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The Nine Minutes That Have the Greatest Impact

We do our best with the time we are allotted.  Did you know there are  nine minutes that can have the most impact on a child? Read more here.

Five Tips to Motivate Your Child to Pitch in Without Pitching a Fit

Are you ready to motivate YOUR kids to pitch in without them pitching a fit? Check out these five tips to get started.

How to Finally Stop Drowning in Piles

Ready to get out of overwhelm? Check out April and Eric Perry's free class "How to Finally Get out of Piles" for some quick practical ideas. Sign up here!
 

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Traditions Stressing You Out? Try These 3 Tips

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Do you ever find yourself feeling overwhelmed and going through obligatory motions for the sake of keeping tradition? Would you like to free yourself from this trap or prevent yourself from falling in all together? If so, I suggest the following three solutions: simplify, delegate, and establish boundaries.

Feelings of a New Expat Mom

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Often what is depicted on social media and blogs are solely the thrilling adventures of living abroad. But what about the initial adaptation period? What about the culture shock, homesickness, and loneliness? If you are an expatriate mother, I want you to know you are not alone.

Adventures in Mommy Wonderland

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Need a boost to help start the school year off with an organizational “bang?” Amy Fonseca’s offers helpful tips that will bring order and perspective to any home. This article is a “must read” for all moms as children head out the door back to school!

Make a Difference Challenge: Simple Kindness

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Here’s a challenge-inspired by Saren Loosli’s  video on after-school routines. Everyday after school, Saren asks her five children two important questions: “What did you learn today?” and “What did you to do help someone?” I know the importance of making a difference through simple, random acts of kindness. So often when we think of making […]

Stop and Smell the Crayons

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What I seem to learn over and over again is that if I make time for what is truly important, everything else works out in the end.

September is “Be Nice To Another Mom Month”

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Make an effort to reach out to another mother in your school or neighborhood tomorrow. Try to be a little more neighborly. Open yourself up to the idea of making a new friend. Build strong social and emotional supports among mothers within our living, breathing communities. Because mothers with caring and connected friendships make better moms in general for our children.

What Sleeping for Two Hours a Night Taught Me

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Before my due date, I lost count of how many times people told me about sleep deprivation. Looking back, I think this is because it’s their overriding memory of life with a newborn. It’s their way of saying, “‘Welcome to the club; it’s one hell of a ride.”