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Confessions of a Reluctant Unschooling Mom

Discovering the best ways to educate our children often leads us down paths we never could have envisioned ourselves traveling

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How to Cultivate a Growth Mindset with Your Children

People with a growth mindset believe their abilities can grow and be cultivated through hard work. Here's how to encourage that perspective in your kids.

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Why Teen Alcohol Use Spikes in December, and What You Can Do About It

Part of parenting teenagers is teaching them how to make wise decisions when it comes to alcohol. These facts and figures can help lead the discussions.

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How To Help Your Kids Incorporate Mindfulness Into Their School Day

The practice of mindfulness is an effective educational tool. Help your kids bring mindfulness into their school day by adopting the practice yourself.

10 Things I Wish I’d Known Before Homeschooling

Helpful words of wisdom and experience from a homeschool mom who felt just as intimidated as you might be feeling now. The bottom line is: you can do this.

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5 Surprising Reasons to Raise a Bilingual Child

I speak only French to my daughter. When people find out that I'm raising a bilingual child they often make the same assumptions I did when I first decided to stop speaking English to her. “What a ...

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Why Are We All So Terrified of Pajama Fires?

Why do pajamas come with a warning? It comes from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and how it got there is an interesting story.

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10 Simple Ways to Raise Kids Who Love to Read

Use these ideas to nurture your family’s love affair with books, and you’ll increase the odds of hooking your kids on a lifetime reading habit.

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My Son's Kindergarten Progress Report Reignited My Impostor Syndrome

When nothing less than being the best feels adequate, it can be hard to hear that your kid is simply "good enough."

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Kid Made Recipe: Focaccia Fantan Rolls

https://www.facebook.com/HelloParentCo/videos/1791226554478042/ Check out more Kid Made videos on Facebook! Have a little one who wants to help out with a big holiday meal? These easy but impres...

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Ages and Stages: Your Precocious Preschooler

The preschool years are some tricky business. Let’s scratch the surface of four main areas of development, and learn how to be supportive throughout.

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How to Help Kids Practice Using Math in Real Life

Adding math concepts to daily conversations helps kids see that learning extends beyond the classroom, and is used in many ways all the time. Here's how.

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8 Surprising Reasons I Didn't Freak Out About Choosing a Preschool

I’m sure details like educational philosophy and curriculum content matter, when making a preschool decision, I couldn’t be bothered to worry about them.

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Kid Made Recipe: Easy Apple Tart

This tasty apple tart is the perfect weekend baking project for a kid chef - you peel and chop and they do the rest!

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How to Avoid Raising Know-It-Alls

As parents it’s on us to convey that being smart doesn’t mean being right; it means wanting to know when you’re wrong.

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Ages and Stages: Your Tyrannical Toddler Exposed

Look for the following hallmarks of toddlerhood and respond with compassion.

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Why Experts Want Your Baby Rooming With You Until Age One

The AAP recently announced a new recommendation that removes some of the mystery around best infant sleep practices for new parents.

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Kid Made Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Baked Samosas

https://www.facebook.com/HelloParentCo/videos/1784724938461537/ Check out more Kid Made videos on Facebook! Homemade samosas for dinner? Oh yes. With a kid sous chef, and our time saving trick (...

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Every Twin on the Planet Has Been Asked These 6 Questions

Someone once actually asked me when my twin’s birthday was and if we were the same age.

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Kid Made Recipe: Dressed Up Halloween Treats

https://www.facebook.com/HelloParentCo/videos/1781091738824857/ Check out more Kid Made videos on Facebook! Kids Halloween parties are the perfect time to go all out with spooky sweets! Round ...

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Rediscovering the Brilliance of "Blue's Clues" 20 Years Later

Many children's shows have come and gone in the last 20 years, but few have stood the test of time like "Blue's Clues."

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Kid Made Recipe: Jack-O-Lantern Puff Pastry

https://www.facebook.com/HelloParentCo/videos/1777471109186920/ Check out more Kid Made videos on Facebook! Not all Halloween treats are sweet! Try these easy, cheesy, puff pastry jack o' lantern...

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World Schooling is a Wild Ride That Just Might Be the Best Thing For Your Kids

For some families, educating their kids is a global adventure.

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5 Books That Teach Life Lessons to Your Children

Nearly every house has those books that are read a million times, with worn pages and cracked spines. This is the selection at ours.