Imagine listening to a story in the car or at home with your child. Not just any story but an advent story. Meet Charlie and Noel a new 25 part advent calendar story from Franziska of HomeNaturally.org. We talk about her new advent story available to download on the Kindle, as a pdf or the audio version. We also talk… View Post
One minute they love each other the next they can be like Tom and Jerry! Sibling relationships is our topic today with Dr Laura Markham of ahaparenting.com sharing scripts and diving deep into how we as parents can effectively deal with sibling rivalry and disagreements. We also focus on the positive of how to develop and encourage sibling relationships. Listen… View Post
I’m excited to have Annika Bourgogne of Be Bilingual sharing how to support different languages in the home,. We often think of bilingual homes but there are many multilingual families and friends who would love to feel confident sharing their language journey. Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Read the shownotes below
When you’re at home with young children your world can sometimes feel like it is shrinking. With the change of circumstances everything that used to happen is likely to be different. Different for a while and maybe even changed for good. It’s not always easy having a discussion, when you have a newly crawling baby or pushing toddler while you… View Post
With so many fantastic gifts and ideas to choose during this holiday season it’s getting even harder to choose the right gifts and not choose too many gifts. This time of year is really tricky as you see so many goodies it’s hard to not end up with a long list of gifts and toys for our kids. Then what… View Post
Craft your families holiday traditions with over 16 different simple playful examples of holiday traditions. This is part Two of the three part series- Crafting your simple holiday season Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Read the shownotes below
There’s something about gathering around a meal. A simple pleasure. The final part when we’re altogether enjoying a meal, enjoying the warmth of each others company. With picky eaters and family schedules that meal maybe breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert or one special evening a week. It’s a time of coming together. In many homes, gathering around meals is around a… View Post
According to Pew research, 40% of all households with children under the age of 18 include mothers who are either the sole or primary source of income for the family. The share was just 11% in 1960 These “breadwinner moms” are made up of two very different groups: 5.1 million (37%) are married mothers who have a higher income than their husbands,… View Post
Traditionally when we think of family traditions we look to mealtimes. Dinnertimes you’ve probably got it covered already. So let’s look to some of the other areas. Places we can put in some fun, smiles and connection to smooth over sticky parts to our day. Stop us from going crazy. Connect with our little ones and try something new that’s… View Post
Tone down the commercialization Connecting with nature. Minimizing our media coverage- What’s your Holiday season going to be this year? Crafting your simple holiday season is the beginning of a three part series on designing your own simple holiday season Listen to this week’s show | subscribe through iTunes | on-the-go device Read the shownotes below
