Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In most parts of the country, the nights are getting colder, and the days are getting shorter. Way, way, shorter. It seems like the sun sets before dinner is cleaned up! I’m a bit of a summer time girl myself and tend to get blue when days […]
Falling in Love with your Family By Alison In a Nutshell: Parental involvement can help teens recognize and protect themselves from abusive relationships. The focus of this post it to help parents give kids the skills they need to form healthy relationships. If you are in a abusive relationship, or know someone who is, please
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: Children, like chickens, need fences as well as freedom. Despite the fact that we live in a typical house with a typical small yard, we are proud chicken-keepers. We frequently let them out in the yard to eat bugs and “play” with kids, but
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Falling in Love with your Family By Alison In a Nutshell: Increase personal responsibility by teaching kids to check back after a task with a fun reminder lanyard. I once saw a child wearing a shirt that said, “I see your lips moving, but all I hear is blah, blah, blah.” I wonder if they’re
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Falling in Love with your Family by Alison Need some fun in the beautiful Spring weather? For less than a quarter, you can make a fun rocket ship and flying saucer. Just don’t forget to go outside and enjoy the alien attack with your kids! Mother’s Day Weekend is not only for waiting for people
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Falling in Love with Your Family by Alison In a Nutshell: It can be scarey to allow children to express themselves and think different opinions. When we encourage “Psychological Autonomy,” kids might not turn out just like us, but they are more likely to become free-thinking, independent, interesting people that we can be proud of.
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By Alison In a Nutshell: Sometimes the only thing standing between obedience and mutiny is how skilled you are at adding a little pizazz to your presentation. Don’t let the politicians have all the fun…become a spin doctor at your house and watch your ratings in the public opinion polls soar! We all know how
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By Alison My sweet wanna-be farmer husband is undertaking yet another hobby to go along with his chicken-raising and yogurt-making. We’re going to keep bees. As we’ve been researching (well, he’s been researching; I’ve been listening), I have become very impressed with the power of a queen bee. Here is just one tidbit: The queen
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