Category: Parenting Advice & Tips
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DIY Backyard Race Track
Spring will be here soon enough, and with it the opportunity to enjoy many hours of backyard fun with the kids. Try the following DIY outdoor racetrack to provide your kids with a whole new way to race their lil cars and trucks. What You Need Same-size concrete stepping stones or similar flat stones (Look…
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Kitchen Activities For Kids By Age
Help your children learn their way around the kitchen by getting them involved in cooking and baking projects from an early age. Use the following guide to assist you in giving your kiddies age-appropriate tasks while also fostering a love of cooking and healthy eating. Preschool (Ages 2 to 5) Stirring batter in bowls Pouring…
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5 Discipline Don’ts
Raise well-behaved children by staying consistent about discipline. Keep the following “discipline don’ts” in mind to prevent serious problems as your children get older. Discipline Don’t #1: Yelling Avoid screaming and yelling at your kids. All this does is let them know it’s okay for them to “go insane” when they are mad too. Discipline…
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Rainy Day Activities With Kids Part Two
Don’t let a rainy day get your kids too down! Enjoy more rainy day activity ideas in Part Two of this series to ensure plenty of fun the whole day through. Do Puzzles Get out any puzzles you have to provide kids with a fun and stimulating activity. Make a display of puzzles, such as…
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3 Tips For Raising Honest Children
Raising honest children starts from the time they are little. If you do not instill a sense of what’s correct and the importance of integrity when they are very young, what do you think they will be like as teenagers? You’re going to make mistakes as a new parent, and that’s okay. Rather than panicking,…
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Activities For A Rainy Day Part One
If it’s a rainy day and your kids are sad they can’t go out and play, use it as an excuse to teach “indoor fun.” Review the following ideas as fantastic inspiration for rainy day activities you and your children can enjoy anytime the weather is less than ideal. Have A Dance Party Throw on…
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Fun Family Traditions For Each Month
Enjoy fostering feelings of love and togetherness with your family by engaging in fun family activities every month. Create a list or simply brainstorm with fun things to do together. Use the following ideas as inspiration to get you started on a year full of great family times. January Build snowmen Write thank-you notes…
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5 “Quiet Time” Activities For Toddlers
“Quiet time” activities for toddlers are ideal when you need to take care of the baby, write some emails, make dinner, spend a few minutes with your partner, etc. Fill a box with quiet time activities that you can pull from whenever you need to! Use the following ideas to inspire you. Puzzles Provide the…
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7 Tips For Encouraging Your Toddler’s Speech
Help your toddler develop speech skills by putting the following tips into practice. A silent home isn’t one that will help your little ‘un’s speech development, after all! Describe Everything Talk about everything with your toddler! (Well, maybe not everything, but you get the idea.) Explain what you’re doing, where you are, what’s around, and…
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5 Tips For Teaching Your Kids About Finance
Teaching your kids about finance is invaluable, as it as it sets them up to make great money decisions when they’re older. Money is always a touchy subject, and is one of the main points of contention between married couples. Help your children avoid such problems via the following tips. Talk About Where Money Comes…
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5 Things To Do When Sitting With Children In Restaurants
Keeping children occupied while waiting for a table or your meal in a restaurant doesn’t have to be difficult! There’s plenty of things you can do to distract your little ‘uns and subsequently prevent fussy meltdowns. Use the following ideas the next time you don’t feel like cooking and want to go out to eat.…
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Home Organization Tips
Home organization may seem like an impossible dream when you have children, but know it IS possible. Utilize the following hacks to organize your home and avoid frantic searches for that belt, your child’s sock, your other child’s hairbrush, etc. Laundry Room Build or add a shelf to your laundry room. Place it next to…
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Toddlers With New Siblings: 5 Tips
As exciting introducing a newborn baby to your fold is, it might prove a challenging time for your toddler. There’s a new baby in town, and while your toddler is likely very interested in the little human, don’t be surprised if the older child seems a little blue or sad. Help your toddler welcome his…
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Goofy & Cool Holidays To Celebrate With Kids, Part 1
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter—these may be the major holidays, but there’s dozens upon dozens of goofy holidays to celebrate every month! Check out some of the seemingly-endless “holidays” to choose from–kids will love it! Trivia Day Play trivia games on January 4th, or Trivia Day. Dig out Trivial Pursuit and any other trivia games you…
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Fun Snow Activities For Kids
Winter may be a dreary time, but if there’s plenty of snow on the ground, there’s lots of opportunities for your kids to have fun. Use the following ideas to plan snow-tastic days for the younglings–just make sure they bundle up! Sea Of Snowmen Encourage the kids to make not just one, but a glittering-white…
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Acts Of Kindness For Kids
Promote the importance of kindness to your children by encouraging them to be “randomly” kind. Try any of the following ideas, and feel free to use them as inspiration for other acts of kindness! Vending Machine Give your children spare change from the bottom of your purse to put in vending machines. Tell them doing…
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School Holiday Rules To Implement
Your kids are off for the Christmas holiday, but that doesn’t mean all rules have to fly out the frosty window! Use the following ideas to keep kids from spending their entire school holiday in front of the television or computer. Morning Rituals Allow kids to play with the iPad or their favorite video games…
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5 Toddler Busy Bag Ideas
Need to keep your toddler occupied? Make a whole bunch of “busy bags” to give the child something to do when you need to work, cook, spend time with friends, clean the bathroom, etc. Use the following ideas as starting points and feel free to add to them or adjust them as you wish. Sponges…
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Your Ultimate Packing Checklist
Whether you’re flying home for the holidays or taking a trip with the kids any other time of year, a checklist is a very helpful thing. Very. Helpful. Use the following as your ultimate packing checklist. Make adjustments as needed to ensure you don’t forget anything! Clothing & Footwear Shirts Shoes Pants/Shorts Rain boots (if…
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5 Tips For Being The Best Parent Possible
Help yourself be the best parent you can be by keeping the following tips in mind. These tips are ones every parent needs to raise happy, healthy younglings. Use them and see if you don’t notice results sooner rather than later. Be A Good Listener Let your children know you want to learn about what…
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7 Tips For Encouraging Your Toddler’s Speech Development
Help your toddler form excellent speech habits by putting the following tips into practice. Staying silent around your baby/toddler isn’t going to help anything–it doesn’t matter that the child cannot talk yet! Children absorb everything, and a house with chatty parents is definitely a great thing. With that being said, read on! Describe Everything Describe…
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Meal And Snack Ideas For A Healthy Pregnancy
Help yourself enjoy a healthy and happy pregnancy with the following meal and snack ideas. Your baby eats what you eat, so the healthier choices you make, the better your pregnancy will go and the stronger your baby will be when it comes time to leave the womb. Breakfast Try the following healthy breakfast ideas:…
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8 Crazy Facts About Newborns
If you’re expecting a baby in the near future, learn some interesting and little-known facts about newborns to help ease yourself through this big transition. You might be surprised! Bone Number Babies are born with 300 bones, but no kneecaps. In comparison, adults have 208 bones (and both kneecaps). Natal Teeth Natal teeth, or teeth…
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Stocking Stuffer Ideas For Baby’s First Christmas
It’s your baby’s first Christmas, and even though the child is too young to understand the concept of Santa or anything else about the holiday season, you can still create a special stocking all about the little ‘un. Check out the following stocking stuffer ideas for baby’s first Christmas to enhance your holiday this year.…
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Avoid These Foods While Breastfeeding
Help your newborn baby grow up healthy and strong by avoiding certain foods while you’re breastfeeding. Heck, you’ll help yourself too! Make a list of the following foods to tack on your fridge as a reminder. High-Mercury Fish Keep high-mercury fish out of your house, such as swordfish, king mackerel, and shark. Fish containing high…
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Parenting Advice From Psychologists
The psychologists form CureJoy.com rounded up their best parented tips and created an infographic that’s been shared plenty of times on Pinterest. Review some of their most celebrated tips to keep in mind as you sail along on the Sea of Parenthood. Intentional Disruption If your child intentionally disturbs or disrupts you, it’s because you…
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The Best Black Friday Deals in Toys & Games
The Best Black Friday Deals in Toys & Games I’ll admit that I am a bit of a planner. I like to have all my holiday shopping done by early December, including all my kids Christmas presents. It is a tall task. I’ll also admit that I don’t love going out to the mall to…
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10 Awesome Kids Toys for the Holidays
10 Epic, Awesome and Downright Fun Toys for this Holiday Season There is nothing like the holiday season. Watching my children unwrap presents on Christmas morning is one my favorite things in the world. Like most kids, my children look forward to that one toy they’ve been wishing for, that their friends talk about at school and…
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6 Unconventional Tips For First-Time Moms
Being a mom for the first time is understandably a bit daunting! Remember to breathe and know you’ll figure it out. Use the following “unconventional” tips for first-time moms to help yourself navigate the waters of parenthood. Don’t Beat Yourself Up Parenting is not a competitive sport. The old saying “Comparisons are odious” is true…
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Get Your Kids To Pick Up Their Toys Every Day
Tired of picking up after the kids, or stepping on LEGOS or other toys that end in injury? Stop the madness now. Use the following tips to get your kids to pick up their toys every day…it IS possible! Make It A Game Set a timer to make a timed game out of toy pick-up.…