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Monday Mom Challenge
How much do you look forward to summer? The slower pace, the free time to just enjoy -- all those things summer is supposed to be...
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Monday Mom Challenge
If you are one of the many moms who have a second job outside the home, you likely have thought long and hard about work-life...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Do you ever look at crafts and artwork and think, “I could never do that!” Do you get frustrated crafting with your kids, thinking...
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Monday Mom Challenge
You don’t have to be The Donald to be an expert deal-maker. In fact, the negotiating and deal-making skills of most moms rival those...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Father's Day is coming up quickly, and it's time to show Dad how much you care. Whether it's something traditional (golf? fishing?)...
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Monday Mom Challenge
How many times have you had a talk with your child about peer pressure and social dynamics? Think for yourself, you say. Don’t allow...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Were you, in your youth, a risk-taker? Before you became a mom, did steep hills on your mountain bike not faze you in the least? Did...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Everybody is afraid of something: illness, failure, lightning, spiders. Even if a person claims to be afraid of nothing, there’s a...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Every romance has ups and downs. And when a romantic pair is also a parental pair, it can take extra work to keep the romance alive....
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Monday Mom Challenge
Routine. Kids tend to thrive on it -- and adults find comfort in it, too. Whether it’s the rhythm of a morning as the house rouses...
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Monday Mom Challenge
How many times, as you have started the annual spring yard work and cleaning, have you thought, “This year, I am going to plant a...
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Monday Mom Challenge
None of us lives in a vacuum. Whether you live in the big city or deeply rural, you are part of a community -- one that hopefully...
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Monday Mom Challenge
As a parent of young children, sleep may be elusive for you. In your child’s early days and weeks, you likely are so tired that you...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Many a mom tells her kids that true beauty is on the inside. Adages like “Don’t judge a book by its cover” seek to reinforce that...
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Monday Mom Challenge
We all want what is best for our children and for them to succeed in life. That includes school. Ostensibly for the benefit of our...
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Monday Mom Challenge
It’s impossible to treat our kids exactly the same. You know it is! Yet do you sometimes find yourself trying to do just that? An...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Moms are notorious for putting themselves last. We spend so much energy taking care of kids and spouses and homes and jobs that...
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Monday Mom Challenge
When our children were newborn, we cradled their heads in our hands, supporting their necks and anxiously aware of the importance of...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Whether you are a fitness fanatic or as inert as the day is long, the new year brings new opportunity for a more fit you. Exercise,...
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Monday Mom Challenge
Snark and sarcasm, it seems, have become a way of life. Too much a way of life, really. You may call it humor -- and it is in some...