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Teach Kids to Share with the Sharing Ball

September 17, 2020

How to teach kids to share.

How do you teach kids to share? That’s the eternal parenting question. There is a lot of standard “teaching kids how to share” advice out there. I usually goes like this:  Praise good sharing behavior.  Play turn-taking games Create rewards for sharing But, teaching kids how to share is not really as easy as reading…
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How to Teach Kids to Stop Slamming the Door – the Easy Way!

August 31, 2020

interior door

If your kids are anything like mine, they slam doors just a little too often. No, they are not teens expressing their displeasure at the rules. They are young kids just going about their life, entering and exiting rooms like normal people. I’ve noticed that slamming the door seems to be a way of life….
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Movies Based on Books You Can Watch with Teens

March 14, 2020

Best movies to watch with teens

Bonding with your teen can sometimes be challenging, but for taciturn teens one way to connect is by watching films together. This list of movies based on books to watch with teens offers you some great flicks to choose from. Plus, everyone loves a good movie and the right film can provide talking points, a…
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Movies Based on Children’s Books for Families with Tweens

March 13, 2020

Movies based on children's books to watch with tweens

While this website primarily exists to offer screen-free ideas for kids and families, we believe family movie night can be as rewarding as family game night! While we love to watch silent film comedies (click here for our favorite classics from Keaton, Chaplin and Lloyd), another one of our beloved film categories is movies based…
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Creative Family Gratitude Activities Kids and Parents will Love

September 6, 2019

If you’ve been following this blog for a while you know that expressing gratitude as a family is important to me. I’ve introduced family kindness tokens, established a routine of making New Year family kindness resolutions and every year in because of Thanksgiving we spend the month of November discussing ways we, as a family, are…
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The Best Silent Movies to Watch with Your Kids

April 10, 2019

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When your kids ask for screen time, exactly how much begging can you take before you give in? 2 minutes? 10? Do you hold your ground despite their determination to wear you down? I’ve developed a thick skin during my career as “the mean mom who limits screen time,” so my kids know I mean…
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This Hilarious Item Will Help You Survive Family Gatherings

December 19, 2018

Do your children feel anxious in large family gatherings? Or maybe you do! Perhaps your children (or you!) are introverts and all the conversation and questions about “how are you doing” rattles the brain and they just want to go into the back room and curl up with a good book. (This post contains affiliate…
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by: Erica posted in: Holiday, Parenting 2 Comments

15 Inexpensive (or FREE) Fun Family Activities for Black Friday

November 20, 2018

fun family activites for black friday

It’s one of the great mysteries of American life. We’ve just enjoyed a holiday expressing gratitude for family, friends, health and all the other non-material blessings in our lives. At yet the thing that is uppermost on our minds is that we need to wake up at 3am to wait in a long line just…
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