Through Divorce

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Divorce is a hard situation that can be rather traumatic for the children involved. Even if your divorce was amicable, the reality is that your children will now have to share their time between two households. Being juggling between house to house to see each parent is more traumatic for some children than others. Today we’re featuring some tips to help siblings bond … [Read more...] about How Siblings Can Bond Through Divorce

How Divorced Family Can Maintain Family Bond

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With many families practicing co-parenting, also known as shared custody, many parents are wondering how they can maintain a family bond when parents live in separate households. Divorced families are plentiful these days. Most children in elementary school are in some sort of shared custody parental situation, while some don’t have two involved parents. This is just the … [Read more...] about How Divorced Family Can Maintain Family Bond

How To Make Family Time a Priority

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Do you often find yourself or your family letting plans together fall through, or feel the distance growing between your family members? It’s not as uncommon as you may think, with how busy modern lives are and how hard it can be to figure out a common schedule amongst multiple people of different ages and needs. However, if you find a way to make family time a priority you can … [Read more...] about How To Make Family Time a Priority

Quick Parent Child Bonding Activities

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With back to school season arriving and many parents getting back to work, you must find a way to make family bonding a priority. Many quick parent child bonding activities will work for parents and kids of all ages. Below you’ll find our favorite quick parent child bonding activities that can be enjoyed with toddlers, tweens, and teenagers. These ideas will work for … [Read more...] about Quick Parent Child Bonding Activities

How The Pandemic Helped Bring Back Priority of Family Bonding

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The entire world has experienced a shutdown due to the pandemic. While some areas are starting to reopen and get life back to a new level of normal, other places are still under stay at home orders. Many parents have been furloughed or lost their job due to businesses shutting down. The world we’ve been living since last spring doesn’t look familiar. Many parents have been … [Read more...] about How The Pandemic Helped Bring Back Priority of Family Bonding

Composting in Everyday Life

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Our neighbors have what's called a compost pile. This pile is now attracting skunks. Thankfully there's a small fence in between the homes, but that hasn't stopped the little skunk visitor to walk around the fence and check out our swing set area. Thankfully, we don't have anything outside that will attract the skunk or keep the skunk around in our yard. It still sucks. I … [Read more...] about Composting in Everyday Life

Simple Ways to Protect Your Family

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A family iѕ a mаn'ѕ prized роѕѕеѕѕiоn. Thе members оf hiѕ fаmilу аrе something that a price tаg cannot be рlасеd on, аѕ the vаluе dоеѕ nоt trаnѕlаtе to mоnеtаrу tеrmѕ. The love thаt a fаmilу ѕhаrеѕ for one аnоthеr iѕ рriсеlеѕѕ. All thе material thingѕ thаt thе wоrld hаѕ tо offer will not bе еnоugh tо соmреnѕаtе fоr thе lоѕѕ оf someone in уоur fаmilу. The vоid that will be … [Read more...] about Simple Ways to Protect Your Family

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

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Want to prepare and get the perfect gift for Father’s Day ahead of time? You’re in the right place! Zazzle is an awesome company that offers items and gifts that you can customize to make just right. Here are some really great ideas you can find on Zazzle that could make the perfect Father’s Day gift this … [Read more...] about Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Benefits of Baking With Kids

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If you’re trying to find good ways to spend more time with your kids, baking is a great option! Baking with your kids can be highly beneficial for everyone involved and it can include a variety of recipes or experiments. Today I’m going to tell you some of the benefits of baking with kids, as well as a great recipe to try … [Read more...] about Benefits of Baking With Kids

Benefits of Making Homemade Mother’s Day Crafts

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Mother’s Day is just around the corner and every mom deserves a special gift. I know many of you enjoy homemade Mother’s Day crafts for kids because they simply make your heart melt. There are many benefits of making homemade Mother’s Day crafts with your kids, and today I’m sharing them with you. This one may be for all you dads out there, gather around, and listen to me, … [Read more...] about Benefits of Making Homemade Mother’s Day Crafts

Isolation Leads to More Family Bonding

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I watch as families everywhere start being forced to stay home. Schools have shutdown. Parents are being told to not go to work. These are some scary times. The virus outbreak has changed each of our lives in different ways, for some, isolation or shelter in place hasn’t significantly impacted our life. There are others who have no idea what to do while being stuck at home in … [Read more...] about Isolation Leads to More Family Bonding

Perler Beads Crafts for Kids

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I have older kids so crafting with kids isn't as popular around here as it was back in their younger years. While my kids are older, they do enjoy some crafting fun. Recently Santa brought a bucket of Perler beads with Emoji theme templates. This bucket of Perler beads came with enough beads to make some of the best emoji symbols ever. We can make the tongue out face, the … [Read more...] about Perler Beads Crafts for Kids

Fun Family Bonding Activities

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There's something magical that happens when you spend quality time with your family. Whether you're raising teenagers, like me, or have younger kids this list of fun family bonding activities will help you find something to do together! My family enjoys spending quality time together going camping, four-wheeling in the woods, hiking, and during these cold winter months, we … [Read more...] about Fun Family Bonding Activities

Accent Chairs and its Types for Home Décor

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Whether a commercial space or residential property, the addition of trendsetting furniture sets shape up the luxury of any room with less effort. They give prominence to the property and act as one of the sources to brighten up the rooms and complete the décor. Pieces such as accent chairs boast intricate designs. They also come with a combination of exquisite … [Read more...] about Accent Chairs and its Types for Home Décor

Instant Home Makeover With Simple Interior Design Tips

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If you are looking for easy tips to transform your home instantly, you have come to the right place. Although there are plenty of home décor and accessories available to spruce up your home, you need to know how to go about it without breaking the bank or cluttering up your home either.  Here are interior design tips from the top experts in the industry to get you … [Read more...] about Instant Home Makeover With Simple Interior Design Tips

L.O.L Surprise Gift Ideas

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Do you have an L.O.L Surprise Fan in your life? I know all too well how much this fabulous series makes girls happy! What I couldn't fathom is just how many gift ideas there are with the L.O.L Surprise theme. Today I'm going to share gift ideas for the fanatic so that you can make someone's day by gifting these ideas during a birthday, holiday, or another gift-giving … [Read more...] about L.O.L Surprise Gift Ideas

Host a Pizza party {plus} Homemade Pizza Recipes

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Yes, it is much easier to grab a pizza on the way home from work to enjoy with your family on pizza night, but where's the fun in that? Today we're featuring a list of 15+ pizza recipes to help you get in the kitchen and start creating pizza options with your family tonight. From shrimp pizza to BLT pizza, we couldn't believe the mix of options available on this list of … [Read more...] about Host a Pizza party {plus} Homemade Pizza Recipes

11 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for The Stay at Home Dad

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Are you searching for the best Valentine's Day gift ideas for the stay at home dad? Stay at home dads are becoming quite popular, it seems it's no longer mom who can stay home with the kids. This change in society is awesome in some ways, and in other ways, it has changed the dynamics of the family. Regardless of whether you're looking for Valentine's Day gifts for stay at home … [Read more...] about 11 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for The Stay at Home Dad

Decorating Ugly Christmas Sweaters with Teens

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I'm in a different chapter of parenthood. My oldest is just 10 months shy of being an adult, and about 6 months shy of graduating high school. With this different chapter in parenthood comes some bittersweet moments. I still want to cram in a bunch of things that we haven't done yet, and I want to spoil her for Christmas since it's the last Christmas as a minor child. On the … [Read more...] about Decorating Ugly Christmas Sweaters with Teens

48 Christmas Books for Kids

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Are you ready to start celebrating Christmas? We love recommending books for kids of all ages, but today we're featuring a list of the top 48 Christmas books for kids who may fall under the preteen year age group. While your preteen and teen can still enjoy these childhood classics, this list is mostly for those at home with little ones who want to increase the excitement for … [Read more...] about 48 Christmas Books for Kids

8 Tips for Creating a “Classroom” in Your Home

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Homeschooling allows parents to provide their children with a more personalized learning experience than they would otherwise receive in a public school or traditional classroom setting. Providing a quality education from home requires a positive, safe environment that bolsters learning. Here are eight tips for homeschooling families that want to create a “classroom” in your … [Read more...] about 8 Tips for Creating a “Classroom” in Your Home