How to Help Your Kids Set Achievable Goals
As parents, I think it’s easy for us to dream big on the account of our children – to have big goals for what they will achieve today, this week, month, and even into their entire lives. While I don’t…
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Bedroom Time: Your New Favorite Time of Day
I’m going to be completely honest: Justin and I need time alone each day without interruption from our children. It’s not that we don’t enjoy having my girls around, quite the opposite in fact, but sometimes we need to have…
The Ultimate Gift Guide for Kids
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How to Survive Baby’s First Year Without Going Broke
Flossie McCowald was a teacher before becoming mama to Kimmie and Essie. A country girl who married a city boy, she and her family now live in Suburbia, U.S.A. When not schlepping her girls to Scouts, Code Club, swim lessons,…
A Mother’s Life: From A Child’s Perspective
Being a mother is far from easy.
Those who argue otherwise have likely never seen a mother in action. The juggling of tasks required, the never-ending energy one must summon to be present for a child. A mother’s job is never over, even once the child has been tucked into bed and kissed goodnight. Especially if that child refuses to fall into a peaceful slumber [...]
How To Manage Back-To-School Expectations: Kid Edition
Our kids have many expectations, from what they are going to have for breakfast to what their school days and vacations will look like. The problem with expectations, though, is that they can be disappointing when they don’t meet up with what’s pictured in one’s mind [...]
How To Manage Back To School Expectations – Parent Edition
We all have expectations, for ourselves, our families, our friends, and our futures, to name a few. When it comes to the expectations our kids have for themselves, their friends, and their futures, it’s often a topic that is overlooked. As we enter another back-to-school season, I’d like to encourage you to [...]
How To Manage Back-To-School Anxiety
I really hated the night before the first day of school. Each year, from kindergarten through 12th grade, I’d lie awake, sick to my stomach, wondering what the new classroom would look like if I would have any friends, what the new routine would be, and whether I would like it. In fact, just thinking about it now has me feeling [...]
Popularity: Conforming Rather than Being Yourself
This morning I helped my youngest pick out her clothes for school. She’s normally not too picky as long as everything matches (even if that means everything she is wearing has stripes).
We had a cute black and white outfit put together and I mentioned that she could wear her teal flower headband for a pop of color. Her eyebrows creased, [...]