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School’s out! Hooray for summer vacation…or maybe not. Let’s face it, summer break may be full of fun family activities, but it may also mean more arguing, less compliance with chores, and those dreaded words: “I’m Bored!” Before you start counting the days until school starts again, check
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Sometimes, it’s the simplest words that are the most important. “I’m going to throw up.” “The kitchen is on fire.” “Mom, can we talk?” They are important, significant, meaningful words. While you would probably immediately respond to the first two statements, the third is often overlooked, minimized, or ignored. You
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You heard the smack from the kitchen. Followed by wailing. Entering the room, you demand, “Tell your sister you’re sorry.” “Soorrry.” It reeks with sarcasm. “Say ‘sorry’ like you mean it,” you prompt again. “I’m not sorry!” he yells back. What?! How dare he say that. Teaching your child to
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Once again, your child is refusing to go to bed because there might be a spider in their room. You’ve checked every corner of the room – no spiders. You’ve reassured him that there probably won’t be a spider. Finally, you run out of options and allow him to sleep
Continue Reading“I don’t like broccoli.” “Come on, try it…” “No way, you can’t make me eat peas.” “You might like it.” “I want chicken nuggets.” “You can have a cookie if you try this first.” Mealtime with a selective (otherwise know as “picky”) eater can be exhausting. The dinner-time dance
Continue ReadingIt’s a miracle that the tree is actually still standing. Between the impromptu pillow fight in the living room and your toddler’s never-ending interest in rearranging the ornaments, it’s still in pretty good shape. Still, you have your doubts that it will last until Christmas. Unfortunately, the tree is only
Continue ReadingI have yet to get a good picture of my 3 kids together. Ever. And it’s not for lack of trying. Every year, I piece together something that resembles a Christmas card and send it along to my friends and family. Soon, my mailbox is bursting with pictures of
Continue ReadingYou focus so much on milestones when your kids are babies. Are they walking yet? Talking in complete sentences? Using the potty? After the toddler years, you stop tracking milestones. And unfortunately, many people stop changing the way they parent. Suddenly, you’re having huge battles with your grade school age
Continue ReadingBreathing is a powerful yet often underestimated part of staying calm. When we become anxious, worried, upset or frustrated, our breathing changes. Instead of deep, cleansing breaths, we begin to take short, quick breaths. These short breaths tell our brain that we’re in danger! It starts to ramp our
Continue ReadingTwo weeks before school starts again and I’m already planning my schedule. I’m going to get so much done! I’m going to get up early and exercise before the kids wake up, we’re going to have everything done the night before so we can eat a leisurely breakfast instead
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