List: Parenting | Curated by Christina

Jan 21, 2024
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How Do You Find a Balance Between Teaching Your Child Responsibility and Respecting Personal…The time my son bought a gaming card and I almost lost my sh!t.
Jan 20, 2024
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Jan 20, 2024
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ILLUMINATION
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Why the Idea of Your Kids Turning 18 Is Not the End of Your Parenting JourneyDiscover the truth about parenting in adulthood and why the magic number of 18 is just the beginning
Jan 21, 2024
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Jan 21, 2024
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Modern Women
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Leaning into the Deep Conversations with Your Teenage Son: Navigating Motherhood’s Evolving BondBuilding Connection and Guiding Our Teenagers into Adulthood
Jan 16, 2024
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Jan 16, 2024
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ParentsPen
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Hey, Parents — It’s Not About You!Or, is it?
Jan 13, 2024
Jan 13, 2024
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The Shortform
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The Unexpected Journey of Motherhood: When Love Takes Time to UnfoldOvercoming adversity and gaining a greater understanding of what love truly means
Jan 11, 2024
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Jan 11, 2024
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How Do You Encourage Your Child to Be Independent?Lots of questions, not many answers. As parents, do every really have the answers?
Sep 14, 2022
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Sep 14, 2022
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Reciprocal
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What Does It Mean to Have a Healthy Relationship with Money?Keeping your priorities in order, even when pressure from society says you should eat out on your birthday.
Sep 23, 2022
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Sep 23, 2022
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Reciprocal
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How I’m Tackling 14-days of Cooking in One With a Stress-free Holiday MealIt’s Canadian Thanksgiving. This means time for an overindulgent meal enjoy with family and friends.
Oct 9, 2022
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Oct 9, 2022
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Reciprocal
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Studies Show Effects of Expressing Appreciation and Affection in Your FamilyIt takes a ratio of 5:1 of positive to negative interactions to maintain happy relationships.
Nov 9, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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The Shortform
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At the Wishing Well in Thingvellir National Park, Iceland: A Conversation Between Children“I just threw my money and I wished for something,” my 5 year exclaims. “I wish for Power Rangers!”
Oct 15, 2022
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Oct 15, 2022
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Reciprocal
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Christina
How to Lay a Foundation for Success: One Lesson from Our Gradual Re-start to Home SchoolA clear, albeit indirect, goal because the greatest lessons are those we learn on the journey, not the end deliverable, that counts
Sep 8, 2022
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Sep 8, 2022
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Reciprocal
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Christina
3 Ways To Help Children Manage Technology And Their Use of Electronics Without a FightLook up, not down.
Sep 25, 2022
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Sep 25, 2022
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Becoming Resilient: A New Perspective Gifted By Facing AdversityThe best thing about adversity is that it forces you to grow. You can’t escape from the tough times in life, but you can choose how you…
Oct 19, 2022
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Oct 19, 2022
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The Shortform
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How A Child Defines Loves: A Story Told From A Friendship With A Frog“Mom! I got something to show you!” Skipping —  5 year old makes his way up the hill to the rainwater barrell.
Oct 22, 2022
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Oct 22, 2022
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Reciprocal
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A Humbled Parent: The Harsh Reality that Children Cannot Be ControlledRecognizing that your child is an individual is inspiring, heart-wrenching and nerve-wracking all in one breath.
Oct 12, 2022
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Oct 12, 2022
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Money Matters: Financial Literacy for ChildrenLesson #3: Intentional Spending
Jul 5, 2021
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Jul 5, 2021
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Reciprocal
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How to Learn to Let Go as a Parent When It’s Counter-intuitiveWe are programmed to protect. This is a part of my story and the chapter less spoken of as parents: letting go and launching our children…
Aug 23, 2022
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Aug 23, 2022
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A Parent Is Born
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How Parents Can Support A Child with DyslexiaThe struggle is real, but there are advantages: gain perspective from personal experience.
May 21, 2022
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May 21, 2022
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The Shortform
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Helping Kids Identify And Express FeelingsWhen we don’t have our own sh!t together
Mar 30, 2022
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Mar 30, 2022
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Family Matters
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Why is Modern-day Parenting So Complex?Simple parenting strategies have become complicated
Apr 18, 2022
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Apr 18, 2022
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