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Earn Money Shoveling Snow

With all the kids on Winter break I’m sure a few are getting a bit restless and chances are the older ones are tired of being locked behind doors. Would they like to earn a bit of cash? If it...

Quality Time Is Precious…and Fleeting

I don’t have a whole lot of free time. I have a career to keep afloat, money to make, a house to restore, laundry and chores to do, homeschooling to get done, and children to train. Wait. Were...

The Top 10 Things Children Really Want Their Parents To Do With Them

What do you think matters most to your children? You driving them to lessons and practices, or is it the smile and hug you greet them with after school?

The Most Important Job in the World

From a listener after hearing another caller on my radio program: Dr. Laura: I grew up listening to you as my own stay-at-home mother bussed [sic] my three siblings and me home after school. ...

Create Margins for Less Stress

Margins are the blank spaces on paper, as most of you know.  They are the areas that were meant to be left blank, to allow the words on the paper to be more easily read, be more important, stand out....

Mary Emma’s December Round-up at Parenting

Each month I feature a round-up of five popular Parenting posts.  Here are 5 for December: Are Pregnant Women Too Exposed? Should Parents “Tell All” On Blogs? Privacy No Longer Private on...

Yelling At Other People’s Kids

I know many people have an opinion on this so I thought it would be a fun topic for this blog. I know many of you have felt the need to yell at or reprimand someone else’s child, I’ve...

Handling Your Child’s Disabilities

Call them disabilities, differently-abled, or whatever you like; if you have a child that has a physical difference of some sort eventually you will have to deal with it. My son Sean was born with...

Snow Games for Kids

Winter brings a lot of worries, however that first big snowfall brings a ton of fun for kids. Here’s a quick list of some additional ideas that your kids may and may not think of. Snowball...

Explore Your Local Library During Vacation

Holiday vacation stretches ahead of you.  What plans do you have for your youngsters until they go back to school? Why not visit your local library with your youngsters? My grandchildren enjoy going...