Raising Kids in a Gender Neutral Family
When I was pregnant with each of my children, everyone wanted to know whether the baby was a boy or a girl, including me and my husband. For some reason,...
Newborn Survival (For Babies & For Moms!)
{Disclosure: Our partners at Fairview Health Services understand that when you have a newborn baby, it can be a time of questions and uncertainty. Is this normal? Am I doing this...
Learning About Hearing Loss
It’s important to me that my kids are happy and enjoy the world and their lives around them. What seemed like just a “twin” thing turned into something so much more....
Don’t Get Burned! Take it From Me: Busy Parents Are a Hotbed of Risk
{Disclosure: Our partners at The Urgency Room treat many injuries with one of the most common being burns. As a mom herself, Dr. Carolyn McClain, Medical Director of The Urgency Room,...
Coming to Terms (On Student Loans)
They say write about what you know. I KNOW student loans. I figure that by the time my daughters are in college, we will have paid off most of my...
Join Dove and Learn to #SpeakBeautiful- Only at Target
{Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Mirum Shopper. Opinions are 100% my own.} Leadership, inspiring, for the love of basketball. Just a few things that come to mind when we...
A Day In the Life of a Homeschool Family
by Amber Harder
Our family is embarking on two new things this year: our oldest is school-age and begins kindergarten this year (how is she that old already!?), and we have chosen to...
Back to School: How We Handle Three Kids in Special Education
Our journey with education has been overwhelming to say the least these past few years. All of our kids have had delayed expressed language. At first, no one thought anything...
Five Things Never to Say to a Homeschool Mom
by Tammie
When I was growing up, it was a well-known fact that homeschoolers were weird. I didn’t actually know anyone who homeschooled, but there was a homeschool family that walked past...
Back to School: Tween Edition
by Karri Larson
By now, you know the drill…you’re a seasoned parent who has traveled this road before. Gone are the days when you eagerly await to hear what teacher your child has,...
Three Surprising Benefits of Reading to Your Children
by Tammie
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5 Things I Wish I Had Known About Child Development
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Overcoming Book Rut
by Kim
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The Learning Power of Play in Nature
by Annie
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