Inside: How to keep our parenting emotions in check and not blow up when our kids are unkind. Sitting at my daughter’s soccer practice, there were two little kiddos on the sidelines playing together and one of them had a toy. They couldn’t have been older than three. And one boy hit the other one […]
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The Only 2 Family Rules You Need That Will Make You a Better Parent
Inside: Do you struggle to get your kids to listen to you? Are you desperate to have your kids be kinder? Do you want to implement consistent Family Rules, but don’t know where to start? All you need are these two family rules. I have a proclamation to proudly announce. I got my kids to […]
10 of the Best and Most Meaningful Year-Round Gratitude Activities
Inside: Gratitude can’t just be taught during Thanksgiving. We need to purposefully teach our kids to be grateful and we can use these meaningful year-round gratitude activities to do focus on it. I offered my daughter a cookie the other day and she immediately counteroffered. “Can I have two cookies?” she asked. I just stared […]
14 Ways to Entertain Kids in a Hotel Room
Inside: Kids can get easily bored during a hotel or motel stay. Here are 14 ways to entertain kids in a hotel room without screens. My husband and I were raised in families that loved to travel. And so we traveled as much as we could before we had children. And now we are instilling […]
How to Show Your Kid’s Teacher Appreciation During Distance Learning
Inside: Teacher Appreciation during distance learning and the quarantine can still be meaningful with these social distancing- safe ideas. I joke that I’m a recovering elementary school teacher. Other teachers usually chuckle when they hear it because they know. Being a teacher is amazing, and uplifting, and rewarding. But it’s also exhausting and thankless (usually) […]