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Want to Grow Bookworms This Summer?

How can you help your children develop a love of reading? Click here for five strategies that will help you to grow bookworms this summer!

Creating a Summer Schedule

Need some ideas to help you create a summer schedule that both you and your kids can agree on? One that includes fun and some structure, too? Click here for some simple ideas on how to create a summer schedule that will work for your family!

What is a "Happy Success" List?

Have you checked out April and Eric's website for families at LearnDoBecome.com?

 

Here's a fun post featuring a creative way to structure your lists, so you feel totally fine if the things you planned don't get done the way you thought.

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Teach Them to Be Kind

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We have a zero-tolerance policy in my house when it comes to kindness to each other. But have I taught my kids that the same rules apply on the playground, in a friend’s home, at school, and even in the forever-long checkout line?

How to Tell a Child, “I Love You”

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Like adults, children crave love and attention, especially from their mothers–their first “true love.” Creating “I Love You” rituals in the home is probably one of the simplest things you can do as a mother to yield big results. Here are some fun ways to get you started!

The Power of Story

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My son started repeating specific lines from the books we had read about why it was so good to be a big brother. The repetition of reading the books had taught him how to navigate this situation. I realized then the power of a book to teach.

A New Way to Define “Parenting”

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Children are meant to be who they are. I think this is the most important concept that we as parents can let sink in. We are not meant to control another person. We are not doing a job with the title “behavior management consultant.”

If I Had Four More Arms and One More Brain

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“If I had four more arms and one more brain, I might be able to help you.”  This phrase is uttered a lot around my house lately. With five children demanding my attention and help throughout the day, the playing field is very lopsided. I often feel like there is just not enough of me […]

Self-Care Is Not Selfish

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Without nurturing their own energy, passion, and health–and without setting limits on their own activity–women are useful to no one. Self-care is about controlling your own health and happiness. It means the people in your life receive the best of you rather than what is left of you.