Mom’s Handbook for Boredom

Finally!  It’s January 3, 2012.  Do you know what that means?…  Yes, it’s back.to.school!  Yeah!  The Christmas break is OVer and time to return to the routine of school days!  Can all you moms (and dads) out there say “YIPEEEE!”  So, let me ask you a question:  Did you hear your children complain while home…

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Carrying Christmas into 2012

By now the stockings have been un-hung, the decorations packed away except for perhaps a stray snowman here and there. Thoughts go from cookies to calories from gifts to goals. It’s easy to get into a post holiday slump–especially if Christmas didn’t go quite as planned. Perhaps your spouse was grumpy, your children decided that…

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Do you make these 8 Mistakes with Your Teenager?

We have all heard horrible stories about out of control teenagers–or even other Moms complaining about the “teenage years”. I have also heard the “we choose our battles” phrase far too much. Honestly, the only way to raise a teenager is HANDS ON. Parents must be involved in what is going on in their children’s…

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