30 extremely easy ways to show your child love
“Does he know how much I love him?” The words race through my mind like a flash as our 7-year-old leaves the van and heads out for his day of…
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Help Your Kids Make Good Choices
Think of boundaries as loving limits that help your kids make good choices. Walking through the aisles of Target the other day I heard a mom say to her little…
Mom-Approved Alternatives to YouTube Kids
Honestly I’ve never liked YouTube for my kids and now in light of the recent discoveries on YouTube Kids, I find myself wanting to share my trusted mom-approved alternatives to…
10 Life Lessons My Kids Learned By Watching Star Wars
Yes, I let my kids watch Star Wars movies. Evidently this is a controversy in some parts of our first world country….? So much so that I felt compelled to…
8 Ways to Create a Love of Learning in Your Child
When I was a kid I struggled in school. I didn’t get bad grades, but I didn’t get good grades. I was the kid that maintained a C-average and had…
A Parents Guide to Calmer Mornings – PLUS free Chore Chart
Do you wake up dreaming about calmer mornings in your home? What are mornings like at your house? Are you usually running late, cranky kids, wondering where the heck the…
100 questions to ask your kids after school – easy conversation starters
Use this list of 100 questions to ask your kids after school so that you never run out of conversation starters! How many times have you picked up your child from…
14 Tips to Boost Confidence In Your Child
14 Tips to Boost Confidence In Your Child Boosting confidence in your child is one of the best things you can do for them. Everything in life is better when…
Why Reading to Your Child is Really Worth It
This weekend I was reminded of just one of the reasons why reading to your child is really worth it, which then got me thinking of so many more reasons…
Raising Safety Smart Kids in an Era of School Shootings
This post originally published August 2019 Today my oldest son is celebrating his first complete week of second grade. This morning I sent my younger son off for his first…