Separate Vacations Can Be Just the Right Thing for Your Family Moms and dads should always vacation together and share hobbies, right? Let’s change the question. How boring would we be if we only loved the exact same things, only wanted to do them with each other, and always felt we needed to share every [...]
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The worst things about being a work-at-home mom (WAHM) can also be the best things, but it takes some perspective searching to see them that way some days. There are wars that are waged, either fighting the tide of household responsibilities, juggling client needs, or self-inflicted guilt wounds of motherhood. Finding peaceful resolutions are not [...]
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You put your kids in car seats, take them to well-baby check-ups, feed and shelter them. However, are you doing the one thing that will have some of the longest reaching health and social implications for your child? Are you keeping your marriage a priority? The Risks of Divorce for Our Kids If your family is [...]
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Hearing the Diagnosis It is an extremely devastating and difficult time for parents when they learn that their child has a medical condition. A tidal wave of emotions and change of course for the entire family is suddenly thrust upon their shoulders. Fifteen years ago I was sitting in a college lecture when I was [...]
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It seems like everywhere I look there are kids walking around with Smart phones. My kids gasp at the fact that I was raised in the “Dark Ages” when there were no smart phones. (“But, how did you get on Facebook?” my daughter asks, wide-eyed.) Because I was raised in a pre-cell phone timeline, I [...]
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Just a few years ago, many parents were spending hundreds, even thousands of dollars on their kids’ birthday parties. Whether it was for destination parties, catering, or clowns and magic shows, the dollar amount quickly added up. Executive Director of Parents magazine Chandra Turner stated that some children’s birthday parties were comparable to “mini weddings.” [...]
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I have listened to many stories about when my parents were kids and all of the things they were allowed to do. I don’t let my kids do half of that stuff. At 6 and 3, I am still trailing behind them when they ride their bicycles in front of the house. I have heard [...]
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My food nemesis is the tomato. I cannot stand raw tomatoes, and perhaps childishly, actually clap and cheer when I go through a fast food drive thru and see a sign that says something like: “We are unable to offer you tomatoes due to the great tomato blight that has obliterated our supplier’s stockpile.” I’m [...]
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When I was a child, family dinners would last for hours. It was the one time when, if we were lucky, we could all be together and share the highlights of our day and the things we wish we could forget about it. Now, as an adult with my own children, I look back on [...]
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The majority of new parents cannot wait to find out whether their nursery should be painted pink or blue. Some parents decide they want to wait until the baby is delivered to find out the gender of their child. Canadian couple Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have taken it a step further and declared that [...]
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