Inside: 5 tips all parents need to know to deal with mean kids, unkind kids, or bullies while helping our kids stay kind. Oh my god. You can’t even cross the monkey bars yet? You’re such a baby. You can’t play with us because you don’t even know that velcro shoes are dumb. We don’t […]
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Friendship Checklist to Help Kids Find Great, Real Friends
Inside: Help kids figure out who their great, true, real friends are with this friendship checklist they can use to decide for themselves. When I was in middle school, I had a few friends my mom didn’t like. She told me she would let me decide if I was going to continue my friendship with […]
Musical Theater Gifts for Theater Nerds,Theatre Lovers, and Thespians
Inside: Have a musical theater lover on your shopping list? Use this gift guide to pick out the perfect musical theater gifts for your musical theater nerds. My daughter isn’t on sports teams, but we joke that theater is her sport. She loves everything about theater, including directing, acting, and watching musical theater. When she’s […]
New School? How to Help Your Kids Adjust to a New School Quickly
Inside: Are your kids heading to a new school this fall? Here’s how to help your kids adjust to a new school quickly. My three kids were the new kids at school three times in three years. We moved from Los Angeles to Boston to Chicago and back to Los Angeles. Yikes. That’s a lot […]
How to Teach Your Kids to Make School Lunches So You Don’t Have To
Inside: Teach your kids to make school lunches on their own so you don’t have to anymore. Use this free printable and 7 tips to teach kids how. So, we all have Mom Chores we really despise. All the chores need to get done, but some really end up rubbing me the wrong way. For […]