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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)

Best ways to teach kids internet safety. Keep kids safe online. Online safety tips for kids. Internet safety tips for kids. Teaching kids online safety. #MamaintheNow #SaferInternetDay #BeInternetAwesome #Sponsored

The Best Ways to Teach Kids Internet Safety

The Best Ways to Teach Kids Internet Safety Thank you, Google for allowing me to work you on this sponsored campaign to spread the word about Safer Internet Day on February 5, 2019. I am proud to be part of the Mom It Forward Influencer Network. He shut the front door, kicked off his winter boots View Post

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

Get rid of pinworms (almost) naturally. Cure pinworms, find best solutions to your child's itchy bottom. Natural pinworm or threadworm cure for kids and adults.

How to Treat Pinworms (almost) Naturally – FOR GOOD!

How to Treat Pinworms (almost) Naturally If you've found this post, first and foremost, please know that I am sorry. But also know that I am here to give you hope, tips and tricks of how to treat pinworms - all the information I am sharing here worked for our family. You have not been properly View Post

Filed Under: Health, Kid (6-9 years), Parenting, Popular, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: germs, health, Kids

Raising secure and confident boys to be mature grown men. Parenting tips from a mother of three. Parenting boys and raising little men. Parenting advice from a mom of three boys. Raise secure boys who may or may not play sports. #Parenting #ParentingBoys #RaisingBoys #BoyMom #parentingtips #MamaintheNow #ParentingAdvice #RaisingLittleMen

How to Raise Secure Boys: Let Them Be Themselves!

Please enjoy this guest post by Karen Lesh from M.O.B. Truths. She's a fellow boy-mom with great tips on how to raise secure boys. Her method may just surprise you, in a good, warm and fuzzy kind of way.  Raising secure boys, *even* without sports! "You must be sooo busy with all your boys’ View Post

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

DIY Advent Countdown for Christmas Calendars. Christmas countdown for kids. Daily advent calendars for kids. These DIY Christmas advent calendars are Christmas fun for the whole family. #Advent #Adventcalendars #DIYChristmas #DIYAdventCalendar #DIYAdventCalendars #CountdowntoChristmas #mamainthenow #ChristmasCrafts

The Most Amazing DIY Advent Calendars for Christmas

Make Christmas More Fun With These DIY Advent Calendars: I think we can agree that the excitement for Christmas and the whole Christmas season easily starts to build somewhere between the day after Christmas and the first day of school.  We try to put off getting to consumed by it until we have had View Post

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

10 Super fun Halloween ideas for kids. Not too spooky halloween crafts for kids. Halloween crafts for kids. Halloween decorations you can make with your kids. #halloweenideasforkids #HalloweenCraftsForKids #Halloween #HalloweenCrafts #CraftsForKids #ForKids #MamaintheNow #NotSpookyHalloween #FunWithKids #FallFun

10 Super Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids

Fun Halloween Ideas for Kids: Spooky and creepy or cute and adorable, either way you prefer your Halloween decorations and crafts, kids adore them all! We like the simplicity of paper crafts and our kids enjoy making Halloween paper crafts too! From spiders to witches, from bats to monsters, there View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

Awesome Autumn Leaf Crafts for Kids. Fall leaf crafts to make with kids. Fall crafts using leaves. Autumn crafts using leaves. Crafts for kids. Having fun with mother nature. #AutumnLeafCrafts #FallLeafCrafts #CraftsforKids #FallCraftsForKids #AutumnCraftsForKids #FallFun #AutumnFun #NaturePlay #NatureCrafts #forkids #MamaintheNow

Awesome Autumn Leaf Crafts For Kids

Autumn Leaf Crafts to Make With Kids: So, remember when we did that cute collection of pinecone crafts?  Well, we’re at it again, or we’re still at it I should say, because really, the adventures and the crafting never stop.  This time around our featured nature find is leaves.  Everybody loves View Post

Filed Under: Creative, Kid (6-9 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years)

The ultimate (expert) Disney Cruise packing list, from a veteran Disney-cruiser and mother of four boys. Don't leave home without these all too important items that you probably haven't thought to pack! #Disney #DisneyCruise #DisneyCruisePackingList #CruisePackingList #PackingList #DisneyCruiseTips #mamainthenow

The Ultimate (Expert) Disney Cruise Packing List

Disney Cruise Packing List, from an "Expert":  Four boys, two adults, five nights on a Disney cruise! Need I tell you that I was stressing out (in a big way) over the prospect of packing for our recent trip? I had never been on a cruise, so I had no idea of what to expect, which added another level View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Kid (6-9 years), Life Style, Motherhood, Popular, Teen (13-18 years), Toddler (2-5 years), Tween (10-12 years) Tagged With: family, Kids, live in the now, Parenting Shortcut, Pin THIS!

The internet safety tips your kid will understand and follow. A genius way to explain internet safety to your kids, without unnecessary drama. #InternetSafety #ComputerSafety #InternetRules #Parenting #ParentingTweens #ParentingTeens #Onlinesafety #SafetyTips #Family #MamaintheNow

The Internet Safety Tips Your Kids WILL Follow

The Internet Safety Conversation:  Our second grader came home the other day with a yellow flyer from his computer lab teacher. I almost threw it the trash without looking at it - just because, well you know how much paper the kids bring home. Apparently the kids learned about internet safety that View Post

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

How to have family fun thanks to chores. A chore system that increases family time. A mother's dream: get a clean house AND family time! Mom win! Chore Sticks from Creative QT for the win! #Choresticks #Chores #ChoreSystem #Parenting #FamilyFun #FamilyTime #MamaintheNow #ad

How to Have Family Fun Thanks to Chores

This post was created in collaboration with Creative QT. I was compensated for this review, in return for my honest opinion of the Chore Sticks from Creative QT. The opinions stated are 100% mine. Fun with chores is possible: I have written quite a bit about chores over the years. As with View Post

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

10 things to do RIGHT NOW when your child has pinworms. Pinworms in kids are NO JOKE, but these must-do tips will help you combat them quickly. Fight pinworms effectively. Learn how to treat pinworms, from a mom who's been there and done that. #Pinworm #PinwormMedicine #PinwormTreatment #MamaintheNow #MyKidsHasPinWorms #HowtogetridofPinworms

10 Things To Do RIGHT NOW When Your Child Has Pinworms

When your child has pinworms, these are things to do RIGHT NOW!  This post is done in collaboration with Reese’s Pinworm Medicine. I partnered with them, because they are our family’s pinworm medicine of choice. I received compensation in return for my honest opinion of their product. It’s a View Post

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

Prepare your children for the responsibility of dog ownership? Prepare your kids for a new puppy. Are your children old enough to care for a dog? Kids taking care of dogs. How to prepare kids for dog ownership. Teaching kids how to behave around a dog and teaching kids how to care for a dog. @topdogtips #mamainthenow #kidsandogs #childrenandogs #dogs #parenting #dogownership

How to Prepare Children for the Responsibility of Dog Ownership

I am honored to share a guest post by Samantha Randall, the Editor-in-Chief at TopDogTips.com How to Prepare Children for Dog Ownership There are few children that don’t get excited by the idea of getting a dog, but there are even fewer parents that don’t get nervous about getting their kid a dog. View Post

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

Bathroom cleaning tricks and tips for boys. Teach your boys how to keep their bathroom clean - their future wives will thank you! Boy mom cleaning hacks. Parenting tips for moms of boys! #BoyMom #MomofBoys #RaisingBoys #CleaningBathrooms #BathroomCleaningTips #CleaningTips #MatchMadeInParadise #Clorox #Ad @Clorox

14 Bathroom Cleaning Tricks Every Boy Needs to Know

Don't miss these bathroom cleaning tips and hacks, from a mother of four boys. Teach your boy these bathroom cleaning tips and tricks - they need to know! This post is sponsored by Clorox®. I received products and compensation in return for my honest opinion. Every opinion stated is 100% View Post

Filed Under: Kid (6-9 years), Life Style, Parenting, Potty Training, Reviews, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

How to raise strong boys by breaking these 12 rules. Parenting strategies to raise sensitive boys. Parenting tips on how to raise boys from a boy mom of four. Parenting hack, boy mom tips and advice. #BoyMom #Parenting #RaiseBoys #MamaintheNow

How to Raise Strong Boys by Breaking These 12 Rules

How to raise strong boys by breaking these 12 rules:  After school drop offs and the day’s first load of laundry, Jonah and I walk to the playground. Every day it’s the same, he hops from one activity to the next - always in this order: See-saw, spinning chair, little slide, big slide then the View Post

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

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