When conversations about alcohol between parents and kids increase, underage drinking rates decrease. April is Alcohol Responsibility Month so it’s a great time to talk about about underage drinking prevention. Here’s how to have age-appropriate conversations with your elementary, middle, or high schooler so they’ll understand how alcohol affects growing brains and bodies and can…
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Easy Spring Break Learning Goals for Kids of All Ages
Spring break is right around the corner and while everyone needs a brain break, unstructured time can be hard for kids who thrive on a routine. Help your kids keep from getting too restless by working together to set spring break learning goals. How to Set Spring Break Learning Goals Spring break learning goals can…
Teaching Kids About Taxes in Age-Appropriate Ways
As the April 15 deadline for filing taxes approaches, chances are your kids have questions about taxes. Teaching kids about taxes is just as important as conversations about money so they become financially literate. However, understanding what taxes are, who they benefit, and how they are paid often gets left out of the conversation. For…
Lighthouse Parenting: Tips for Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids
Many phrases are used to describe the different types of parents: tiger mom, lawnmower dad, and helicopter or snowplow parent. I never felt that any of them described me until I heard about lighthouse parenting a few years ago. What is Lighthouse Parenting? How Lighthouse Parenting Differs from Other Parenting Styles When I first heard…
How to Embrace the Dopamine Décor Trend on a Budget
Some make new year’s resolutions, others select words. Instead, I spent the first part of this year focusing on purging, organizing, and redecorating part of our home. My goal was to transform a cluttered office into a colorful upstairs sitting area without spending a lot of money. Without realizing it, I unintentionally embraced the dopamine…
Self-Care to Preserve Your Mental Health: 5 Easy Thing to Do
These days it’s easy to get caught up in the news that has been never ending since the transition of power. I’m ok reading a headline or a repost through my Instagram Stories but feel a sense of dread if I read too much news so I have to be mindful of what I consume…
Valentine Gifts for Unplugged Fun
How can you show those that you love that you truly love them? By unplugging and spending quality time together away from your screens. This year I’m featuring 14 Valentine gifts for unplugged fun. Valentine Gifts for Unplugged Fun There are games for families with kids of all ages to play during family game nights…
8 Tech Resolutions for 2025
January is almost over but it doesn’t mean it’s too late to make some tech resolutions for 2025. Maybe you want to evaluate your social media platforms to figure out where you want to spend your time to preserve your digital wellbeing. Perhaps it’s time to have another conversation with your kids about screen time…
Why Alleviate Therapy’s Arch Massager and Knee Blade Are Fitness Must-Haves
This post is sponsored by Alleviate Therapy I love a good fitness challenge whether it’s a series of OrangeTheory workouts or the joy of fundraising, training, and running a race as a St. Jude Hero but as I’ve gotten older, tending to the health of my knees and feet is essential. My 50-year-old self has…
9 Easy Ways to Give Back on Giving Tuesday and Beyond
After Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Shop Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday. Created in 2012 as a simple idea of a day that encourages people to do good, Giving Tuesday has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity year-round. This unconventional way…
