If you have more than one child how do you support and respect their differences? Before I had kids I never thought about how much of a person’s character is inherent. Truthfully, it wasn’t until I had my second child that I really understood how people have a unique personality that is present from day…
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What To Do After School – Surviving Afternoon Meltdowns
Do your kids have meltdowns after school? You know what I mean. As soon as they get in the door all of the emotions they have been holding in tight for six hours in order to “not get into trouble” at school come to a head and erupt, otherwise known as “after-school restraint collapse“. This…
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Encouraging Family Harmony with Kindness Tokens
I’ve been struggling with family harmony lately. The boys have been fighting so much lately and it’s taking its toll on me. I know it’s normal for siblings to fight, but some days I feel truly depressed that I must be making all the wrong parenting choices. No doubt my neighbors, listening to the chaos…
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New Year’s Resolutions to Practice Family Kindness
As you know, I consider teaching my kids compassion and kindness one of my most important parenting responsibilities. The start of the New Year provides the perfect opportunity to begin a conversation about new ways we can show kindness towards others. I decided to focus our New Year’s Resolution conversation on ways we can be…
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Teaching Kids Compassion {Super Typhoon Haiyan}
I view teaching kids compassion for others as an essential part of my role as a parent. I want my kids to grow up to be compassionate, empathic, generous people just as much, if not more, as I want them to be book smart. The kids give daily to their tzedakah boxes, make charity part of their weekly…
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10 Peanut Butter Sandwich Ideas
Packing school lunches every day is the only thing I don’t enjoy about the kids going back to school! I am not very creative when it comes to lunch ideas and last year my kids ate a lot of peanut butter sandwiches. Neither of my boys, however, like jelly. That’s fine with me — I…
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Have a Yes Day with Your Child
Parents with more than one kid know how important it is to have one on one time with each child individually. Life so often gets in the way and we (or at least I do) sometimes forget to stop and take time out to get to know our children as individuals, not just as a…
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Summer Treat for Kids: Lemonade with Blueberry Ice Sticks
Fun Summer Treat for Kids Lemonade is one of my kids’ favorite summer treats and blueberries are a natural accompaniment. Ever since I made hot apple cider with spiced cranberry ice sticks last fall I knew I wanted to make a similar drink with lemons and blueberries to refresh us during the hot summer months….
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Making S’mores for the First Time
I know I am supposed to be writing about indoor activities for kids! I promise I have a few coming up! However, I haven’t posted much from our life recently so I thought it might be a nice change to share a special experience the boys and I had recently. We made S’mores! For the…
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Life With No TV: Why We Gave Up Television
Several years ago I wrote an essay for a now-defunct online parenting magazine describing why we decided on a TV-free life and how life without television was a boon for our family and my personal sanity. Screen-Free Week starts in a few days, so I’m republishing my essay today. The word “television” now seems so…
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