Parenting Tips

Freedom From Parenting Guilt
Like most parents I fear that I fall short with my children. I worry that I don’t have what it takes as a mom and that I could possibly ruin my one shot at this child rearing [...]
3 Ways To Screen Netflix (and other forms of entertainment)
Yesterday I explained why the media diet your children are on is so important, but how do we know what is healthy when it comes to the entertainment they consume? The answer is that it's [...]
Healthy Media Habits For Children
Last week I blogged about the entertainment industry, 50 Shades of Grey and all that stuff (and there is a lot of STUFF). I really appreciate the tremendous amount of supportive feedback I got from [...]

Supporting Your Kids’ Home School Needs

By Natalie|2022-02-08T15:58:34+00:00February 8, 2022|Categories: Education, Family, Motherhood, Parenting Tips, Schooling|

How has your experience with home school been? Maybe you’ve got on really well? Or maybe some ups and downs? Home school has been a bit of a mixed bag for all of us, and that’s why we [...]

Tips for Helping Your Child to Read

By Natalie|2021-01-04T08:43:06+00:00January 4, 2021|Categories: Education, Motherhood, Parenting Tips, Schooling, Special Needs|

As a mom, one of the hardest things to face is the fact that your child may not be progressing as quickly as they should. If your child is not reading at the correct grade level and you [...]

Ten Ways Develop a Child’s Attention Span

By Natalie|2017-11-17T10:32:51+00:00November 16, 2017|Categories: Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

10 ways to develop a child's attention spans for long term success. I just got back from Word Camp which is a conference for people that use the website platform Word Press. The crowd there was extremely diverse, [...]

Top 10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Motherhood

By Natalie|2017-08-30T14:20:13+00:00August 30, 2017|Categories: Laughter, Parenting Tips, Uncategorized|

I can't believe I now have a decade of parenting under my belt. No more rookie status for this Messy Mom; I'm going Pro. Actually, I'll save that status for mothers of teenagers, but I think I'm ready [...]

Digital Citizenship

By Natalie|2016-09-14T17:10:01+00:00September 14, 2016|Categories: Parenting Tips, Schooling, Uncategorized|

Sometimes it's scary to think of raising kids in the digital age that we live in. Terrorism, pornography, bullying, and so much more can creep into your home via the computer screen. It wasn't like that when most [...]

Cleaning House Book Review

By Natalie|2016-08-17T11:20:26+00:00August 17, 2016|Categories: Parenting Tips|

A few weeks ago I got the book Cleaning House from the digital online library. I had no idea what to expect with this book, but about half way through I knew I had to share it with [...]

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