As the new school year begins, minimize stress by organizing your child’s routine. Organization, or lack thereof, is based on executive functions which are natural neurological processes, a group of critical mental skills. Individuals with adequate executive function skills can plan, organize, strategize, and manage time. They know which assignments are on the agenda after school and can prioritize. Read More
Parents Still Need to Teach Children Good Manners
Living in a household with a strong-minded grandma, lovingly called “Yiayia”, for the last 30 years has served as a reminder of the importance of good manners and etiquette. There was no free pass for bad manners in our house. We didn’t realize the impact of her presence on our behavior and probably did not appreciate it as much as we should have until she was no longer with us. Read More
Re-entering Life with Kids: 6 Tips to Ease a Mom’s Anxieties in the Post-COVID Era
We are lucky to have vaccines for adults and older children, but our youngest kids are unprotected and still vulnerable. How does a mom with young kids re-enter society with the same joy as before? Read More
New Moms – It Will Get Better
The best advice for new moms would be to keep your head up, take it one day at a time, do your best, and you will be okay. Most importantly, if you feel you need help, please ask for it. Read More
Tips To Lose Weight: How Real Moms Can Lose Weight After Pregnancy
With each of my three pregnancies, I gained over fifty pounds. Considering I have a petite, five foot tall frame, that was a fairly large amount of weight indeed. While nothing compares to the magic of having your babies growing inside you, it can still be difficult to watch all of that weight go on. Read More
6 Simple Tips for Being a Good “Homemaker”
Homemaking is making home a place that is safe, turning it into a school where more than just lessons from books are learned, a place to play around, a place where you are the #1 fans of one another! Below I have listed what for me are six simple tips for being a good homemaker: Read More
Life Changing Mom Tip!
I am pretty sure I was going to go insane hearing these questions. If you asked my kids, they probably would have told you that I WAS insane (Okay, they will probably tell you that I still am insane. But, I digress.) I needed a solution to the “take turns” chaos that ensues in my home every day all day at all times. Read More
Conquering Back to School Blues
The end of summer and beginning of another academic year can leave us parents feeling frazzled and stressed. I know I’m not alone in the feeling that we find our family schedules so full of “extras” that it can sometimes seem downright impossible to find the time to eat dinner together at the dining room table, let alone have meaningful conversations about our days. Read More