Simple Ways to Praise Your Child
Giving your child positive feedback will improve self esteem and let your child know that they are doing something good. It’s easy to get in into the habit of correcting or disciplining your children...
Category: Family
The Easy Way to Get Your Kids to Clean Their Room
I dread telling my kids that it’s house cleaning day. I hear moans and groans and it’s not a fun time.
Ways for your Kids to Develop Good Self-Esteem
In our groups of friend we have friends that are full of confidence and then others who always put themselves down. It may even be you. Why is self esteem so important? We want...
Why you shouldn’t pay your kids for good grades
I wrote a series on kids, money and allowance. It basically talked about teaching kids about money, giving them an allowance, and what they do with their allowance. I read several comments that said...
Teaching Kids What to do with their Allowance
This is the last part in a 4 part series on children and money. You can read the first 3 posts, too!
Determining How Much Allowance is Appropriate
I’ve been writing a series on teaching kids about money and allowance, Raising your kids to be MONEY SMART and Allowance: 2 Simple Systems you can Implement Today. You can go back and read those,...
Allowance: 2 Simple Systems You Can Implement Today
I started a series on teaching kids about money and allowances. You can read part one here, Raising your Kids to be MONEY SMART. Today, I’m going to talk about coming up with a...
Raising your kids to be MONEY SMART
Teaching your kids about money is something all parents should have as a priority. Sometimes parents avoid money talk and allowance all together because they aren’t sure what to teach their kids. They may not even...
Ways to Keep Summer Learning FUN
Have you planned your summer learning for your kids? If not, it’s not to late. A survey conducted by Carson-Dellosa shows that 84% of teachers say that kids forget things they’ve learned during the school year.
The secret to get your kids to sleep in
I always get so frustrated with my kids for not sleeping later in the summer. They want to stay up later in the summer, but they have to sleep in or they are GRUMPY!
Tips for taking your kids to a professional baseball game
It’s finally summer and I love being outside and spending time with my family! This year we decided to take all 3 of my kids (5, 7, and 9) to see the Phillies play while we were visiting family in Philadelphia.
Start Saving for College Today
Most parents want their kids to go to college, but many times we don’t know how we are going to afford it. I have 3 kids and they are 4, 7, and 9. I...
