Blended Family Boundaries

Blending families can always be tough. You’re not only changing your life, but you’re changing your children’s lives as well. There’s a lot of emotions to work through and different…

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Getting Kids a Cellphone

It always seems like kids are getting cell phones younger and younger these days. They’ve become almost a necessity these days. So when is the appropriate time to get your…

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Gentle Parenting

I’m sure you’ve heard the term “gentle parenting.” I feel like a lot of people have given it a bad rep over the years. What is it actually and how…

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Losing Yourself to Parenthood

Parenthood is one of the most beautiful things we as human beings can experience. It’s also to most exhausting. No one tells you that you start to lose your identity.…

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Expectation vs Reality

When we become parents we always have our expectations of how it should go. From experience, it never goes how we plan and that’s ok! Parenting is hard. There’s bumps…

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Spring Cleaning

Spring is here! Well, technically. Wisconsin spring will arrive hopefully before June, but that means it’s time for your annual spring cleaning. Nothing feels more freeing than deep cleaning your…

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Pet Responsibility

So your kid wants a pet. I tossed the idea around for years. It started with a fish. We upgraded to a gerbil, but none of those went well. Eventually…

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Dealing With Children’s Heartbreak

As your kids get older they continuously are going through new life experiences. One of those will inevitably be their first heartbreak. Here’s how we deal with heartbreak in our…

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Age Appropriate Media

My son recently showed an interest in watching horror movies. As someone who owns a spooky shop and loves everything related to horror and halloween I was super excited about…

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Getting Kids Started With Music

Music was a major part of my life when I was kid. I took piano lessons early on and switched to guitar from there. It was a skill I carried…

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