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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

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

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

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

Cubles – A Fun, Beneficial Time For Your Kids

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If you’re looking for or need a way to get your kids to have some fun without spending too much time on their screens, I know a great option to consider. Today I’m going to be showing you all a great craft called Cubles that can not only occupy your child but also be beneficial to them. If you want to learn more, keep reading! Cubles – A Fun, Beneficial Time For Your … [Read more...] about Cubles – A Fun, Beneficial Time For Your Kids

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

Combining Education with Entertainment Using Griddly Games

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When I first asked if Griddly Games would send along one of their "Just add _____" line of products to my family, I had no clue how much fun we would have. Recently, my youngest son and I had a blast using Griddly Games Just Add Egg kit to make our own eggshell candle and we did another activity to learn about osmosis. We were combining education with entertainment and … [Read more...] about Combining Education with Entertainment Using Griddly Games

Sonic The Hedgehog Easter Eggs

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Making Easter Eggs with kids is a fun way to pass the time while you're stuck at home. Earlier today I asked my FB if they were ready for Easter and many were, but others like me weren't ready. With that being said, I wanted to share a fun twist on decorating Easter Eggs with your kids today. In celebration of the release of the new film Sonic The Hedgehog I'm sharing a fun … [Read more...] about Sonic The Hedgehog Easter Eggs

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

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

How do you have a tea party for kids?

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It's so much fun to spend time with your kids, especially when they're little. While I'm enjoying my best life spending quality time with my 11, 13 and 17-year-old children, I do miss those little kid days. Those days when you could build a blanket fort and curl up to read children's books together. Those days when you were the most amazing person in the world, and they … [Read more...] about How do you have a tea party for kids?

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