Why You Shouldn’t Force Your Child to Hug (and What to Teach Instead)
Why you shouldn’t force your child to hug anyone, even family, and how we teach our kids to trust their gut: greeting choices, “no means no the first time,” and more.
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A Gentle Bedtime Routine for Kids (Even With Five of Them)
Our real bedtime routine for kids: screens off an hour before, a five-minute tidy, read-alouds, music and songs, and what we do about the bewitching hour.
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How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids: 6 Things That Help
Want to stop yelling at your kids? Six calm, practical steps that build a pause between the trigger and your response, from one cycle-breaking mom.
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How to Handle Your Toddler Hitting Without Yelling Back
Toddler hitting is common, and it is still hard. Here is how to handle toddler hitting calmly, set a firm limit, and teach what to do instead.
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Create a Simple and Easy Cleaning Schedule For Your Home
You might hear me mention this several times but I feel like cleaning my house is the very road leading to insanity. Seriously? You do the laundry, only to turn around and find MORE dirty clothes. You spend a ridiculous amount of time in the kitchen to get it spotless and sigh a great sigh…
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How To Use Essential Oils: Basics
Here we are going to dive into the application or how to use essential oils, the where and why. This is mainly focused on topical application but we will touch on other applications. Caution before starting with essential oils You are the only one that knows what is going on with your body, so trust…
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Routine For Families: The Pathway to Calm
One thing that we want for our kids is for them to have a stable atmosphere because research shows that routine and stability help kids to thrive. Now we are not talking about controlling every second of everyday because kids also need to take time for unstructured play to explore the world around them and…
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25 Books to Read To Your Kids: Infant to Preschool
You’re sitting with your child in their room getting them ready to fall asleep and your son or daughter gets this gleam in their face of excitement. You look to see what is so exciting and see that they are handing you their favorite book (current favorite book, we all know how quickly they have…
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Importance of Reading For Families
Reading… such a small act but can bring about such a tremendous result. Most homes children don’t have the privilege to be read to, reasons depending on the circumstances. However the numbers are clear, reading to our children even as newborns and early infancy has a great impact of their ever growing brain therefore, their…
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How to Care for Sinus & Respiratory Infections
Let’s be honest, most of us have struggled with respiratory infections or even the dreaded sinus infection! OOHHH the head pressure!!! I don’t know about you but I don’t like making frequent trips to the doctor. Don’t get me wrong, I am very grateful of modern-day medicine on the other hand I also believe that…
