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Five Questions to Ask Your Child’s New Preschool Teacher
The start of a new preschool year can be overwhelming. Sure, there are new clothes, new backpacks and new lunch boxes. But one of the most exciting changes is a new teacher. Parents can start the year...
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Packing the Perfect Lunch
Ahhh, lunchtime in school. It’s where kids first learn the fine art of negotiation. To ensure your kids eat what you packed (and not the mom down the street), here are some tips for packing the perfect...
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The Sixperiment: Less Is More
Did you hear about Six Items or Less movement? It’s where you choose only six pieces of clothing to wear for a month. It’s taken off like wildfire and women from California to Dubai are participating....
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Do You Have House Rules
I attended curriculum night at my son’s school and I was looking around the room. One of the things that I found most interesting was the posted list of Class Rules. Each of the children had signed his...
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A Routine is a Mom’s BFF
So, she’s not exactly a life-of-the-party type, but a routine is actually a mom’s best friend. According to the Merrian-Webster Dictionary, a routine is a “regular course of procedure; a habitual or...
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A Chore By Any Other Name Does Sound Sweeter
I discovered a trick that has helped eliminate all of the reminding (aka nagging) I have been doing: I name chores something that sounds sweeter! I know, I know. This sounds a little ridiculous, but it...
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Rethinking My Chores
Last week I wrote a blog post called “A Chore By Any Other Name Does Smell Sweeter.” I received such nice feedback on the post! Thanks! Well, they say turn about is fair play. I started to think about...
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Travel with Kids
Here’s a dare for all of the parents planning on traveling with kids this holiday season: Leave the DVD player at home! The immense success of in-vehicle DVD players can be chalked up to four little...
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Do You Need a Reset Button?
I don’t know if it’s the anticipation of spring or the downtime after the holidays, but this time of year feels slower than normal for me. I was recently reminded that life is short and that time is...
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Housekeeping: By room or by task?
I was lucky enough to interview Heloise – the household hint icon – for a magazine article I’m writing, and she told me something interesting. When she does her spring cleaning, she likes to do it by...
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