Tag: motherhood

Every summer, parents start hearing the same warning. "Don't let your child experience the summer slide." The phrase refers to the academic regression that...

The definition of homeschool is “to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school." This is how I’ve always defined homeschooling,...

We have entered our expensive era at Beaven home. Everything is much more expensive, and so are their wants and needs. This is to...

Whether the trip is long or short, traveling with kids is exhausting. There is a reason people say there is a difference between a...

The comparison-fatigue-death trap of social media can be a serious bummer. Clearly, everyone is having the perfect summer. Their children are smiling through beach...

For the last month or so, I have felt “off.” It hasn’t been because of anything specific being wrong or any one thing that...

As an early childhood professional, I love messy, process art. As a working mom, I need manageable, easy-to-clean art. Over the years, I have...

My daughter is doing 4-H for the first time this year. I never did 4-H, and neither did my husband. We knew nothing about...

This summer marks five years since I decided to leave full-time work. As I contemplated stepping away from the workforce, I was scared and...

Decide once: my favorite principle out of my very favorite self-help book, The Lazy Genius Way.  There are so many ways you can apply...

"It’s all too much." Over the past few years, I’ve caught myself repeatedly saying some version of this sentence while waving my hands around...

Ugly truth: Most moms aren’t burned out because they’re doing too much. They’re burned out because they never truly stop. We’ve confused productivity, connection,...

For many parents deep in the trenches of raising children, there are moments when parenting feels nothing short of hard. The truth is that...

A couple of months ago, I bought a $15 rainbow-themed visual timer for my 6-year-old daughter as a practical solution to a very specific...