Tag: parenting
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Reevaluating dynamics in our marriage.
I remember the feeling that 2023 was probably going to be the Golden year in our family. There was a lot of hard work involved but happy milestones were being reached and things felt safe and on course. I knew things would change in 2024 but I did not know how seismic these changes were…
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Top three go to apps to supplement homeschooling.
As anyone may expect, homeschooling can be at times challenging. Teaching is a full time career for a reason, often unappreciated for all that it brings to society. It is very demanding, one has to keep on top of knowledge and find strategies to pass on that knowledge to many many different people who all…
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To homeschool or not homeschool?
It is funny how sometimes you fall into something unexpected and it just works so beautifully. When our eldest reached the age kids in Scotland traditionally start attending primary school we had our held backs. At the time we were just getting in the swing of things with the twins and the eldest two were…
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Navigating various children age groups and TV shows.
This year we reached a precarious stage when it came to TV and kids. Our little ones range in age from 1o to 2. There are lots of different tastes in what they like watching, they also have lots of common interests which means that when it comes to limiting TV time we can usually…
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Setting healthy expectations on children in the cold
If you are currently living in the UK like our family is you might have been struggling with the weather and the cost of energy. I am not going to lie I have felt very disheartened by the ever rising costs despite limited use. There is just something that breaks your soul not being able…
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Roe vs Wade
My heart is broken. But this is not an article that is going to go into the depths of how wrong what is happening in the US is. I feel too raw right now to express this. This article is going to share my personal insight in why the right to abortion is important to…
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Don’t let the cold get you down!
The last two weeks have been pretty frustrating from a personal point of view. I had just gotten back on top of a few personal goals which as a stay at home, homeschooling mom of five can be pretty challenging. One of the goals I was pretty excited about was running. I explained in a…
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Activities to keep children entertained while you are unwell (or need a break)
This last week I have found myself in one of my most disliked scenario. Picture this: five kids, a mega cold, countless symptoms ranging from fever to vomiting, stopping by cough land and conjunctivitis stadium. It has been hard, we of course rounded all our poor little people to get PCR tested to know if…
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The Secret to Motherhood…
I am a mom to five wonderful children. I often hear “I don’t know how you do it!” or “You are such a laid back mom” which often send me feeling like a fraud because I rarely feel like “I am doing it” or like a “laid back mom”. The truth is motherhood has not…
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How to help children cope when the world feels unsafe.
Today, Thursday the 24th of February 2022 is a day that will go down in the History books. It is a scary day and there is a lot of uncertainty ahead. I don’t know how many people around the world feel it yet but I fear that we are about to see something far worse…
The Little Mermaid Now 