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Parenting Pointers: Parenting with Confidence

Motherhood Moments

Parenting is a difficult and rewarding task that comes with many challenges. In this pioneering book, “How To Do- Parenting With Confidence," Author Vanessa Kahlon offers a refreshingly honest and practical guide to the highs and lows of parenting. Why can it be helpful to have some "parenting one-liners?"

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

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Did you make 2023 financial goals ? We decided on one big audacious financial goal for the year, and it’s a doozy! The last time we wrote numbers-driven financial goals was 2019. That was the year that we made the goal of paying off the last of our non-mortgage debts and we achieved it by September of that year.

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Parenting Pointers: Peaceful Parenting

Motherhood Moments

How can parents best meet the complex needs of their children in these complicated times? Giving and receiving the trust, communication, cooperation, respect, and joy that every parent and child deserves, ultimately allows our children to become the leaders our future so desperately needs.A What is Peaceful Parenting?

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Book Nook: The Gnome in Your Home

Motherhood Moments

The Gnome in Your Home is an illustrated, rhyming children's book about a group of gnomes who, due to their small size and lack of magical skills, question if they can make a difference. The hardcover book tells the story of a group of gnomes who learn that they have a special gift of kindness to share. Available on Amazon.

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Parenting Pointers: Helping Our Teens

Motherhood Moments

A shocking new report by the CDC confirms what many parents already suspected: Teenage girls are in crisis. Most parents receive news like this with a sinking feeling and a sense of dread. Magee’s book title says it all: Things really have changed. Young people face a cauldron of pressures their parents can’t relate to.

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Parenting Pointers: Divorce and the Effects on Children - How Parents Can Make the Biggest Difference

Motherhood Moments

Parents know children are the most important equation in the separation, but somehow they oftentimes get caught in the middle of the “war.” The answer is with love , honest (age appropriate) communication , and successful co-parenting. Let’s review: Love: As parents we know that children need love in their lives more than anything.

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Book Nook: But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help you Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More

Motherhood Moments

I completely lost myself in being ‘Mommy’ and ‘Wife,’” Oden writes in the introduction to her new book, But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help You Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More. And being a mom with goals and dreams is even harder,” she notes. Why did you write this book? Being a mom is hard.

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