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Your job as a stay at home mom is definitely NOT to cater to your kids.

January 25, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Yesterday I wrote this post about one of the things I’ve done that has really helped my children to be more responsible. And I received this comment: I so struggle with this. With only 2 kids and a very part time baking business out of my home, I waffle between getting my kids to do […]

Filed Under: Advice, Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: college, communicate, enable, foundation, gas, jobs, kitchen, lawn mower, mad and cheese, microwave, responsiblity, stay at home mom, stove, work

What I Wish I Knew in High School (and what I hope my daughters know when they get there)

September 29, 2016 by not your average mom 8 Comments

I was not cool in high school. At all. I wasn’t unpopular by any means. I knew just about everyone in school (it was a small high school) and I’d say I was well-liked enough. I had an awesome group of close friends, most of whom were on the swim team. But even in my […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: beautiful, college, cool kids, funny, girls, Happy, high school, humor, popular

I’m Not Sure I Want My Kids To Go To College

July 22, 2015 by not your average mom 23 Comments

I was the first person in my family to graduate from college. And once I did that, I went right on to grad school and got my masters degree in elementary ed. I have spent lots of time talking to the kids about college. Discussing how grades are important if you even want to have […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: apprentices, classroom, college, college education, debt, degree, diploma, finances, the price of a college education

Birthday Party Guidelines For Your Child’s First Eighteen Years

June 4, 2015 by not your average mom 37 Comments

1 year Don’t have a party. Your kid won’t remember. And you will spend most of your time trying to keep him or her awake when it is nap time or bed time. You don’t need to waste time making an Elmo cake from scratch or waste money on party decorations and food and booze […]

Filed Under: Humor Tagged With: birthday, birthday parties for kids, birthdays, college, facebook, moeny, money, parents

Maybe Some Of The (Unnecessary) Pressure Is Coming From Us

May 21, 2015 by not your average mom 6 Comments

On Tuesday while I was volunteering at the polls for our town budget referendum, a woman asked me a question about how the schools were addressing, in her words, “the huge amount of stress that students are under.” I didn’t really have a good answer for her. For two reasons. One, I have no idea […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: college, homework, perfectionism and kids, putting pressure on kids, too much homework

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