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4 Ways to Reduce Back-to-School Anxiety This Fall
Many of us are nervous about going back to school this fall. Here are 4 tips on how to reduce anxiety for you and your kids about going back to school in 2020.
What to Do When Your Kid’s Behavior Makes You Feel Like a Failure
It feels like all the behaviors your kids have are challenging.
But what if I told you those challenges are actually life skills that just need a little guidance?
This is how you can tell.
15 Very Simple Science Experiments (Using What You Already Have at Home!)
Looking for a very simple science experiment to do at home with your kids? Maybe you need some ideas for summer or a rainy day. These are the coolest science projects I found that are unique, magical and use only household items.
Could this be why you’re so frustrated as a mom?
Do you feel like you’re too nice?
One of my students called me out for that my first year of teaching.
In her very astute, wise little fifth grade voice she told me, “Mrs. Crohn, you are too nice”
But wait… don’t you want to be nice? Isn’t that something to aim for?
Kind yes. But nice…nice is taking on the full responsibility of other people’s feelings and adapting your behavior to make others happy.
That’s what I was doing when an 11-year-old called me out.
Creating A Bare Bones Budget When You’re Not Making Much Money
In the midst of this strange season of social distancing and change, money may well be a scary topic for you. Maybe you’re like my family and you’re working through a big loss of income due to the pandemic? Maybe overwhelm and anxiety define your money situation in this season of uncertainty? Maybe you’ve decided to keep your head down and eyes closed, playing the “if I don’t look at it, then it can’t be real game” that our kids played when they were little?
Oh No, You Didn’t! How to not lose it when your kid lies to you
A “D” in Science. My 7th-grade son had a “D” in Science!
This was out of character for him because Science is his favorite subject.
Need a hobby, Mama? This Cricut project will bring you crafting joy.
As a mom, I put hobbies on the backburner.
I didn’t know I was doing it at the time. It wasn’t a conscious decision.
The No Fight Trick to Chores!
I hated doing chores as a kid. Did you?
I remember sitting in the bathroom for 10 minutes letting the shower run so it “sounded” like I was cleaning the bathroom. Oh, the choice words I would have for my kids if I caught them doing that!
5 Mistakes Parents will Make with Crisis Homeschooling (and how to fix them)
I get a panic attack every time I open up Facebook. Well-meaning parents post activity after activity to do with your kids at home.
Some take massive amounts of set up.
Others take enormous time.
Is this what I’m supposed to do when my kids are schooling from home? Is this my duty as a parent to set up these structured school days, intricate lessons and devote most of my waking hours to my kids education?
Nope. Flat out no.