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How to Remain a Compassionate Yet Firm Parent

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There's nothing like the first day of school. Parents go to sleep, waking up early so they can get their kids ready for the big event. The treats are bought, the clothes are ironed and shiny black shoes are polished until you can see your face in them. School-aged children eagerly await this day because it means they're one step closer to adulthood. They get dressed in their … [Read more...] about How to Remain a Compassionate Yet Firm Parent

Tips to Be a Happier Parent

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Do you ever feel like happiness is an impossible goal? It can seem that way sometimes. As a working parent, you face many challenges including lack of sleep and stress. These and other factors can make it difficult to maintain the energy it takes for joy and laughter every day. But being a happier parent is not beyond your reach. The following tips will give you a good start … [Read more...] about Tips to Be a Happier Parent

How to be a More Consistent Parent

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Dealing with kids can be challenging, especially when you have more than one. Raising children with conflicting personalities can be quite a task. Teaching them how to deal with each other and compromise can be tough. But being a consistent parent will make things less complicated for everyone involved. Teach them to respect you How do children learn? They observe and … [Read more...] about How to be a More Consistent Parent

How to Co-Parent With a Jerk

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When it comes to divorcing someone that you have kids with, the reality is that sometimes you end up having to co-parent with a jerk. This is just how it goes from time to time because every person is so different. Today we’re going to share some tips to help you keep your sanity while you’re co-parenting with a jerk. Since you can’t pick who you have to co-parent with, you … [Read more...] about How to Co-Parent With a Jerk

Tips for Your First Teen Driver

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With so many teenagers getting their license for the first time this year, we wanted to feature some tips that will help ease the anxiety parents get with their first teen driver. There are many ways to handle this situation, everything from setting rules and consequences to monitoring your teen driver with an app. Today we are going to share the best tips for your first … [Read more...] about Tips for Your First Teen Driver

Tips to Encourage Sibling Bonding

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One of the biggest issues with parenting multiple kids is that the kids rarely get along. You see, sibling rivalry it’s called and it doesn’t’ matter if your kids are 2 years, 4 years, or even 10 years apart; it happens to all siblings! This means your children are probably at each other every so often and when they’re quiet you tend to wonder what kind of trouble they’re … [Read more...] about Tips to Encourage Sibling Bonding

How to Handle Hyperactivity in Children

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Having a hyperactive child can be challenging for many parents, but today we’re going to share some tips to help you cope with this. Hyperactivity is totally normal for younger children, but in time it may disappear. These tips shared today will help you handle hyperactivity in children in a positive manner so that you, and your children, live a content life. Continue … [Read more...] about How to Handle Hyperactivity in Children

Examining Moms vs Dads Parenting Habits

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We all know that moms and dads have different parenting habits. Each parent brings to the table a new set of rules, ways to respond, and bond for the child that no other person can match. Dads typically are more laid back and less worrisome whereas most moms are the opposite. This personality difference and parenting approach of mom and dad help the child become a … [Read more...] about Examining Moms vs Dads Parenting Habits

Simple Ways to Encourage Kindness in Kids

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Kindness is one of the most important aspects of the human being. This characteristic can make the world a better place and it’s something most parents teach their kids through example. Today we’re going to share some simple ways you can encourage kindness in kids, just in case you want to expand beyond being that solid role model of kindness. Send Kinds … [Read more...] about Simple Ways to Encourage Kindness in Kids

Truths Every New Mom Should Know

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We can’t begin to tell you everything a new mom should know, but we can tell you a few simple truths that most new moms should be prepared with. The knowledge shared today is a collection of truths every new mom should know. These truths are meant to help you be realistically prepared for the birth of your first child. May these truths that every new mom should know guide … [Read more...] about Truths Every New Mom Should Know

Tips to Feel More Fulfilled as a Parent

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When it comes to handling your parental duties, sometimes treating your job as a business is best. There are many strategies that parents used to feel more fulfilled as a parent. Today we’re focusing on just a few that have been rather popular among most parents. Learning how to navigate your day in a way that leaves you feeling more fulfilled, present, and happy about … [Read more...] about Tips to Feel More Fulfilled as a Parent

How to Make Daily Schedule for Family

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The best way to get your family organized is to have a daily schedule. This daily schedule will include chores, tasks, and other details of what’s expected from each family member. Having a daily schedule will help reduce stress and arguments from any family member throughout the week. Say goodbye to children's meltdowns when you follow these tips to make a daily family … [Read more...] about How to Make Daily Schedule for Family

How to Help Kids Cope with Life Without School

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Many kids have had their typical lives uprooted by the pandemic. Most kids had to return home to attend remote learning sessions and are still dealing with this setup. Other kids may have returned to in-person school sessions, but it isn’t like it was. Kids who are living life without school are starting to exhibit signs of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. These are not … [Read more...] about How to Help Kids Cope with Life Without School

Habits of Highly Effective Stay at Home Dads

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More dads are opting to be stay at home dads than ever before. This is a personal decision that must be made within the household, but once it’s made there are many habits that the stay at home dad develops to be highly effective. Since there’s little talk these days about stay at home dads, we wanted to share some of these habits with you. It’s fun to step back and look at … [Read more...] about Habits of Highly Effective Stay at Home Dads

Top 3 Parenting Tips to Ignore

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Top parenting experts will happily lend you some parenting advice that’s not always the best advice. Being a new parent involves a lot of stress and fears about whether you’ll be a good parent or not. These fears can deter you from enjoying pregnancy and the first few years of life, believe us, those first few years fly by! Today we wanted to feature the top 3 parenting tips … [Read more...] about Top 3 Parenting Tips to Ignore

Life Lessons Every Child Should Learn

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There are many life lessons your children will learn throughout the course of their lives. These life lessons will help your child grow stronger, smarter, and wiser during their childhood well into adulthood. While we all know that our children will learn some life lessons along their journey to adulthood, we wanted to share some of the most important life lessons every child … [Read more...] about Life Lessons Every Child Should Learn

Ways to Talk About Current Events with Kids

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With so many events happening at once, kids from all over the world are witnessing major events. These events may be confusing and scary for your kids. Most adults are having a hard time wrapping their minds around our current events, so it’s no wonder we need to help each other discuss things at a kid level to help ease anxiety within our kids. Today we’re sharing some tips … [Read more...] about Ways to Talk About Current Events with Kids

Can You Be Both a Parent and a Friend?

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Parents are supposed to build close relationships with their children as they’re the child’s first role model. Many parents struggle with the idea of whether or not they can be both a parent and a friend. It’s hard to set boundaries and consequences when you’re a child’s friend. If you become too much of a friend and not enough of the parent, your children could be missing … [Read more...] about Can You Be Both a Parent and a Friend?

Parenting Tips for the 21st Century

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There are many costs of parenting in the 21st Century. College prices have risen, food prices are increasing, and there’s technology everywhere you turn. Raising 21st Century kids provides parents with many challenges. While we acknowledge that the 21st Century brings about some challenges for parents, there are some things you can do to make it easier. Today we’re featuring … [Read more...] about Parenting Tips for the 21st Century

Face Shields vs Face Masks for Kids

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While a face shield may not protect against the virus, combining one with a mask is a preferred method for many caregivers, parents, and kids. Today we’re going to dive into the topic of selecting an option for your kids so that they can be compliant with the current requirements to attend an in-person school or venture into a store. The Downside of Face Masks Face … [Read more...] about Face Shields vs Face Masks for Kids

A Tool to Help Parents with Child Care Plans

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With so many parents out there searching for a way to adapt their life with the new restrictions and having children remote learn, it’s no wonder that many are in need of a tool to help with child care plans this year. Today we’re sharing a new tool that will help parents with their search for safe childcare options amidst the pandemic. This tool will help parents weigh the … [Read more...] about A Tool to Help Parents with Child Care Plans

The Ultimate Guide for Co-Parenting with Your Ex

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There are plenty of families all over the world that are co-parenting with their ex. Some are stuck living in the same household and others have moved on with another partner. Regardless of what stage of co-parenting you’re in, the hard truth is that co-parenting sucks. When two parents live together and are in a relationship they tend to create this balance, almost like … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide for Co-Parenting with Your Ex

Parenting Techniques That Stand the Test of Time

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Have you ever wondered what parenting techniques have remained regardless of how society changes? Today we’re going to share some of those techniques that have stood the test of time. Each of these parenting techniques is something that perhaps your grandparents abided by and you abided by, and your children may abide by. We don’t know what the future may hold for parenting, … [Read more...] about Parenting Techniques That Stand the Test of Time

How to Build a Better Bedtime Routine for Kids

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A bedtime routine is essential if you ever want to have kids that fall asleep quickly and stay asleep. For many parents bedtime is the time when you can enjoy quiet time, fun with your spouse, and a much-needed detox from the busy day of being a parent. Building a better bedtime routine for kids starts with a few steps, and while it may seem like a lot of work at first, we … [Read more...] about How to Build a Better Bedtime Routine for Kids

Alternative Discipline Strategies to Spanking

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The debate over spanking or not spanking a child has been the cause of much conflict between parents everywhere. Whether you’re on the team for spanking or not, we felt it important to feature some alternative discipline strategies to spanking. These strategies will help provide long-lasting benefits to curb the bad decisions made by children during all stages of childhood. … [Read more...] about Alternative Discipline Strategies to Spanking

Tips to Support New Parents During the Pandemic

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Parents must work together to provide support for each other during these current times. With many schools returning to in-person learning part-time and remote learning part-time or a full-time remote learning environment, it’s hard for parents to handle the stress. These changes with back to school season have created a new lifestyle that parents must adapt to and some … [Read more...] about Tips to Support New Parents During the Pandemic

What New Parents Should Know Before Bringing Home Baby

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As you near the arrival of your new baby, you may be feeling a few mixed emotions. From anxiety to excitement, these are feelings every new parent starts to feel as the birth day nears. If you’re wondering about some of the things you need to know before you bring that little bundle of joy home, then continue reading as we lay out everything that anew parents should know before … [Read more...] about What New Parents Should Know Before Bringing Home Baby

Tips to Help Kids with Social Skills While Distance Learning

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Schools are starting to announce their method of learning for the 2020/2021 school year. This is rather frustrating and overwhelming for many parents. Some working parents aren’t sure how they’ll be able to financially support their family if their children are required to be home part or full time for distance learning while other parents are concerned their children may lose … [Read more...] about Tips to Help Kids with Social Skills While Distance Learning

Tips to Help Your Kids Social Distance

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Many school districts have started to announce how they’ll handle back to school season with the pandemic. Some schools have opted for a hybrid of remote learning and in-person learning, while others are going right back into full in-person learning and others are reluctant so they’re starting the first few weeks with a remote learning option. With so many school districts … [Read more...] about Tips to Help Your Kids Social Distance

Parents, Handle Anxiety with Remote Learning Again

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Last spring many schools shut down without notice, leaving parents and teachers to dive headfirst into remote learning. This new method of learning worked for some children while others suffered greatly. Parents and teachers were quickly trying to determine the best way to educate children in a remote learning environment. With many schools over budget, they had to find an … [Read more...] about Parents, Handle Anxiety with Remote Learning Again

Preteen and Teen Chicken Soup For The Soul

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Chicken Soup For The Soul books are a great form of reading that gives inspiration, laughter, and good life lessons to those reading depending on the topic and readers. Many current parents grew up with these books, so you may recognize the name. I even used to read these books to and with my eldest child when they were growing up as a way to share time together. These … [Read more...] about Preteen and Teen Chicken Soup For The Soul

Reducing Risk of Food Allergies in Babies

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Food allergies are something many people struggle with that can sometimes harm your diet and lifestyle. If you have a baby or young child, you most likely want the best for them when it comes to growing up healthy and without food allergies. There are actually ways to reduce the risk of children having a food allergy. I’m sure you’re wondering why you’d want to do that … [Read more...] about Reducing Risk of Food Allergies in Babies

Summer Reading Loss and How To Prevent It

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This is going to cover everything you need to know and do to prevent summer slide over summer break with kids. From tips to prevent reading loss to a summer reading challenge and a fun book worm bookmark craft for kids, I have you covered this summer break! Have you ever heard of summer reading loss? This is the term used to describe the loss of skills and development over … [Read more...] about Summer Reading Loss and How To Prevent It

Add Creativity and Fun to Gardening With Kids

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Getting children to have an interest in gardening or growing plants can be pretty difficult, especially when they’re younger, and you have to wait a long time for substantial growth in your plant projects. However, there are plenty of ways you can make this activity more fun and interesting for children. It’s actually really easy to make gardening more creative or … [Read more...] about Add Creativity and Fun to Gardening With Kids

Better Oral Hygiene for Kids & New Youth Toothbrushes

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I received product(s) for free. All opinions are my own. Dr. Plotka's Youth Manual Toothbrushes are recommended for children ages 3-12, teens with braces or anyone who enjoys using a smaller brush. Made with soft, polyester bristles, they work to gently clean the gums and enamel of your little one. With Dr. Plotka’s, you can brush very gently, which … [Read more...] about Better Oral Hygiene for Kids & New Youth Toothbrushes

How to Maintain Mental & Physical Health During Coronavirus Quarantine

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When the news of coronavirus in China hit the headlines all over the world, many of us do not take it seriously. We think that this virus is only affecting the people in China. We were all happily going about our daily life until the virus came to our shores. Steadily, nations all over the world were affected and the numbers of people infected by the virus started to increase … [Read more...] about How to Maintain Mental & Physical Health During Coronavirus Quarantine

Comfortable Basics: A Guide to Casual Style

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When it comes to women’s footwear, there is no lack of stylish and trendy shoes in the market. Footwear designers have come up with a wide array of beautiful shoes for women to choose from. Sometimes the choices could be overwhelming and it is not surprising that women take a long time to shop when it comes to choosing the right pair of shoes. The different types of … [Read more...] about Comfortable Basics: A Guide to Casual Style

Our First Week with Time4Learning For Homeschooling

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Today I’m excited to announce that we’re in our first week of using Time4Learning for our main homeschool education with the boys. Our sons are in middle school, one being grade 6 and the other being grade 8. After our first year of homeschooling and trying to navigate the murky waters of how to homeschool our boys, we decided that Time4Learning would provide us with a … [Read more...] about Our First Week with Time4Learning For Homeschooling