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PARENTS: Showing Kindness and Grace when You’re Hurt and Unsure

How to respond: When you’re not sure what the “right thing” is Today was a weird day. It started out fairly normal, at least normal for us. Our five year old was too tired to get up and ended up being late to school. Our oldest was up past 3am doing who knows what on…

Ten New Year’s Resolution Ideas for Kids

The last week of school before winter break, our kindergartner announced his “New Year’s resolution.” He said, “my New Year’s resolution is to be a construction worker.” Clearly, he did not understand what the word resolution meant. Although I’m not a big fan of making resolutions or “plans” that are truly unattainable, I think we…

Elf Kit Review

If you have preschoolers to elementary school-aged kids, you’ve heard of the Elf on a Shelf. This is Elmomma’s review of Your Best Elf- Elf Kit!


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Rebekah Maddux El-Hakam, Laguna Beach

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