Good news! “Drinking in front of your kids is actually the perfect opportunity to model the responsible behaviors you want your kids to practice if they choose to drink as adults.”
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11/21/16
Don’t Say Mean Things to People
After a slew of racial and anti-semitic incidents these past few days, it’s getting harder to shield our children from hatred. Especially when it shows up on their playgrounds. This is about more than politics. It is about human decency.
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In any bullying situation, there are three possible roles. Research shows that most kids will find themselves in EACH of these roles at different times, so it’s important to talk to our children about all of them.
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Today, on Veterans Day, I am honored to introduce the Parks, a family who has been serving our country for 9 years. On the day we visited, Joe was leaving for a five month deployment in South Korea.
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I’ve never seen Mazzy and Harlow as happy as the time they opened up a box of Shimmer and Shine dress-up clothes, quite possibly the only TV show they collectively agree on.
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My six-year-old knows this election is more than voting for our next president. She recognizes that history is being made and feels like she is a part of that.
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I’m not someone who has ever been overly confident about the way I look, particularly when it comes to my shape and size, but low self-esteem is obviously not something I want to pass on to my children.
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The Lees live and work on a 1.1 million acre cattle ranch in Oregon, with the nearest grocery store about 90 miles away. Their five-year-old daughter spends most of her days riding right alongside her mom and dad on her horse Nacho.
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I’m taking a look back at the evolution of Mazzy and Harlow’s costumes. You’ll see that I began my mom career with a desire to do something original but now I’m totally content with store bought.
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10/25/16
34 Firsts Parents Don’t Want to Miss
There are the obvious firsts that parents don’t want to miss like first smile, first food, and first steps. But important milestones don’t end after the first year. What about first ballet class, first camping trip or first time your daughter meets her first pet?
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The key to dealing with kids’ homework is patience, Googling, and lots of wine. But which wine pairs best with long division? How about fifth grade science?
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Casey Johnson is a single mom raising two kids. Her son is on the autism spectrum so it has been difficult for Casey to find childcare. Her solution is to bring both kids with her to work at a dog grooming shop owned by her stepmother.
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The biggest problem we had with our test drive of the Audi Q7 was that we had to give it back. Cue Mike’s tears.
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I’ll give you a hint. It’s not, “Are you sure you aren’t having twins?”
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Sarah Bennett initially reached out to me casually on Snapchat with a message that said something like, “Any interest in featuring a mom currently going through chemo?”
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