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What Will You Do When Life Returns To Normal?

May 2, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Yesterday the doors for The Village opened for registration. I shared that in yesterday’s blog post, and a reader left this comment: Would you consider a post about how we plan to live our lives after we can go back to work, school, after school activities, etc? Do you plan to go to the way […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: how to get your kids to do chores, online memberships for moms, online parenting memberships, teaching your kids responsibility

Teach Them To Fish

April 30, 2020 by not your average mom 1 Comment

I do a Facebook live broadcast every Thursday at 12 pm on the Not Your Average Mom Facebook page. I told the kids I’d get lunch ready for them after I was done with today’s live, and Number 5 and 7 asked if they could make lunch instead. That sounded good to me! Rather than […]

Filed Under: In the Kitchen, Parenting Tagged With: making chores fun, teaching independence, teaching your children to cook, teaching your kids responsibility

How My Kids And I Work As A Team At Home

December 23, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Last year a couple days before Thanksgiving, I cleaned out the dining room for the last time. Tired of allowing that room to be a dumping ground for everything, I vowed to keep it clean from that day on. Over a year later, the space has remained neat and clean and we eat all of […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: how to get your kids to help out, kids' shores, teaching your kids responsibility

10 Things You Can Do That Will Make Your Job As A Parent Less Hard

August 15, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Raising kids is hard. One of the most important and rewarding but also the most challenging jobs you will probably ever have. But very often we make it harder on ourselves by taking short cuts. Doing what is easier in the short run is convenient, but in the long run it is guaranteed to come […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: children and sleep, discipline and parenting, parenting, teaching your kids responsibility, yelling at your kids

How To Introduce A Family Meeting To Your Family And Why It Benefits You And Your Kids

June 15, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Many elementary and preschool classrooms start their day with some form of a class meeting. They might call it circle time or morning meeting. Schools use these meetings to share information, establish classroom routines, discuss important information, create a sense of community and ensure that all class members feel included and important. If you’ve ever […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Life at My House, Mental Health, Parenting Tagged With: family meetings, positive discipline, teaching your kids responsibility

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