Tag: parenting
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Find Me Singing ‘Into the Unknown’
Sweet transitions. I’ve been prepping to write this for a few weeks now, I’ve drifted over the tides of emotions that come from making a choice to step away from the past decade – one largely with the same team. Unexpectedly, I started writing and the tears came anew. Excitement, peace, anxiety, sadness all held…
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Balancing Structure and Flexibility in Parenting
We all need routines, we all need some structure – not without flexibility – but structure that fosters responsibility, accountability, and discipline. It’s one thing we want to make sure our kids have a healthy balance of, being adaptable and disciplined to move through life responsibly with good attitudes. We are now two weeks into…
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Breaking the Cycle of Food Anxiety in Children
“Mommy, you packed me bad foods.” “What?” I responded. “You packed me pretzels and they are crunchy munchees and my teacher said those are bad for me to eat” “That is not true, mommy packs you a lot of different foods that work together to make you strong and healthy”. We were getting in the…
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Creating Our Calming Corners
How we go from all out brawls to relaxed space in just a few minutes. Having kids of any age is going to result in daily disagreements, fights, and sometimes physical torment; having virtual twins with very different backgrounds enhances that reality ten-fold. Our house would be super calm until it wasn’t. Having them at…
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What I’m Searching for On Prime Day as a Mom of 2 Five Year Old’s Entering Kindergarten
Prime Day rolls around each year around this time, but for some reason the stakes feel a little higher. Last month, we upgraded the kids bedrooms. They had been in toddler beds from 2.5-4.5 but at that point our son couldn’t stay put any longer so we threw twin mattresses on the ground and kept…
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Successfully Juggling Remote Work with Kids
I’m thankful my job is flexible, but even I have limits. Here’s how we navigated a week of no camps while I worked from home. To say it isn’t daunting wouldn’t be accurate – however if you are good at creating structure and routine then anyone can implement these strategies to get through those weeks…
Fueling Her Forward 