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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)

How do you comfort a grieving moms. Learn the words to say to comfort a grieving parent. Words to comfort special needs parents. Words to comfort a special needs mom. #RightWords #WordstoSay #ComfortingaGrievingMom #SpecialNeedsMom #ComfortingWords #mamainthenow

How to Comfort a Grieving Mother

What do you say when your best friend's child has been diagnosed with cancer? I didn't know how to comfort a grieving mother. But these tips helped... What do you say to a mother, your best friend, who’s 4 year old was just diagnosed with Leukemia? What do you do when you live several states away View Post

Filed Under: Heart, Motherhood, Parenting, Special Needs Tagged With: friends, health, live in the now, special needs

Ensure your family’s summer vacation by never leaving home without these 13 FSA-eligible items. A mother of four shares her best advice for traveling with kids. Summer vacation plans with kids? Don’t leave home without these 13 health care items. #FamilyTravel #FamilyTrip #TravelingWithKids #FSAEligible #FSA #Partner #GetFlexSmart

13 FSA Eligible Items You MUST Bring When Traveling With Kids

Traveling with kids this summer? Don’t do another thing until you’ve read my list of 13 items to bring with you. This list of FSA-eligible items saved us a trip to the ER!   It was a pleasure working with FSAstore.com on this campaign. I received compensation for my honest review of their View Post

Filed Under: Health, Life Style, Motherhood, Parenting, Reviews

The struggle with teen phone addiction is real. Get tips to help your teen overcome their internet addiction. Teen parenting tips for balanced technology use. Tips for how to help your teen not to become addicted to the internet. Parenting teenagers tips. #ParentingTeens #ParentingTips #PhoneAddiction #InternetAddiction #ParentingAdvice #ParentingTeenswithTechnology #teensandtechnology #MamaintheNow

Fighting for Eye Contact: How to Stop Your Teen’s Phone Addiction

Fighting for eye contact: how to stop your teen's phone addiction. The struggle IS real, but there IS hope. You will see your teen's eyes again - read on. How To Stop Your Teen’s Phone Addiction Teens nowadays are attached to their phones. Well, not only teens, adults are just as bad too. However, View Post

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

How to control your parental anxiety. Teen anxiety is on the rise. Raise kids without anxiety. Parenting without anxiety. Anxiety in kids and parents. #Anxiety #AnxietyinKids #ParentalAnxiety #AnxietyinMoms #MamaintheNow

How to NOT Pass on Your Anxieties to Your Kids

What is parental anxiety? Anxiety is a normal part of life, especially for parents. We get anxious about our finances, work, our kids, their health and a hundred other large and small things. However, sometimes we get so busy being anxious and worrying about the minutiae of life that we forget View Post

Filed Under: Motherhood, Parenting, Teen (13-18 years), Tween (10-12 years)

How to talk to your kids about losing a loved one. How to talk to your kids about death. Explaining death to kids. How to let kids grieve. Kids and grief. #KidsandDeath #LosingaLovedOne #TalkingtoKids #ParentingAfterLoss #ParentingTips #MamaintheNow #parentingTweens #ParentingTeens

How to Talk to Your Kids About Losing a Loved One

Losing a loved one is never easy, helping your kids process the loss can be even harder. Learn how to talk to kids about death and losing a loved one. How To Talk To Kids About Death We don’t like seeing our children get hurt and we go to great lengths to protect them. Unfortunately, we can’t View Post

Filed Under: Parenting, Teen (13-18 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

Breastfeeding supplies every new mom needs. Set yourself up for breastfeeding success with this comprehensive breastfeeding supply list. What to buy to prepare for breastfeeding. New mom breastfeeding supply list. #Breastfeeding #Breastfeedingsupplies #BreastfeedingAccessories #BreastfeedingTips #MamaintheNow

Everything You Need to Breastfeed, in Addition to Breasts

Starting to breastfeed can be overwhelming. Get these breastfeeding supplies and you will be off to a wonderful breastfeeding journey. As a mother of four who breastfed for a total of 90 months over the span of 10 years, I found that being prepared for the “unexpected” gave me an advantage when View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, health, Marvelous Mammary Memories, Motherhood, Parenting Shortcut, Pregnancy, Pumping

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)

Breastfeeding support for breastfeeding moms. Breastfeeding advice for new moms. Breastfeeding tips for nursing moms. All the breastfeeding support you need to get through your breastfeeding journey. #Breastfeeding #Breastfeedingsupport #BreastfeedingAdvice #NewMom #MamaintheNow

Breastfeeding Advice From 67 of Your Breast Friends

Where do you find your breastfeeding support? I recently reached out to YOU (aka my readers/ friends/ fellow moms) to hear the best breastfeeding advice you ever received… and now i have bundled this fantastic package of 67 estrogen-filled, supportive hugs into one big article!  Bookmark View Post

Filed Under: Baby (0-1 years), Breastfeeding, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: Baby, Breastfeeding, friends, health, Kids, Marvelous Mammary Memories, Motherhood, Pregnancy

The 100 best random acts of kindness for kids. RAOK for kids. Random acts of kindness for families. 100 ways to spread kindness. Teach your kids kindness, empathy and generosity with these 100 awesome acts of kindness. #RAOK #RAOKForKids #RandomActsofKindness #Parenting #TeachingKidsKindness #RaisingKindKids #mamaintheNow

The 100 Best Random Acts of Kindness for Kids

Random Acts of Kindness for Kids “Mama, do you know what day it is on Wednesday?” Jansen, with his toothless grin looked at me with suspense in his voice. He’s our first grader. Our old soul. He’s the kid who gives me a well-timed hug when I am having a bad day or he picks yellow flowers on the View Post

Filed Under: Hygge, Life Style, Motherhood, Parenting Tagged With: friends, Happiness, health, live in the now, special needs

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