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My Senior Is Pulling Away From Me: 5 Ways You Can Help!
My senior is pulling away from me... Is your senior pulling away from you this year? I hear this from so many moms, and I feel ya! Every year it happens. I've had this happen to me two times already and I'm dreading my senior pulling away from me when it happens the...
How To Get Ready For College: Read College Bound Now!
Follow my blog with Bloglovin How to get ready for college - have conversations with your teens. When I was young, and I loved reading the Little House books, I thought that I would write a story about a pioneer family. It turns out that I have a lot to say about...
Cinco de Mayo With Teens Can Be So Fun!
Cinco de Mayo means fifth of May. It is important for one area of Mexico, and has become a fun American tradition to celebrate. Here is information about the holiday and many ways we can celebrate Cinco de Mayo with teens. What is Cinco de Mayo? History Originally...
College and Career Planning: Three Secrets to Success
College and career planning starts young. Younger than you think! Start conversations in middle school. Continue them throughout high school, and really start to focus in on what your teen wants to do. Give advice. Find out more information. Work together to make a...
How To Win Scholarships Now: Tips and Tricks
How to Win Scholarships Are you wondering how to win scholarships? How does the scholarship search works? Do you need help finding scholarships online ? When should you start looking? How do you get scholarships? Is it already too late? Are you looking for help...
Smart Parents in the Know: Ideas for Parents in April
Ideas for Parents in April What I'm learning and loving in the month of April! "Smart Parents" is a series that I'm continuing. I will talk about a few things that I am learning and loving in my life right now. This may include recipes, books, movies and gadgets,...
What Is There To Love About Amazon?
Follow my blog with Bloglovin What is there to love about Amazon? There are so many things to love about Amazon! Let me count the ways... I'm telling you that I have learned so much about Amazon while writing this post! The options are endless and really amazing!...
When You Have an 18 Year Old, Your Parental Rights Change
Your teen is an 18 year old! Your parental rights are basically gone. Do you have a college freshman? A teen who is now 18 years old? Get ready for things to change in more ways than one. Your parental rights are about gone! Did you know that you have no rights to...
9 Books to Enjoy With or Without Your Teen
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Great reading this coming summer! One thing that my youngest son and I have done is joined a Cool Mom and Son Book Club. He would completely disagree that we are cool moms, as would his friends that are included in this group. However,...
7 Helpful Ways to Help Your Student Prepare for Finals
Ways to Help your Student Prepare for Finals Right now our students are super stressed with finals. Whether they are in high school or college, doesn't matter, they are maxed out. Now if your middle schooler is anything like mine, he's just stressed out about having...