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How to Prevent Summer Learning Loss for your Homeschooler

Preventing Summer Learning Loss for Your Homeschooler *(As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)* What I absolutely love about homeschooling is the flexibility, and I’m sure you enjoy the freedom as well, right? If you’re a novice to homeschooling or have been doing it for some time, then you know how exhausting it …

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Want Your Kids Involved in the Kitchen? Do These 5 Things

5 Tips to Get Your Kids Involved in the Kitchen *(As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)* Cooking for a large family can be exhausting, and if you have a large family or even a couple of kids, you know that cooking can be a chore. I can’t say that I always enjoy …

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Top Secrets to Keeping Your Marriage Strong After Having Children (Especially Twins!)

Top Secrets to Keeping Your Marriage Strong After Having Children (Especially Twins!) After having been married for 17 years with six children, I can firmly say that marriage isn’t easy. It is a huge achievement – yes – but to say it has been perfect would be a lie. If you’re here, then you’re likely …

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How to Handle Toddler Tantrums and Keep your Sanity

How to Handle Toddler Temper Tantrums Toddlers are well known for their fiery tantrums that can cause even the best of us to get frustrated. The blood-curling screams, the instant loss of muscle control, toys getting thrown all over the place – all because they couldn’t get their way.  This age is hard, not only …

10 Powerful Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Teen Son

10 Powerful Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Teen Son   “And she loved a (not so little) boy very, very much, even more than she loved herself.” -Shel Silverstein Teen boys are tough! I mean, really tough! And trying to strengthen your relationship with them can be challenging. My oldest two are teen …

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To the Lonely Stay-At-Home Mom: You’re Not Alone

To the Lonely Stay-At-Home Mom: You’re Not Alone You’ve embarked on this beautiful journey of being a stay-at-home mom, but now you’re lonely and depressed. All of a sudden, it doesn’t look so beautiful.  The Idea of Being a Stay-At-Home Mom According to verywellfamily.com, “A 2021 study found that around a third of all parents …