Having a baby is life changing. The science behind growing a whole person inside your body is phenomenal. I mean a whole new life comes out of you! But let’s skip that part, and jump to motherhood and the things no one tells you about being a mom. No matter how your baby arrived in…
Having good soft skills can help anyone achieve great things in life. Soft skills are linked to better educational outcomes, greater success in life, and better relationships. Working on soft skills can really help your military child thrive and succeed in any environment and situation. (And as parents of military kids we know that our…
Military kids have service member parents who are frequently away from home. Training, work-ups, and deployments that take mom or dad away from home are some of the common stressors on military kids. Having tools in place, like a deployment parent doll that looks mom or dad is a great way to help comfort a…
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Daily my kids would get started making their beds as asked, but soon into the process feel defeated. (This task is quite the challenge when you consider they are like a T-Rex with tiny arms that can’t reach across the bed.) Soon I would hear “Mom! I need help making my bed!” They wanted to feel the accomplishment of completing the task each morning, so I knew there had to be a better way.
Approximately two million military children have experienced a parental deployment since 2001. While deployment is a shared reality for military children, the experience is very individual for each child. Helping children with deployment is a big job for the parent who remains at home.
It is almost shocking how quickly my school pickup parent questioning jumped to “What did you learn at school today?” It was as if it was a preprogrammed question in my mom brain. Every parent wants to raise a kind kid. I am no different. While I am interested in what my children are learning…
A new year is underway which means it is time to jump into scholarship season! Organizations and foundations are eager to provide funding for your military child to pursue further education. The first quarter of a new year is when most of the applications for military scholarships open and deadlines will approach quickly, so encouraging your…
The idea of a potty-trained kid is awesome. The thought of getting out of buying disposable diapers or no longer cleaning cloth diapers, is enough to make any baby mom start thinking toward the toilet and dreaming of the day when their child can use the potty. Having a potty-trained child is glorious. Freedom from…
I’ve been the parent of the child who is seen as a problem by his teacher. Maybe you have been this parent too. Perhaps you are a parent who dreads picking their child up from preschool everyday because while you hope (and pray) that you will be greeted with glee about the great day your…
When you have a baby there is a giant hoopla about who will be present at the beginning. Who gets to be at the hospital? Who will help the first weeks at home? How long is paternity leave? When can parents and in-laws see the baby? Fast forward a few weeks out from delivery. You…