5 Smart Questions You Must Ask During Parent Teacher Conference
Parent teacher conference is an important part of education. It is an opportunity for parents to discuss the progress of their child and get useful advice on education. But in order to have the dialogue with the teachers to be more productive, it is also important to ask them the right questions. Let’s check out top 5 smart questions that every parent should ask during a parent teacher conference. How to Get in Touch With…
Rainy Day Activities for Kids
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. It’s that time of year. The time of year that the weather can be unpredictable. One minute it can be sunny and beautiful, and the next it can be raining. If your children are getting a little stir crazy cooped up indoors, and you are feeling the same, there are a few things you can do to make rainy days more bearable and even fun. Visit the…
5 Ways to Avoid Heat Stroke this Summer
This summer has been a hot one. We have a fan built into our furnace but we don’t have air conditioning. Our house has reached room temperatures of 85 degrees +, and that’s not just hot it’s disgustingly hot. Obviously, this mama has had to find ways to make sure her family stay hydrated and avoid heat stroke. Keep your doors and blinds closed Unless there is a cool breeze, there’s really no point to…
Let Netflix Help You Help Your Children #StreamTeam
Kids these days seem to be a lot more mature for their age than they should be…maybe mature isn’t the right word, “advanced” might be a better one to use. I remember waking up super early every Saturday morning to watch cartoons and this lasted well into the beginning of my teen years. Now, it seems like kids don’t really even like cartoons. Take mine for example (4 and 9-years-old); if given a choice between…
7 Tips to a Happy & Healthy March Break + Giveaway
I blame myself. I started slacking - myself and the kids weren’t taking our vitamins, I wasn’t drinking enough water and thanks to a busy work schedule we weren’t eating as healthy as we should’ve been…all that plus the fact that my son is in school, where most viruses are transferred it’s no surprise it lasted as long as it did. Finally, we are all better and looking forward to having a happy and healthy…
How to Get Children to Open Up About their Feelings
We’ve all been their a time or two before; our kids get off the school bus and they’re not quite acting like themselves, you ask them “What’s wrong?” and they say “Nothing.” It kills me when Lucas does this because although he doesn’t realize it, I know him better that anyone else and I can tell when there’s something wrong even when he’s trying to hide it. He’s a very timid little guy, unless it’s…
Do You Give Your Child “False Truths”?
If you follow my Facebook Page, you may have seen a post that I wrote about my “Mom fail” of the week. Mom fails are not uncommon for me, in fact unfortunately for my children they happen fairly often. Sometimes I learn from them and other times I don’t but they happen and I’m sure they’ll continue to do so. However, this particular mom fail involved my 7-year-old, a missing tooth and a sink drain…I’m…
