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Help Kids to Save with a Fun Fund

As adults, we often think of saving as something necessary and the responsible thing to do. We save up for things such as a new furnace or braces for one of the kids. Once in a while we will also save for something fun, such as a family vacation, but we often go about it with our usual boring adult selves–we plan, we save, we move money to a vacation account. These techniques, the ones we have learned over the years and now practice, however, don’t usually work with kids. For them, saving has to be visual and fun. Help … Continue reading →

It’s Okay to Be Cool

“Please don’t do that,” famous words that come from my daughter’s mouth whenever I try to be cool or funny.  Or better yet, “Don’t ever do that again.” Despite acting horrified at my attempts to act much younger than I am, there is something that tells me she enjoys it.  Here’s why.  It’s okay when her friend’s parents act cool or goofy. When I question her about this, she says that it’s different.  It’s not her parents.  But if she thinks its okay for other adults to act that way, she must secretly enjoy it when I do. Actually, I … Continue reading →

How Many Times Do I Have To Ask You?

If you have ever had to ask your toddler more than once to do something, you are not alone. I’m pretty sure that there are not many parents out there whose toddlers immediately respond to their every request. It can be very frustrating to ask your toddler repeatedly to do (or not do) something, only to feel like your words fall on deaf ears. There are a few reasons why toddlers do not respond to our requests the first (or second, or third) time. Fortunately, there are also a few things that we can do to encourage our toddlers to … Continue reading →

Take The Help That Is Offered

My niece is about to become a single parent. This wasn’t planned, she and the father split up before she found out she was pregnant. Not an ideal situation by any means but one she fully intends to take responsibility for. My heart goes out to her, I know what it’s like and I didn’t have to do it from Hailey’s birth. There are so many things I want to tell her, ways to make it easier but the biggest thing I can say is don’t try to do it alone. So often we are so proud and don’t want … Continue reading →

Baby Name Lists: Helpful or Annoying?

Jacob, Mason, William, Sophia, Isabella, Emma… ring a bell? Are any of those your children’s names? If so, then consider yourself cool. And by cool, I mean uninspired. Okay, perhaps, that’s a bit harsh, but that’s how I see it. I’m the type to roll my eyes when popular baby name lists flood my email inbox. I am equally underwhelmed when I observe parents going gaga when they see their kid’s moniker featured on the Top 10. Whereas I realize that naming a newborn is among the most critical decisions in any parent’s life, I’m not convinced that moms and … Continue reading →

It is Okay to Ask For Help

When you own and operate a home – based business, you get to call all of the shots. Along with that comes a great deal of responsibility. One of the responsibilities of a home – based business owner is keeping the amount of work that the business takes on at a reasonable level. If you find that your business’s products and services are in demand, it can be hard not to take on more and more – after all, work is money and who doesn’t enjoy the feeling of being popular. There is danger in biting off more than you … Continue reading →

Learning to Ask for Help

I have always been very independent. I have a hard time asking for help and an even harder time accepting it. When I found myself as a single mother I learned quickly that I just couldn’t do everything on my own anymore. There are times you are going to need people to watch your kids so that you can go to work or school. Other times you may be in a financial bind with no way out. When I got divorced six months ago, I was a stay-at-home-mom. I hadn’t worked for three years since my son was born. I … Continue reading →

Why Multi-Tasking While Writing Doesn’t Work

I am a multi-tasker. I can rarely focus on just one thing. In fact, I sometimes come up with strange ways to accomplish things. For instance, on a cleaning day I might read one chapter of a book, clean a room, read another chapter and then clean another room. Others might choose to do all their cleaning at one time and then sit down to read a book. Not me, I have to always be switching back and forth between things. So this has carried into my work as a writer and let me tell you, I am finding more … Continue reading →

Helping Others While Working From Home

Many home-based professionals find that working from home gives them the ability to do many things that they enjoy that they may not have time for if they worked outside of the home. When you give up your commute and are able to schedule yourself to work at times that make sense for you, you may feel like you have more free time even if you work forty hours a week. There are many wonderful and meaningful ways to use this free time, and today I am going to focus on one of them: helping others. The flexibility of working … Continue reading →

When Kids Ask Questions

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I recently had the nice experience of my daughter’s six-year-old cousin asking me questions about her condition. He wanted to know if our new baby had to do the things that her sister does (like taking enzymes and wearing The Vest). When I told him she doesn’t, he wondered why. After all, it makes sense to him that if one sister has to do something than the other should too. So I got to explain what makes Maggie different from him and from her little sister too. I told him the very basic information about cystic fibrosis. All I had … Continue reading →