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How to Get Kids Excited About Learning to Ride a Bike

How to Get Kids Excited About Learning to Ride a Bike We want to thank Guardian Bikes for the amazing bike we received in return for our honest opinion and feedback.  Do you remember your childhood bike? Riding on a warm summer evening, speeding downhill as fast as the bike could go, while View Post

Filed Under: Featured, IG Links, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Special Needs

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The Parent’s Guide to Roblox You Want to Read

The Parent's Guide to Roblox You Want to Read "Mom! I just won my class spelling bee! Guess how I did it?! I knew all the hard words from playing Roblox!" Yes, this was an actual conversation I had with my 4th grader just a few weeks ago. While kids don't play Roblox to expand their vocabulary, it View Post

Filed Under: IG Links, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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5 Best Family Video Games For a Fun Game Night

5 Best Family Video Games For a Fun Game Night I never thought we would be a "video game family", yet here we are. With four boys who all love their video games, we can either join them with a smile or be the "old people" who roll their eyes at the younger generation. Personally, I think the former View Post

Filed Under: Featured, Gift Guides, IG Links, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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The Cutest Arctic Animal Crafts For Creative Kids

The Cutest Arctic Animal Crafts These cute arctic animal crafts are so simple and creative. But the best part? They'll have your little one engaged and creating for hours on end! Finding great crafts is always fun. I love being able to join in on the fun and create as well as all parents should! View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Winter

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How to Identify and Decode Your Boy’s Emotions

Mamas of Boys: Identifying & Decoding Their Emotions Most people think bringing up boys is easier than raising girls because they don’t have as much drama going on. Having brought up both boys and girls, I can tell you that that assumption is incorrect. Boys do have as much drama and emotions View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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5 Things No One Tells You About Parenting a Boy

5 Things No One Tells You About Parenting a Boy Parenting a boy is one of the most important tasks you’ll do in your lifetime. Raising a boy from an infant to a man has a lot of challenges. In fact, a lot of these things, no one ever tells you about. There is no magical secret to raising a boy into View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

Everything you need to know to move your child to a booster seat. Booster seat review by mother of four. Transition your child safely into a booster seat. Booster seat tips and tricks. Current car seat laws and the latest booster seat safety information. Click here to learn how to know when your child is ready for a booster seat. #Diono #BoosterSeat #CarSeat #CarSeatSafety #BoosterSeatSafety #Parenting #MamaintheNow #ad

Everything You Need to Know to Move Your Child to a Booster Seat

Car seat safety is one of the most important things parents must consider. This guide will show you when it's the right time to move to a booster seat. Thank you Diono for providing our family with booster seats to review in return for our honest opinion. Every opinion stated here is 100% View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Toddler (2-5 years)

How to get rid of lice, without losing your mind. Safe lice treatments for the whole family. Easy and effective lice treatment. Treat even super lice with this treatment. Non-toxic lice treatment. #VamousseLice #Ad #LiceTreatment #LicePrevention #GetRidofLice #TreatingLice #LiceFreakOut #MamaintheNow

How to Get Rid of Lice Without Losing Your Mind

When you hear "Mom! My head is itchy" don't burn down the house, yet. Breathe and turn here for tips on how to get rid of lice without losing your mind! How to get rid of lice without losing your mind I am proud to work with Vamousse on this post. They provided samples of Vamousse lice treatments View Post

Filed Under: Health, Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

How to handle your children's video games positively. Put a positive spin on screen time. Turn video games and screen time into family time. Tips for how to parent tweens and teens. Teen parenting tips. Screen time tips for families. #VideogamesforKids #ChildrensVideoGames #ScreenTime #Parentingtweens #ParentingTeens #MamaintheNow

How to Handle Your Children’s Video Games Positively

How to Handle Your Children's Video Games Positively It can feel like you are constantly trying to snag your children’s attention, whether they are staring at their phones or simply not paying attention. But one thing that tends to frustrate a lot of parents is when they have to deal with their View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

Learn how to prevent pinworm infestations with these 10 tips from a mother of four. Prevent pinworms in kids and adults by sticking to these 10 easy to follow tips. Stop pinworms from spreading with these pinworm prevention tips. #Ad #Pinworms #Pinworm #Childhood #Motherhood #childrenshealth #kidshealth #healthykids #familyhealth #pinwormtreatment #pinwormprevention #pinwormmedicine #motherhoodtip #motherhoodhack #mamainthenow

How to Prevent Pinworms in Kids and Adults

I am excited to work with Reese’s Pinworm Medicine again to bring you current and effective tips to prevent and combat pinworm infestations. The opinions stated in this post are 100% mine. Prevent pinworms in kids and adults There are numerous things in life no one wants to experience, not even View Post

Filed Under: Health, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

How to prepare your kids for their first summer camp. Summer camp for kids. Prepare your kids for summer camp. Summer camps for kids. How to get the most out of summer camp for kids. #Summercamp #SummercampsforKids #PrepareYourKidsForSummerCamp #MamaintheNow #FunSummer #SummerBucketList #SummerCamps

How to Prepare Your Kids for Their First Summer Camp

How to prepare your kid for their first summer camp I won’t ever forget the first time I dropped my kids off at summer camp. Jordan and Jacob walked excitedly down the road, dragging their packed lunch boxes like they were brief cases filled with important documents. Jordan was so small, especially View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Summer, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

Instilling confidence and raising happy children is a challenge. The Danish way of parenting. Positive parenting tips. Parenting tips to raise happy and confident children. A growth mindset in parenting is important when raising confident kids. #TheDanishWay #PositiveParenting #Growthmindset #ConfidentKids #HappyKids #MamaintheNow

Raise Happy and Confident Children, The Danish Way

What IS the Danish Way? “I just want him to be happy!”, how many times have you as a parent thought that about your child? From a parenting perspective, “happiness” is the greatest measure of success. Every single day we are a faced with opportunities to thoroughly screw up our kids, but at the View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Hygge, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: Danish, family, Happiness, Kids, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, review

Prepare your kids for back to school by talking about bullying. Talk to your kids about bullying: how to prevent, how to react and what to do if you witness it. Teach your kids about bullying. #Bullying #StopBullying #SchoolBullying #ParentingTip #Parenting #MamaintheNow

Ten Things to Tell Your Kids About Bullying!

Talk to your kids about bullying:  School is back in session. Old friendships will be rekindled, new ones formed. Most kids return to school with a healthy mix of excitement and hesitation. Parents everywhere share those same emotions. What will the new year bring? What triumphs? What trials? View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Motherhood, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: friends, Kids

Fun activities for money smart kids. Creative ways to teach financial literacy to kids, tweens and teens. Teach your kids about financial responsibility and the value of money with these fun money activities. Math activities. Money lessons. #TeachingKids #FinancialLiteracy #MoneySmartKids #TeachingKidsAboutMoney #MamaintheNow

10 Super Fun Activities For Money Smart Kids

Activities for Money Smart Kids Teaching kids about money and how to be money smart can be a really stress-inducing thought.  If you as an adult have any money stress at all, the thought of teaching your children about it may in fact cause you anxiety and it can be for many reasons.  View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Financial Life, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

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