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You don’t need to spend insane amounts of money in order to successfully homeschool your child(ren). There are a ton of free or inexpensive homeschooling/unschooling resources right in your backyard. It takes a little research and getting out to explore your city as if you were a tourist. Think I’ve mentioned that I recently moved…
➠ Continue ReadingWhile the zoo may sound like the perfect family friendly outing, I’m not so sure about zoos. Sometimes during a zoo trip, I wonder what I’m really teaching my kids. Part of me enjoys seeing wildlife in person and another part feels guilty to see creatures held captive for my family’s entertainment. Having a family…
➠ Continue ReadingIs it really November already? Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years are right around the corner. Even though I’ve technically been a single mom since the end of 2012, this is the first Holiday season that I haven’t lived with my parents, and we’re not going to visit them until after the New Year. I recently…
➠ Continue ReadingI remember when my baby turned one year old and had her checkup the doctor asked me if I had started giving her cow milk. It seemed like almost every visit thereafter, that was always the first question. I never really understood why this particular drink was so important to doctors. I mean, humans after…
➠ Continue ReadingWhen I was about 14, my mom came into my room to give me the talk. It went something like, “There’s a lot of boys in this neighborhood. Keep your legs closed.” That was it. It was woefully insufficient. Like many kids in the 90s, it was up to me to learn about sex. This…
➠ Continue ReadingThe day my husband received an offer letter for his new, out-of-state job, we celebrated and waited for the word to come back with his official start date. We put our house on the market. And we waited. We expected the call for a start date any moment. But we actually ended up selling our…
➠ Continue ReadingThe Mahogany Way https://www.facebook.com/TheMahoganyWay/ As the mother of a child with special needs I know how important it is to have a supportive network around you. This list was a bit harder to put together than I thought it would be, but with your help(thank you!) I was able to compile a nice list of…
➠ Continue ReadingLearning to tie your shoes can be a fun or frustrating experience. Keep in mind that tying shoes requires a strong set of fine motor skills. Before you attempt to teach your child, make sure they have had plenty activities to develop their fine motor abilities. Here are some ways to keep it fun. 1….
➠ Continue ReadingBy Dara Mathis Before I became a mother, I promised myself that I would never be the type of parent who let the television “babysit” my kid. How lazy! How neglectful! What a poor example of motherhood! And then real life happened. Two years after giving birth, I’ve learned enough about parenting to realize I…
➠ Continue ReadingI only recently got a peek at what Americans call ‘Princess Culture’ and sort of connected why the little girls all wanted pink frocks that look like 17th century designs, like to wear tiaras and some of them demand that they get every toy they like. This behaviour seems to be a mirror of the…
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