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Making Use of “Trial Periods”

I have a tendency to be a results-oriented parent. I want to solve problems or at least come up with solutions that move us out of challenges and into more functional periods. You would think that after nearly two decades of parenting, I would learn that sometimes you have to go with temporary fixes and make the most of “trial periods” since kids and families always seem to be in a state of change and transition. Nothing lasts forever–and while I’m all for setting limits and working rules by which a family can exist, sometimes, we need to try something … Continue reading →

The Opening Hour of Your Garage Sale

The opening hours of your garage sale, are the most important, and often the busiest of the whole day. How many hours, depends solely on the weather, your area, and the day of the week you choose. How can you make the most out of that very first hour of your garage sale? First, be sure to plan ahead. If you are holding the sale in your garage, have everything set up the night before, so when opening time comes, you only have to pop the garage door up and get started. If you plan to host the garage sale … Continue reading →

Staying Safe At Your Garage Sale

Garage sales are a great way to eliminate your extra or unwanted items. It is a fast way to make some quick cash, but can be very time consuming, as well. Your safety and your families safety, should always be a primary concern, both before the sale, the day of the sale, and after the sale. To begin with, be sure that you understand your city ordinances and obtain any necessary permits before hand. Each city has different rules and regulations, when it comes to garage sales, and following them, will ensure a more supportive police department. Never have your … Continue reading →

Introducing Yourself to Your Child—Part Two: The Meeting

US adoptions often have a “Transition” period built in when children are moved from a foster home to an adoptive one. The ideal is to have the adoptive parents visit the child in his/her familiar space, for the foster parents to greet the adoptive parents so the child sees that foster mother is comfortable with them therefore they can probably be trusted, then have the foster parent begin a caregiving task such as giving a bottle or a bath then having the adoptive parent finish it. This gives the child “permission” to accept nurturing from the adoptive parents. There are … Continue reading →

Can You Borrow Your Way Out of Debt?

Have you considered borrowing your way out of debt? It sounds silly, doesn’t it? You are borrowing money to pay off your debt, so are you actually getting anywhere. Many people justify doing this by explaining that they are moving the money they owe to a lower interest rate loan, so they are saving money. Unfortunately many people do this using a home equity loan. And usually they are transferring unsecured debt (like credit cards) to a secured debt (your house), which means if you cannot pay for some reason you will lose your home. Often times people will not … Continue reading →

Where’s “IT” at? Keeping your Child’s Anxiety Out of the Bag and on the Chain.

If you’ve ever had to enter into hand-to-hand combat with the witch under the bed or the bearded baddie at the window, then you already know that children’s anxiety can be disturbingly real to them. Just like adults, children can also suffer from free-floating and generalized anxiety or panic attacks. One in nine children are affected to the extent that it constipates their daily functioning and our nightly sleep. The witch or monster doesn’t just appear every now and then as part of normal chronological or problem solving development, they rarely leave and they will taunt the child at any … Continue reading →

Your Post Partum Body

One thing no one tells you is how your body will look and feel after the baby is born. I remember when I had my first baby. I was shocked at how my body looked after she was born. I had imagined going back to my original size three body very soon after the birth. This was most definitely not the case. I remember very clearly standing in my closet about five days after her birth. I was crying. A large pile of clothing was lying on the floor of the closet. This pile consisted of all the outfits I … Continue reading →

Sitting Can Kill You

Just when you start to feel pretty good about your health, a new study comes along to smash it all to smithereens.  Apparently, exercising isn’t enough if you sit on your bottom for more than six hours a day. After doing some quick calculations I realized this is the case for me.  Like millions of others, I have a desk job.  So I am pretty much forced to sit. Not only are they saying it’s bad for your health.  It could even be killing you! Why?  Our bodies go into shutdown mode when we are sitting.  Doing this for long … Continue reading →

Scheduling Tips

Any endeavor that requires organization and scheduling on a regular basis is fragile in the hands of a flawed human. Homeschooling is one such endeavor which can turn from calm sunny skies to a thunderstorm with little warning. The storms come to every homeschool family at one time or another. Yet, a state of chaos should be the exception and not the rule. If you are living in a chaotic homeschool situation, it will frustrate everyone involved, and that is does not make for a proper educational atmosphere. Homeschooling is busy, crazy, fun, exhausting, amazing, and full of ups and … Continue reading →

Whiz Kids

Tweens and teens get a bad for being irresponsible with their finances. Often, kids blow through cash like there is no tomorrow purchasing items that nearly always end up trashed, forgotten or consumed within a very short period of time. What’s more, in most cases, the money teens bleed through is earned by mom and dad. Instead of shedding blood, sweat and tears to earn a buck, many kids these days simply beg, whine or threaten their way to financial gain. Fortunately, not all teens perpetuate this stereotype. In fact, one 14-year-old is breaking the mold by making wise financial … Continue reading →