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Talking To Your Kids About Drugs
In this day and age, our children are facing way more peer pressure and stress than we ever did. Our days were filled with play, instead of electronics. Everyone knew everyone, it was a safer time. With the opioid crisis, it is more important than ever to have that conversation about drugs with your children. Here are a couple of facts and tips on how to have a reciprocal conversation about drugs with your kids.
First let’s examine why things are in crisis mode. In the late 1990’s aggressive marketing and physicians reliance on opioids, plus over prescribing played a huge role in more people becoming addicted to pain pills. When they finally caught up...
I Don't Have Time For Picky Eaters
It’s dinner time, the plates are set and the meal is hot and ready. “I don’t like that!”, “It’s yucky!!”, “Can you fix me something else?” You spent time, money, and exhausted efforts on fixing a meal, no matter how fancy or just boxed meals, and your kids simply won’t eat it.
Sound familiar?
I’ve been there, and it’s not pretty. Being a working parent with kids in school, extracurriculars, obligations, and everything in between, it’s nearly impossible to be ahead of the game with food that all the family likes. Kids go through stages, and what they loved one minute, they hate the next. My seven-year-old ate breakfast burritos like they were a coveted...
Halloween Costumes :: 3 Ways To Save
As the air turns crisp, okay not "crisp," but a little less hot and the pumpkin spice everything fills the air, shelves and headlines, that can mean only one thing, it is almost Fall and Halloween is just around the corner. Now is the time to start thinking about costumes. Are you looking for some easy for yourself ideas? Suggestions for costumes for the family? Or maybe you are just hoping to find an option that fits your budget.
Here are some other ideas for finding affordable, fun costumes:
Shop Secondhand or Consignment
I stumbled upon affordable, new in packaging, costumes at a children’s resale shop. I originally went to Once Upon a Child in...
Three Ways I Found My Village As A Stay At Home Mom
When you become (or are about to become) a parent, everyone tells you “it takes a village.” And they’re right… but what happens when your village works full time and can’t come rock your colicky baby who hasn’t slept all night?
In the fall of 2022, I became a stay-at-home mom after having worked since my first job as a cashier in high school. However, when my husband and I were anticipating the arrival of our third child, we knew the price of daycare just wouldn’t make sense while having another little one at home under the age of two. So, painstakingly, we made the decision that I wouldn’t...
Help My Baby Turned Into A Tween And Needs Deodorant
As mothers, watching our children grow and develop can be a rollercoaster of emotions. It feels like just yesterday you were changing their diapers, dressing them in their favorite cartoon character t-shirts, and wiping away the crumbs from around their smiling mouths. But as time goes by, our babies transform into young adults, and one of the first signs of this change is the need for deodorant.
How many times do you ask yourself: "Is my child really growing up so quickly?" You might even pause to reminisce on the first day you smelled their sweet cheeks. Yet here we are, shopping for deodorant because they need it. Who knew there...
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Mardi Gras From the Perspective of a Krewe Dancer
Mardi Gras From the Perspective of a Krewe Dancer
It's that time of year we have been working towards all year long. Preparing three to...
