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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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Back To School Basics: You Get what You Get

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“You get what you get, and you don’t throw a fit.” Have you ever said this to your child? Have you ever said it to yourself? Author Tomie Day Bankhead explains how this simple, childhood lesson can help us accept the disappointments of life and become more optimistic, positive mothers.

For Moms with a Spouse Who Is Often Away

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Every family has its own way of adding value to the world and bringing in the money, and sacrifice is normally a factor in the equation. Each situation has its highs and lows. Remember that you and your spouse are team players and you each bring different skills to the playing field.

Appreciating the Now (video included)

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Learning to live in the present and appreciate the now is not as easy as it sounds. In the past, I’ve described myself as a frustrated perfectionist who is constantly vacillating between my desire to get things done and my desire to enjoy the moment before it’s gone. These are the things that have helped me (at times) to do just that.

Why Do I Care? Keeping Public Tantrums in Perspective

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Our latest challenge with my youngest is her tantrums. Last Thursday, she threw herself flat on her back, arms flailing, and began screaming in the checkout line at the store. My face flushed as I listened to two older women behind me giving each other a play-by-play of Ally’s meltdown.

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?