Featured | School Life | Seasonal
6 Conversations to Have With Your Kid at the Start of the New School Year
Drive home the idea to your kid that change isn’t always a bad thing—we can miss what used to be, but be excited for what’s to come. Remind your kid… Read More
Create A Rhythm | Featured | School Life | Seasonal
How Can We Make This Year Better?
After the year we’ve all had, we could use some hope, good news, and a bit of normalcy—especially when it comes to our family’s rhythm and the kids’ upcoming school… Read More
Featured | Phase | School Life | Seasonal
End of School Year: How to Prepare for the Next Phase
Desks empty. Locker doors slammed—and lock combinations forgotten—for the last time. School-issued laptops returned to the front office. Color-coded, structured homeschool schedules loosened up a bit. Ah, yes. Summer is here. School may be out for your kids, but it’s a perfect… Read More
Featured | School Life | Seasonal
The Importance of Ending The School Year Well
This time of year, backpacks are getting heavy. Masks are getting tight. Patience is wearing thin. The end of the school year is upon us and so is the end of what feels like the craziest one in history! As the school… Read More
Current Events | Mental Health | Seasonal | Self Care
How to Model Contentment When You’re Feeling Pretty Miserable
You’ve read some version of this sentence a bajillion times this year: 2020 has sucked. It’s just been exhausting, expensive, sad, scary, unpredictable, and painful. If you’re anything like me, you’re counting down the seconds until this 365-day circus has its final… Read More
Celebrations | Current Events | Finance | Seasonal
The Only Thing Your Kids Need for Christmas
I don’t know about you, but fun and variety have been in short supply around our house since the pandemic started. Even though I’ve tried to make our home life as entertaining as possible given our circumstances, there’s something about quarantining at… Read More
5 Ways to Prepare Your Kids for Fewer Gifts This Christmas
The last thing you want on Christmas morning is a disappointed kid, especially considering how difficult 2020 has already been. It’s been a year of postponements, cancellations—and, for many Americans—beaten-up bank accounts. So if you know that Christmas is going to be… Read More