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This year we were thankful for the babies born in 2011. Just look at all these adorable faces! A BIG congrats to 8 of our ANOM writers, (in order) Heather, Keleigh, Melanie, Sarah, Lindsey, Melissa, Valerie and Maria, in the birth of their beautiful babies this year! (You can read a few of their [...]
“Mom, I am bored!” Anyone hearing this from their kids right about now? Half way through Christmas Break and wondering what to do? I get a lot of parents asking why kids always say they are bored. Although every child is different, here are some suggestions. Let’s start with some interesting findings… Kids now are [...]
My freshman year in college, I had a roommate who never had to do any work in her house growing up. Didn’t make a bed, cook a meal, clean a bathroom, or help with yard work. At first I though she was soooooo lucky. I wished I never had to do those things. UNTIL the [...]
When I was growing up and thinking about what it would be like to be married and have children, I always pictured perfectly groomed, perfectly behaved, perfect children. I would never “be like my mother” and say seemingly utterly ridiculous things. I even had that sense when I was first married and we were childless. [...]
SO… where did we leave off last week? Let’s talk about how we can stop the selfishness. Take Back Control… A spoiled and selfish child knows how to get what they want. Did you know that a child will hound you approximately 9 times to get their way, or get what they want? Don’t give in. The [...]
Sometimes, it gets hard to homeschool. Well, honestly, it’s always hard to homeschool, but some times it’s worse than others. Recently, I hit a rough patch in our schooling that has caused me to sit back and reevaluate what I was doing. Is the program for us? Is the curriculum for us? Why am I [...]
(Part 2 is at the bottom of the post. Watch them with your kids) Is your child unappreciative? Do you often hear “I want” and “Now”? When you ask your child to do something, do they say “No”? Do they always expect to get their way? At one time or another, all of our children [...]
As a new graduate student I was asked to take a TA class. The training prepared me to assist professors with grading assignments in their classes. One of the first things I learned in that TA course was to avoid using a red pen when I was grading papers. I remember laughing to [...]
If any of you are regular readers of my posts here on a Nation of Moms, you know that deadlines and I do not get along. At all. So, I definitely did not understand that I was getting into deadline heaven when I first started cyber school with the twins. If you refer to Why [...]
With the impending birth of our third child in a few very short weeks, I have been giving some thought to writing down some tips that helped me with the natural birth of our second child after having had a medicated one previously. Natural birth. I know these can be scary words, especially the way that [...]
By Amy Levin-Epstein for Green Goes Simple Babies are cute, but — I’m sorry to say — they’re hardly green. These tiny little humans need a whole lot of stuff! “Between the diapers and the plastic bottles, and the packaging it all comes in, there is a lot of waste,” says green parenting expert Dr. [...]
Research shows that kids need certain things to succeed in life. Are our children getting what they need to succeed? As parents it is good to read through the list regularly and evaluate how we are doing. 1. Family support: Our children need us to verbally tell them they are loved, spend time with them, and [...]
Do you remember what it was like before kids? A recent comment from a single friend got me reminiscing about the way things used to be. She had dropped in to say hello and I asked if she would mind watching the kids so I could run take a shower. Alone. Without interruptions. She laughingly [...]
The kitchen is often overlooked as a great place to spend some time with your kids. We often think of cooking as a chore, or an activity that takes us away from the family. But it can actually be fun for you and for them if you make it a special part of their day, [...]
Submitted on behalf of Primrose Schools: The Leader in Educational Day Care by Emily Patterson (@epatt1062) After a record-breaking summer, filled with scorching temperatures, the cooling fall season is rapidly approaching. Many children are now back in school, so they will typically have homework and other after school activities to keep them busy throughout the week. If [...]
“Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing.” Phyllis Diller “Make Your Home Clean Enough to be Healthy and Dirty Enough To Be Happy.” Unknown “Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don’t do it.” Unknown Our family is growing. Every day [...]
For years, I’ve had to fight against people constantly underestimating Isaac. It has happened as far back as I can remember. It has been every school year without fail. In Pre-K-I had to fight to send him to the integrated classroom, although it was painfully obvious that he was way past the peers in the [...]
I think I lost a friend. I don’t know how, but I’m pretty sure she’s not my friend anymore. And, I think she’s not my friend because I have made the decision to put my kids above my career. We all make decisions in life, some big and some small, and we make them everyday. [...]
Don’t let the similar faces fool you … they are complete opposites. My husband and I have spent the last two hours sitting on the couch talking about our kids. This isn’t unusual. We have sat and talked about our kids since we met, before our kids were born. Lately though, our conversations have changed. [...]
CaringBridge is an organization dedicated to helping families connect with family and friends when they need it the most. At CaringBridge you can set up a FREE, personal, and private journal to record your health record. In the event of a life changing situation, CaringBridge can help you share updates, photos, and get encouragement from your [...]
As a parent, it is a horrible feeling to wake up in the middle of the night to your child screaming and crying from a bad dream. Our first instinct might be to hollar “it’s just a bad dream, go back to sleep.” Although it isn’t real, the best thing we can do as [...]
I know this might come a tad bit on the late side, but I just didn’t have the time to plan out our school year until just recently. (Or perhaps I was just avoiding the responsibility because I didn’t want to add one more thing to my already filled plate.) Hopefully this might help some [...]
In the last two parts of Why I No Longer Homeschool we talked about what led me to cyber school and the benefits to me. This time, I would like to take a minute to talk about what to look for in a cyber school~ in case you decide to give it a shot for [...]
Our son and daughter are very different. Like oil and water, the sun and the moon, Modern Family and Leave it to Beaver. Differences aside, they have a few things in common. One being that both of them have gone through a Demanding Phase. You know, when they are relentless in their requests and [...]
The attention and flattery that comes with being the oldest child is starting to wear off for our daughter. She now has two younger sisters, one is only 8 weeks old and minds her own business. The other one wants to follow and copy everything she does. Our daughter, a great big sister, is needing [...]
Now that school is out, there is just an amazing amount of time to fill. For kids with special needs, this means that there is a lot of time to fill and all of us parents going insanely crazy. So, what do you do with the special needs kiddo that you’ve either not been offered [...]
In a previous post, I discussed my decision to enroll the girls in a cyber school. This post is about the benefits to ME! I remember that fateful day in October 2009~ Knuckles’ very first Parent-Teacher conference. She was in Kindergarten. It changed my life forever. I don’t remember if I had The Princesses [...]
It doesn’t take long to notice that each of our children are different. Some are less outgoing than others and each has their own temperament. For those children of ours that are more reserved and less outgoing than the others, there are things we can do and skills we can teach so they can feel more [...]
I know I ‘homeschool.’ and I am (one of) the homeschool contributor (who misses her deadlines by 2 or 3 months) here, but I have a confession. I am not homeschooling anymore. My kids are going to *GASP* public school. Well, kinda… Not really but kinda… I have, indeed enrolled my kids in public school [...]
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