2021 marks the Lunar New Year of the Ox. Here are some festive activities you can do as a family to spread cheer and good luck all around:
Clean Your House
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After becoming a mom, I got so much unsolicited advice, it blew my mind. The baby needs to wear a hat, I need to pick her up, I need to put her down, she shouldn’t be on the dirty...
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I have to admit something up front. I don't read parenting books. Call it laziness or cockiness, but I've always had a hard time believing that one book could unlock the key to raising...
I was planning to send my daughter to her first year of Catholic school in the Fall, but now that schools are going virtual, I have made the decision to homeschool instead. This isn’t going to be a big...
My 6-year-old gave me a performance evaluation of my parenting recently. I don’t mean the emotion-driven “You’re the meanest mom ever” because I said no to eating cookies for breakfast, or the exaggerated “You’re the BEST mom ever” because...
My eldest just went to college - finally - after the COVID crisis of last year. I’m lucky. I got a bonus year with her, right? Except, it didn’t feel like a bonus navigating all the losses of 2020....
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