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GrandpaGreen

How Will You Be Remembered?

My grandfather passed away a couple of weeks ago. The whole event got me thinking, as death inevitably makes one consider life. How will I be remembered? Is what I’m doing today important? Am I making choices today that will create a legacy I will be proud of? In honor of my grandfather, I’m going [...]

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glass of water

Use Your Words, Mommy! What Do You Need?

I’ve worked a lot with my kids on getting them to express their need (instead of just stating a problem). My best girlfriend taught me that one a coupla years ago. If you kid comes to you and says, “Mom, I’m thirsty!” That’s stating the problem–not stating a need. So I’ve coached them on finishing [...]

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ShinyBrain

An Easy Way To Boost Your Child’s Brain Power

Let’s talk about the environment… According to Glenn Doman, an incredible pioneer in the field of child brain development who devoted the past 50+ years to working with children, it’s the environment we create for our children that determines the level of genius that is achieved.  In this environment, we are literally instilling in our [...]

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TalkBubbles

Teach Your Kids To Chat

Talk to Your Child If your child is learning something from you at all times, why not be an active participant in teaching him about everything going on in his environment?  I mean really everything. Chat with him about the way you wash the dishes, what you are cooking for dinner, why you are brushing [...]

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Life Shouldn’t End With Parenting

Parenting: It Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence

Life shouldn’t end when you become a mom. But doesn’t it sometimes seem that way? Giving up everything you love to be a “good mom” isn’t a requirement. When I had my first son, I gave up my career, my hobbies, and even friends and socializing because I felt that sacrificing everything was the only [...]

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DrowningHazard

I Suck at Asking for Help

Yep. There ya have it. I suck at asking for help. Or even at receiving help for that matter. (Perhaps I shouldn’t say that with a twisted sense of pride?) But really, I could be drowning in the ocean surrounded by a sea of people and stubbornly refuse to ask for help. We’ve had quite [...]

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OldToy

Parenting By The Minute: One Day, All Too Soon…

I hope you’ll pardon me for being a bit sentimental today. But the sky is grey outside and I just looked at my boys and wondered when it was they got so big…so here are the ramblings of a hormonal and sentimental mother. One day all too soon, little voices will no longer shout, “Mom! [...]

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HotWheels

We Have An Emergency!

When my oldest was about 3 years old, he was completely infatuated with Hot Wheels. He had well over 100 cars and knew the make and model of each one. He would know instinctively when one was missing. The world would stop until the missing car was found. On a particular day, Eli took his [...]

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ShoppingCart

Making Minutes That Add Up To A Lifetime Of Memories

How’s It Different? Parenting by the Minute is different from other parenting methods because it gives you things you can do right now and it will only take one minute out of your day. Now, you might say, “But Kirsten, surely 60 seconds a day can’t be enough to make such a huge difference in [...]

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5 Sanity Saving Steps When You’re at the End of Your Parenting Rope

5 Sanity Saving Steps When You’re at the End of Your Parenting Rope

Welcome to Planet Parenthood I love details.  I love planning.  And I love being in control.  Everything in my life was going exactly as I had planned.  Then I became a mom.  I should have planned for that.  All the planning in the world can’t prepare you for being a mom. As a young mom, [...]

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