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6 Ways to Teach Your Preschooler to Get Along With Others

We want to raise Squeaker with certain values and encourage her to be tolerant and accepting of others. Having an older sibling with special needs is going a long way in this endeavor. But, we also know that we could be doing more. While she is not yet in preschool, we are still trying to figure how to teach our preschooler to get along with others. We know that this skill will go a long way and that it could take time to develop. We hope that it will help you as well when it comes to modern day parenting skills. How do children learn to get along with others? When it comes to our parenting style, we have tended to blend positive parenting with…

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How to Teach Your Kids to Be Money Smart

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The lessons that we learn as children will often stick with us well into adulthood. Some of these lessons we pass on to our own children and in turn, they might pass those lessons on to their children. That’s why I think it’s important to start teaching kids, at a young age, how to be money smart. So I bring to you, part one of a ten part series on raising a money savvy kid. This first part is going to focus on how to be money smart. And hopefully with this foundation, they won’t need to know how to wipe out debt! As a child, I had pretty decent money sense. I saved my allowance and gift money. I understood that we went anywhere,…

Homeschooling

Easy St. Patrick’s Day Art for Toddlers

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Easy St. Patrick’s Day Art for Toddlers Today I’m sharing two super easy St. Patrick’s Day art for toddlers ideas. You’ll be able to find the sheets that I used in my Simple St. Patrick’s Day Coloring, Matching and Puzzles Pack or in my St. Patrick’s Day Printable Pack . I’m hesitant to call this Tot School just yet as we aren’t integrating anything else into it (shapes, colors, letters)… plus Squeaker will only be 15 months on March 5th (2015), so I wouldn’t expect for her to be ready for some of the other stuff I have planned for Tot School. For both projects, I printed them out on card stock so they would hold up a little better to the finger paint and…

Gift Guides and Gift Ideas

4 Fun Things for the Family to Buy With Your Tax Return

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Now, while I’m not suggesting that you go and spend all of your tax return on fun things; you should be able to treat yourself, right? Or, at the very least, buy a few things that the whole family will enjoy. At least that’s usually how it goes for us. After we’ve set aside some of the tax return to pay for important things, we figure out what else to spend it on. Most years we have usually just saved it for a rainy day or an emergency. This year, however, we’re going to consider a few fun things to spend it on. This post was sponsored by Samsung as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post…

Money Matters

How to Start Saving For College When You’re On a Budget

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Almost every parent has dreams and hopes that their children will attend college. And while every child may not do this, it’s still something that we can hope for. Following in the footsteps, somewhat, of family members; I have at least obtained my associates degree. Eventually I’d like to get my Bachelor’s degree and possibly my Master’s degree. In the meantime, we also want to start saving for college on a budget so Squeaker has something to help her out. With thanks to NY529 Direct for sponsoring this conversation, we’re sharing a few tips. While we may encourage her to pursue all forms of scholarship and grant money, we are also going to do whatever we can to help. And that includes starting a college…

Family Life

Why Every Parent Should Try Positive Parenting

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Is it possible to still be an eternal optimist while being an effective parent? For that matter, does one’s outlook have anything to do with how they parent? I would say yes it does matter and no, it doesn’t matter. I say this as a formal optimist turned realist who also tries to implement positive parenting techniques as I try to adapt as a modern day parent. My parenting style has changed and yes, it does have some variations between my two girls. Part of this has to do with Sweet B’s autism but I still try to be consistent with the two. From that perspective, I’ve found that positive parenting works for me and I consider it to be a desirable and good parenting…