Let Your Kids Get Bored This Summer—Boredom is Good for the Brain!
Ah, it’s summertime and the living is…easy? Not for the average mom who feels obligated to drive her kids to endless camps and classes as…
Bored Kids
Summertime Bingo: Free Printable Game for Summer Play!
The summer season is the perfect time for creating lasting memories with your children. As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, it’s…
When Your Child Says, “There’s Nothing to Do”
“Mom, there’s nothing to do!” This one phrase can be enough to drive us parents crazy, especially when our kids have toys and possessions galore! We…
Coronavirus Distancing: Help With Your Kids
Feeling overwhelmed with the coronavirus events unfolding before you? We have some important words of encouragement for you AND some fun practical ideas to help…
Is Engagement With Children Extinct?
It is odd that a simple “life scene” that played out before my eyes in a doctor’s office waiting room would leave me near tears….
February Showing Love and Snow Day Ideas!
14 Ways to Show Love to Others: Start your husband’s car several minutes before he needs to leave. Scrape off the windshield, and leave a…
Labor Day Silly Mom Ideas
Happy Labor Day! I encourage you to use this Labor Day as an opportunity to make a fun memory with your children. Do something out of…
“Mommy, I’m Bored!”
“Mommy, I’m bored!” How many times a day do you hear those words? I hear them a lot. Once a week, several of my friends…
Cousins Reading Club
“I’m bored!” The dreaded words our four children would cry out every summer several weeks after the close of another school year. I knew that…
I Am Not Here to Entertain My Children
I’m definitely not going to win the “coolest mom” award on this post. It might even seem to contradict some things that I’ve previously written on my blog….