by Jamie Jeffers | Aug 23, 2017 | Parenting Tips
Inside: Parents are as busy as ever, and it’s easy to miss things. Even important things like your child’s health! Use a free app to check your child today.
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My 13 year old son began the summer wearing a size 7 shoe. Granted, it was tight on him then. When we got to the store, we found that he needed a size 9. A couple of weeks later, we went back for size 10.5 shoes. Before school started, we were shopping for size 12s!
You’ve probably experienced the same thing with your preteen or early teenager. (If not yet, get ready for it!)
An Easy Way To Make Sure They’re Growing Right
Kids this age grow by leaps and bounds in a short period of time. While it leaves us amazed (and scrambling for clothes that fit), there’s something we’re all overlooking.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Aug 2, 2017 | Parenting Tips, Saving Money
Your child wants to join the band, but you’re wondering how much this is going to cost you! Learn when to rent and when to buy that school band instrument.
Your kid runs in from the school bus and throws a paper at you. She got to see the band teacher today and he brought some neat instruments with him! Now she’s got her heart set on playing the flute.
But the first thing you think is “How much is this going to cost me??”
Playing in the band is a wonderful opportunity for students! It’s a great way to feed their right brain, and provides them with lifelong benefits.
But the cost of joining the band can give pause to most parents. Let’s figure out whether you’d be better off renting or buying a school band instrument, and how you can keep the cost affordable.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Jul 24, 2017 | Parenting & Household Tips
It’s time to hit the stores for some back to school shopping. What’s your style? Do you try to find everything on your list quickly so you can be finished? Or are you always on the hunt for the rock bottom price?
Both our time and our money are valuable to us, and usually you have to give up one to get the other. But today, let’s talk about a way to have your cake and eat it, too. It’s possible to find quality back to school supplies that will save you both time and money year after year.
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by Jamie Jeffers | Jul 19, 2017 | Parenting Tips
Love it or hate it, a school routine keeps the wheels turning. Put these 6 ideas in place and rock the new school year!
Summer break always brings mixed emotions.
You probably don’t miss alarm clocks and keeping up with school supplies.
Then again, getting back into a routine of the school year does make life flow more smoothly.
Over the years, I’ve found some awesome resources that keep our family on track when the school year begins. Here are 6 things you can do to rock the new school year!
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by Jamie Jeffers | Jul 6, 2017 | Parenting & Household Tips
Here’s a unique list of cool birthday presents that people will actually want! Buy them something they won’t throw on a forgotten pile (for once).
Have you been to a birthday party where the child unwraps a gift, glances at it for a second, tosses it aside, and runs back to the pile for the next gift as fast as they can? (Yep, sometimes it’s your own kid acting this way. I get it.)
Kids are living in a world of instant gratification and more than enough stuff. But that’s a whole different blog post about the sense of entitlement.
If you’re looking for a gift idea that will make the birthday boy or girl stop for a moment, these cool birthday presents are just what the doctor ordered!
By the way, most of these ideas are good for kids of any age!
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by Jamie Jeffers | Jun 29, 2017 | Household Tips (Chores and more), Parenting Tips
Don’t let summer bucket lists get the best of you. Try these Mom hacks to simplify life so you can focus on what really matters…the best summer yet!
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Have you ever tried to create the perfect summer bucket list? Maybe you’ve made a list that makes you eager to scratch everything off in record time.
Proof that you’re giving your kids the best.summer.ever.
It’s funny how we don’t realize that the simplest things are the ones we enjoy the most until it almost too late.
It’s like that amazing deal you found at the store. You love it… until a couple years later when you’re carting it out of the house to a donation box, because no one ever used it after all.
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