“We have not inherited the Earth from our fathers, we are borrowing it from our children.” ~ Lester Brown Being eco-friendly takes on a whole new meaning when you read this statement. As parents, we all work so hard to provide our kids with a good future — we save money to send them …
Life Skills for Kids
Do you know how every kid has some special talent — a skill that just makes you go “Wow! Where did they learn that?!” It’s that thing about your child that impresses you, makes you proud and causes you to stop and think how it will help them in life. For my daughter, her amazing …
Talking to kids about unhappy moments can be tough — BUT it’s a necessary thing in life. Educating them about Veterans Day, Remembrance Day and war is one of those occasions — it’s not a pleasant topic to discuss but one that needs to be talked about with the next generation. It’s important for our …
I recently received an email with a question that caught my eye — “Worried Your Kid Is Going To Break…Something?” “Hell Yes!” was all I could think because we have kids who are prone to injury. Anyone who knows our family is not surprised to see one of the kids walking around with a cast …
I did a little math this week and came to an odd realization — We have 2 kids and somehow over the past 17 years, I’ve helped them to create more than 50 costumes! I know — there’s some crazy math there since Halloween only comes but once a year. However, in the kid world, …
It’s very important to me that our kids are introduced to volunteer opportunities. Whether it’s a random act of kindness (such as helping someone take back their grocery cart) or a long-term commitment with a local charity, volunteer work teaches them so much! But I do admit there are challenges when you want to volunteer …
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I know, we all dread them — the annual requests for fundraisers.
Just this past week, I’ve received notices about the middle school fundraiser, the choir fundraiser, the Senior class fundraiser and a fall fundraiser.
I’m all for helping the schools to raise money but my time is limited and I don’t like to continually ask family and friends to support these causes (heck, they all have kids too).
BUT, there is one fundraiser that I can get behind 100% —
because it doesn’t cost me any additional money or time
AND the kids can do it all on their own!
This shop has been compensated by #CollectiveBias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. I’ve been in a parenting quandary lately. My oldest is a senior in high school (I know – when the hell did that happen!) And as we are doing college prep and visiting campuses, it’s really hitting me …
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The other day, my daughter asked me if I was writing anything new for the blog. She always gets excited if I tell her it’s a book review or there’s a new project we get to do together. But this conversation went a little differently since my newest project is about how to clean and vacuuming for kids …
Me: “Actually, I’m writing a mini-series about how kids can help clean around the house.”
Kid (with deer in the headlights look): “Mom! Kids don’t like to clean!”
Me: “Guess what Honey, parents don’t like to clean either.”
Kid: “Really?!” (yep, kids will never stop surprising me with their questions)