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teaching kids about money

How and Why My Daughter is Helping Pay for Her American...

I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but for the first six years of our marriage, my husband and I didn’t live within a...

Introducing Fido to the New Baby

Introducing our dogs to the new baby, Part 1 When we found out we were pregnant with our first daughter, I was a little concerned...

5 Ways Being A Theater Kid Prepared Me For Adulthood

It’s a Friday night, and many adolescents are heading to the movies, mall, or high school football game with friends. Theater kids, however, are preparing...

We Are Raising World Children

"Mom, why do I need to speak Hindi? No one else speaks it. My teachers don't, and my friends don't. And anyway I am...

Replacing Resolutions with Intentions

The word resolution means a firm decision to do or not do something, implying that one is actually doing something wrong. (i.e. Let's reflect...

How Virginia History Can Help You Build Empathy in Your Kids

If everyone had a strong sense of empathy— If everyone had the ability to share and understand another’s feeling and experiences, the world would be...

“This Is Us” Makes Me a Better Parent

  It’s a cult following. For me it started with Parenthood where I dreamed of having 4 kids (before I even had 1). That glorious...

The Twelve Days of Motherhood

  As the Twelve Days of Christmas come to an end, here is a little song I think we can all relate to. On the first...

{Pinterest Round Up} How To Keep Kids Busy During Break

  So the kids are home for about two weeks. Let the good times roll!!!! For two days. Then reality sets in and they are...

Your Action Plan: For Sickness & Sleep

Sing it with me now…. “It’s the most snotty-nosed tiiiiiiime of the year!” The time of year when tissues are shoved all snug in our...