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How to Determine the Right Chores at the Right Age

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Chores Feature

As a parent, our chore list is often long in length and filled with arduous and boring activities.  As you know, I am a big believer in creating an allowance system for my kids. The sooner we can have the kids involved, the better. Right? Finding the right chores to introduce at the right time […]

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How to Make Chores Fun for Toddlers

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How to Make Chores Fun for Kids

It is almost ALWAYS easier to do chores for your toddler, but by training kids early you are giving them ownership and setting yourself up for success later.  (I mean, who doesn’t love child labor? Kidding!) As you know, I spend a lot of time practicing the Montessori philosophy and teaching kids independence and self-reliance is an […]

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Why I Threw Away Our Routine Charts & What We’re Doing Instead

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Creating a Chore Routine System for Your Family

One of the most popular posts on this blog is Daily Routine Charts for Kids. It is a roundup of the coolest designs and ideas to help parents and kids move through the days’ activities and chores with fewer tears and more success. Do you want to know a secret? I’m done.  Done with chore […]

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How to Get Your Kids Involved with Holiday Planning

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How I Involve Kids in Holiday Planning Feature

Newsflash: Sometimes kids are not as excited about planning for the holidays as you might be, well at least with the cooking, cleaning, and wrapping presents bit. The visit from Santa is a whole other story. How do we get kids involved without holiday planning and actually be happy about it? Well, I have a […]

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How to Have Healthy Holidays So You Don’t Lose Your Mind

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Healthy Holidays Feature

I woke up that morning to find all the Christmas presents sorted by person and then by size. I found my son sound asleep on the floor with a pillow under his head slowly opened his eyes. Groggily he admitted to me that he’d gotten up at 1am and ‘couldn’t sleep’. So, he organized Santa’s […]

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6 Secrets to a Calm Bedtime Routine for Your Sensitive Child

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BEDTIME ROUTINE FEATURE

Bedtime and routine are big with our middle son. A trigger such as lack of sleep or stepping out of routine causes him to meltdown and explode. So, put the two triggers – bedtime routine – together and we know our focus needs to be sharp, and consistency and follow through will make all the difference. I’ve written […]

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