Family Life
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Help! My Child Won’t Taste Any New Food
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It’s super helpful to understand why your children only want the same foods. It’s also great to have some useful tools for getting those picky kids to widen their palate. You can probably relate to this. You offer your child something new to taste and they tell you right away that it’s yucky, gross, and…
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Absolutely Everything You Need to Know About Cricut Machines
Are you itching to get crafting? Want to explore the possibilities of Cricut? Start here! When I first discovered Cricut, I knew I had to own one of these incredible machines. It took a while, but I finally got my Cricut machine! It is every bit as amazing as I expected. Here’s what Cricut is…
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How to Create a Schedule for the Day of the Wedding
You’ve spent weeks planning. But it’s worthwhile to carefully plan one last day. Before we start making a schedule, there’s some things to do first: Know your family. My father a”h would joke that a Yekke is never early nor late but perfectly on time and while we aren’t Yekkes…we tend to run pretty close…
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Mazel Tov! The Week-by-Week Guide for Planning a Wedding
Don’t know what to start or what to do when? This week-by-week schedule will make the wedding planning a bit easier. My 15 year old daughter (my oldest!) read this article and I think she may finally trust me to marry her off when the right time comes. See, while I haven’t married off my…
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Free Camp Letter Download! Fill It Out and Send to Siblings
It’s never been so much fun to communicate with siblings away in camp. You might receive a phone call here and there, but we’re sure your sleepaway campers would also love to hear from their little brothers and sisters who are missing them at home! This download makes it easy and fun for siblings of…
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How to Create Silhouette Art
Create family portraits with a modern edge…every member of the family can be part of this one. Update the classic craft of cutting out a loved one’s silhouette by using bright or patterned paper and add an embellishment or two for added pizzazz. We adhered the silhouette to a canvas painted solid black for a…
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10 Things Not to Do When Your Kid Complains
It’s really not fun to listen to a child complaining. But it’s more manageable when we know how to handle it. I’ve always had a hard time with my kid’s complaints. It brought up a lot of feelings, unpleasant feelings such as, “I didn’t do enough.” Or, “I’m spoiling her. Can’t she just get on…
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A Child Went Behind His Mother’s Back. Rabbi Brezak Explains How to Respond.
If your child is doing dangerous things, often punishing doesn’t work. This is what does. Parenting Challenge: We allow my seven-year-old to ride his bike near the house. Our street is very long, and we let him go down the entire street; but he knows he has to stay near the house and come home…
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Want to Show a Graduate You’re Proud? Our Grad Gift Guide Is Here
Here are a few gift ideas that they’ll enjoy both now and as they move onto life’s next stage. They worked hard. It hasn’t been easy for our kids over the past couple of years, but they made it. And whether they’re graduating from elementary or high school, these are some items they may find…
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How to Toilet Train Your Toddler
Practical tips and steps to make the process stress-free for both of you. I never thought I would write a post on toilet training.Before I start, while training has gone smoothly for most of my children, there was one time that it didn’t. That one child completely demoralized my confidence in my ability to train…
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