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December 20, 2018

Holiday Travel With Kids – or How to Fight off the Sugar Dragon

Tis the season of holiday travel. There’s a lot of yuletide advice out there on how best to get from A to B with kids..

Activities

December 20, 2018

The 12 Christmas Miracles – Or what to do with your kids over the holiday

Kids’ Calendar Wherever you happen to live, there are tons of jolly kid-friendly things happening. You just don’t know about them. Libraries always have stuff..

December 13, 2018

How to Train Your Kids to Love Reading

Training kids to love reading is far easier than you may think. With a little consistency and patience, you can absolutely train your 4- and..

December 7, 2018

Celebrate Effort Not Results – Kids With Grit – Part 3

Note: This is Part 3 of our series on Grit.Check out Part 1: What is Grit, and Part 2: The Hard Thing Rule. Some kids..

Activities

December 6, 2018

Build Gratitude With a Thankful Jar

It’s the holiday season and our kids are going hog-wild with greed. They’re ogling at gifts in stores and online, begging, whining, and making Things..

November 30, 2018

The Hard Thing Rule – Kids With Grit – Part 2

Note: Note: This is Part 2 of our series on Grit.. Check out Part 1: What Is Grit and Why Your Kids Need It and..

November 30, 2018

What Is Grit? – Kids With Grit – Part 1

Note: This is Part 1 of our series on Grit.. Check out Part 2: The Hard Thing Rule and Part 3: Celebrate the Efforts. It’s..

November 20, 2018

A Morning Routine You Can Love

How to Have Great Mornings with Your Kids Mornings with kids can be miserable. Especially when you have places to be and things to do…

November 16, 2018

Baking Pie With Kids – Now With Extra Common Core Standards!

Want to make your kid a smarter, better person and end up with pie? Of course you do! Make this kid-friendly blueberry pie recipe and..

Sleep

November 9, 2018

Get Your Kid to Sleep – A Ritual That Works

Is bedtime at your house a cruel and unyielding nightmare? Are your kids not getting off Netflix? Are they begging to stay up, whining for..

November 6, 2018

Review: James Breakwell’s “Bare Minimum Parenting” – It’s better than nothing

So, if you don’t know James Breakwell, you should. You should know his Twitter handles: @xplodingunicorn, @unfridgeworthy, or @wombatdojo. You should know his first book,..

October 30, 2018

Review: “Keep It Real!” Caspar Babypants’ 15th Album Could Be His Best

Keep it Real is Caspar Babypant’s 15th album and arguably his most creative, comfortable, and catchy. Marinated in Beatles harmony, good ol’ folk, a smidge of disco,..

Behavior

October 26, 2018

Your Kids Whine Because It Works, and It’s Your Fault

You’re probably wondering why your kids are so whiny. They whine all the time! You tell them to stop, but they don’t. It’s almost enough..

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