While it’s easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer volume of tasks to be completed and things to stay on top of, here are two things to remember so that you are able to manage family life without losing your mind.
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The ‘witching hour’ is that time of day, late afternoon to early evening, when your children seem to lose all control and everyone is getting on each other’s nerves.
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The expectation with the clip system is that each day the children have to move all of their clips on the clipboard from the “to do” side to the “done” side. I also added what we call the “helper” clip. In order to “move” their helper clip they must come to their dad or me and ask, “How can I help you?”
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Today I’m going to give you guys some practical help when it comes to dinner time.
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Here are Karen’s 3 tips for surviving meal time this week!
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Are you finding that after 6 months of social distance and pandemic life you have lost touch not only with your community, but with yourself a little bit too? I think this fall we all need to figure out how we can establish healthy routines for re-connecting given the new normal. Here are my thoughts:
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If I know anything about mom life, it’s this: when you have kids at home, there’s always someone asking for more of your time.
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If you have a wide age range between your children, or a larger family with multiple kids at all ages, I think it’s best to try to cater to the older children in the family.
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Working: some moms love it, some feel guilty about it, some work purely out of necessity, others work because they love what they do and they are better when they work. Whatever category you fall into, I believe it is hard. It’s hard to juggle the competing demands on your attention and your time. It’s hard to prioritize which job gets first dibs on your attention each day and which job has to wait its turn. It’s hard to do it all well all of the time.
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Today I’m going to give you guys some practical help when it comes to dinner time. Read on for my #1 Tip and if you have any tricks or tips to get dinner on the table every night, share them in the comments! We can all use a little help in this area.
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Sometimes, I feel like I’m playing tug of war and I’m the rope!
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I was visiting with a friend of mine recently and I saw the greatest idea at her house. I immediately fell in love with the concept and wished I had implemented such a system when my children were younger. I loved it so much, I asked her to write a blog post for us!
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What is the witching hour? It’s that time of day, late afternoon, to early evening when your children seem to lose all control and everyone is getting on each others nerves.
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