Family Life
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Be Ready for Camp with Labels from Label Land
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The BCP picks and recommendations for labeling up your camper, plus a coupon code! When you’re sending a child to camp for the first time, you’re going to ask: what type and how many labels do I need? We’ve got our Label Land favorites! And use code BETWEENCARPOOLS for 10% off your order! Here are…
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Top Ten Test-Taking Tips
The lessons and skills that you gain from the process of studying for Finals goes way beyond mastering the material. (Print this!) The end of the year is just around the corner, and if you are blessed with older kids, there is something else that comes first: finals! As I write this, we have begun…
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The Complete Sleepaway Camp Packing List for Girls
If you’re sending your child off to camp for the first time, it’s hard to imagine all the things they’ll need once they’re away from home. If seemed like we were spending a fortune for someone else to host our children for 4 weeks…but that’s even before we started camp shopping! Oh boy, the list…
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The Sheva Brachos Notebook
This is that perfect thing to add to your simcha that requires (almost) no prep but will be cherished forever. We, at Between Carpools, are always looking for ideas, wherever we might go. It’s been almost 9 years now, and yes we always have our eyes open for new content. Be careful when you invite…
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Is It Him—or the Story You’re Telling Yourself?
Learn a 4-step tool for transforming everyday frustrations. What I love most about coaching and mentoring women is witnessing the transformation that comes exclusively through changing one’s own actions and words. Sometimes, though, having the right script is not enough. If you’re going through the motions and mouthing the words, but your heart is still…
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Summer Streets and Homework
It’s so much harder to get the kids to do homework when it’s beautiful outside. I don’t usually have a spare minute in my day. And yet, last week I found myself in the park, with 3 of my kids. Not once, but twice. And the park was filled to capacity. There is something irresistibly…
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Beyond Tantrums: Shift Your Teen’s Entitlement into Appreciation
Is your teen constantly asking for “stuff?” You can stay true to your values and raise an appreciative vs. entitled teen. One of the most common frustrations parents have with their teens is dealing with what feels like ungratefulness, entitlement, or a self-centered attitude. Parenting teens is already challenging—but when your teen seems spoiled or…
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Does Your Baby Need Glasses? Start Here.
The tips and tricks you need to help your baby or toddler adjust to glasses, below. Does your sweet new baby need glasses? Chances are you weren’t expecting this, don’t know where to start, how you’ll manage to keep them on, and maybe most of all, don’t want anything covering your baby’s adorable face! Been…
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Top New Jewish Book Picks for Pesach
With a three-day Yom Tov ahead, it’s a great time for a good read. Here’s our guide to the latest frum releases for every age range. From intriguing novels to thought-provoking stories, this season’s lineup of new releases has a world of imagination waiting to whisk you away when you’ve finally sat down on that…
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How to Feel More Appreciated
It’s that time of year – working so hard as it is, and now the responsibilities are ramping up into overdrive. And it’s often a time that many women don’t feel appreciated for all the hard work they’re doing. Wouldn’t it be amazing if your husband gazed at you admiringly saying, ”I just want you…
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