Practical Life Skills & Organization

Podcast Episode 004: 7 Time Management Tips from a Mom of Nine
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Podcast Episode 004: 7 Time Management Tips from a Mom of Nine

As a mom, you feel there is NEVER enough time.

That’s normal. Many times I’m torn between helping kids with schoolwork, reminding them to pickup and then there’s my job, working out, keeping up friendships and marriage…

It’s a lot!

Jennifer Roskamp is the founder of the Intentional Mom, the Thriving on a Dime Coaching Program, and also the mom to nine kids!

Her whole mission is to help busy women and moms find strategies to make everyday life easier, and also find more time for what really matters to them.

Episode 003: The Four Homework Personalities
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Episode 003: The Four Homework Personalities

While researching my book Drama Free Homework: A Parent’s Guide To Eliminating Homework Battles and Raising Focused Kids, I talked with lots of moms who were doing EVERYTHING – but since their child was still struggling, they considered themselves failures.

As they described the struggle at home, I noticed that four distinct “homework personalities” kept reappearing.

Do you recognize any of them in your house?

How Do I Help My Child With Mean Friends
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How Do I Help My Child With Mean Friends

Mean kids. They’re everywhere.

Let’s face it. These kids who tease aren’t horrible human beings (although our mama bear senses want to say they are), they just lack social skills.

So if we want our kids to avoid these mean kids and seek out positive relationships, we as parents, need to teach them social skills.

Podcast Episode #146: How to Parent Like a Spy with Christina Hillsberg
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Podcast Episode #146: How to Parent Like a Spy with Christina Hillsberg

Have you ever thought that being a parent should carry some training? How about spy training? I mean, who doesn’t want to learn how to parent like a spy? Meet Christina Hillsberg, former CIA agent and author who shares how her training as a spy has influenced her parenting with her 5 kids.