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A Book Review For Moms Like Me — Behind Closed Doors

August 3, 2022 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

First, a disclaimer. I was not an English literature major or anything in college. So don’t be expecting anything professional. As a busy and exhausted mom who still does not have large amounts of uninterrupted time to read anything, my criteria for a good book are as follows: 1) Degree of Difficulty — I like […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book reviews, books for busy moms, busy moms, summer reading

10 Alternatives To Having Your Kids Work On Workbooks This Summer

July 7, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Today someone I’m friends with on Facebook posted a question asking if she was the only one who had her kids do workbooks over summer vacation. And there were dozens of responses saying YES! and Absolutely! and I don’t want my kids to forget everything they learned over the summer! I was the only person in […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Parenting Tagged With: activities for kids, library, public library, summer learning, summer math practice, summer reading, summer slide, workbooks

I Did Not Require My Kids To Read This Summer, And I Never Will

August 21, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

The other day a friend of mine acknowledged in a closed Facebook group for the middle school that she had not required her child to read this summer, and she described herself as an “awful mom,” and she wanted to know what the consequence was for this failure to force her kid to read over […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: IXL, m ath packets, summer reading, summer reading packets, summer slde

Did my kids read for 600 minutes this summer? I don’t really know. And I don’t really care.

August 22, 2013 by not your average mom 68 Comments

I was a teacher before I had kids. A young, opinionated, judgemental teacher. I often found myself saying, “How hard is it?” How hard is it to clean out a backpack? How hard is it to fill out a permission slip? How hard is it to check your kid’s work? How hard is it to […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: should you make your kids read, summer, summer reading, summer reading packets

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