If you are reading this right now you might be desperate to learn how to help a sore loser. You are all too familiar with this scene: The family is playing a board game, you’ve already implemented all these tips for a peaceful family game night, and the game is about to come to an…
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Secret Parenting Tip: Get Your Kids To Leave You Alone for 10 Minutes
Picture the scene: The dishes are dirty, LEGO is scattered all over the floor, one child is pulling at your leg asking for a cookie, the other is dumping out his drawer looking for a missing superhero cape. Are you still with me, or have you gone to your happy place? In some parenting circles…
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How to Read to Differently Aged Children for Great Family Read Aloud Time!
Is family read aloud time sometimes a little bit frustrating because your kids aren’t close in age? Maybe one child wants a board book and the other one wants a chapter book? What if I said you CAN read aloud to differently aged children at the same time AND keep the kids happy (while staying…
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How to Spend Dinner Time Without Asking “How Was Your Day?”
Picture the scene: You’ve had a long day. You’re tired, the kids are cranky and you are all desperate to get some food in your bellies. You know you should use this family dinner time as a way to connect with your kids, find out what’s going on in their lives. Help them on the…
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The Key to Ending Tech Tantrums Forever
Electronics can be useful. Our kids use them for school, for getting driving directions, for face-timing with distant relatives, to look up a vocabulary definitions, to get access to the library catalog and yes, even the occasional video game. Technology may not the enemy but when your child is having an epic meltdown—the dreaded “tech tantrum”— after…
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4 Easy Ways to Limit Screen Time: Practical Ideas that Work
I hear from parents all the time about their struggles with screen time for kids. They want to reduce or limit screen time, but it’s hard! Here are just a few of the emails I’ve gotten: My son wants to stay on Minecraft all day. Sitting on his butt. No exercising. He fights me to get…
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Unplugged Ideas to Keep Kids Busy While You Cook Dinner
One of the most common questions I hear from parents is “how can I keep the kids busy while I cook dinner?” You don’t want to plop the kids in front of a screen but getting food on the table seems impossible. The end of the day is so exhausting. All you (and I) want…
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3 Mindful Breathing Exercises for Kids
Would you like to know about a ritual I have when I want my kids to settle down, which also helps them to be mindful? And what if this ritual also helped them internalize the importance of having a healthy body, healthy brain, and healthy lungs? Would you be interested? I thought so. This post is sponsored by CVS Health. It’s…
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4 Tips for Talking to Tweens about Healthy Bodies
This post is sponsored by CVS Health. Do you cringe a little bit inside when you think about talking to your tween about health and his or her body? I used to. But not anymore. I found a system that is working really well for me. And best of all, it is simple. Before I start, it…
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How to Use Books to Teach Kids the Value of Service
Thanks so much to Jodie from Growing Book by Books for sharing her tips for how to help her kids learn the value of service using books! One of my all time favorite book lists on What Do We Do All Day? is the 17 Books to Inspire Kids to Change the World. I’m not alone. The list…
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