Written by Jamie Martin, editor of Simple Homeschool and founder of Steady Mom With less than one week left until Christmas, it's crunch time. You may have items on your Christmas bucket list that you need to let go of. Across the blogosphere writers now remind us that the time has come to stop …
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4 important steps to ease holiday parenting
The following is a guest post written by Kassandra Brown of Parentcoaching.org. "You’re too clumsy to be my mom” shrieks my 5 year old after I knock her glass of Christmas punch off the counter. I look at the spreading stain and bite my tongue on yet another reminder that putting glasses on the …
5 tips for taking the stress out of Christmas
Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers. As beautiful as the Christmas season is, it can also be an extremely stressful time of year. There are often many more commitments than normal - plays, parties, service opportunities - and then there is the pressure to …
Easy ways to show teens you care
Written by contributor Cheryl Pitt of the 2:1 conference I'm one of "those moms". The irritating ones who refuse to accept society norms as the status quo. Just because society as a whole says this is the way it is, doesn't mean that's the way it has to be. I'm sure many of you would agree with …
5 ideas for beating the summer heat
Written by contributor Kris Bales of Weird, Unscocialized Homeschoolers Now that the season is in full swing, beating the summer heat can be difficult. These suggestions should give you some ideas for ways to keep boredom at bay without sweltering in the hot sun. Water fun Playing with …
