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www.burlingtonvtmomsblog.com I have happily accepted an offer to be a part of the new site, Burlington Vermont Moms Blog! I will be a contributing writer, offering up a post here and there. I am super excited to be a part of something like this! I look forward to getting to know more local moms and […]
When Irene ripped through the East Coast we were fairly new to Vermont. I was shocked to see the devastation that a hurricane turned tropical storm could cause so far up here! There was news of flooding that wiped away entire homes. Many families lost everything. While we were not affected immediately, there was definitely an urge inside […]
Someone is living in my house. And it’s not me! (Turn your volume up!) And then I found this. It’s too bad we are going to have to sell this house before we get to live in it. I would have rather it been squirrels. PS – Don’t the floors look great?!
I haven’t posted any parenting advice lately so I thought I’d pass on this little snippet of great insight from my favorite parenting site, Love and Logic. At Love and Logic® we believe that kids are best prepared for the real world when we allow them to do as much thinking as possible. It’s good […]
At my boys’ school, there is a big focus on kindness. In an effort to ward off the bullying problem that so many schools deal with and because they have a holistic approach to teaching kids. It’s about more than just academics. They really want to teach the kids how to be good people. (Which, […]
This week’s Love and Logic Insider’s Newsletter was really helpful for me so I wanted to pass it on! I get asked often about the fact that when we do Love and Logic Parenting that it doesn’t leave room for what to do when you need something done NOW and the child won’t listen. For […]
My blogging/twitter/Vermont friend Crunchy Vermont Mommy wrote a post about the Division of Household Labor in her home. I started leaving her a comment on her post and felt like there was way too much to say so I thought I’d write about it here! Thanks V, for the inspiration! So the question is, How […]
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I receive the Love and Logic Parenting Insider’s Club newsletter (which I LOVE, by the way) and I got this little tid-bit in my inbox the other day. I just loved what it said and wanted to share it with you! I added a few of my own thoughts in italics. Cause I like to […]