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3 Life Lessons to Teach Your Kids This Summer

Posted by Wayne Hobik on June 15, 2018

This summer, take time to teach your children life lessons that will shape them into empathetic, caring, and confident young adults.

Summer is the best time to spend some QT with the whole family. Whether you work full-time or not, your kid’s schedules are a little bit more flexible in the summer months, so take advantage of the time you’ll have together. This summer, take time to teach your children these life lessons that will shape them into empathetic, caring, and confident young adults. (more…)

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3 Tips From Parenting Pros: How to Raise Empathetic Children in 2018

Posted by Wayne Hobik on June 8, 2018

Follow these five parenting tips so that your child will grow up to be the kind of person you’d like to know.

With everything that we read in the news today, we wonder how we can raise our children to be the best people that they can be. Teaching empathy and how to care for others is the most important thing a parent can do, especially as technology evolves, creating a more impersonal world day by day. Follow these five parenting tips so that your child will grow up to be the kind of person you’d like to know. (more…)

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Keep Summer Fun and Educational with These 3 Parenting Tips

Posted by Wayne Hobik on June 1, 2018

With these simple parenting tips, you can help set the tone for a summer full of memorable family activities.

School’s almost out, which means your kids will be home for the next eight weeks. Whether you’re a stay-at-home parent or not, you want to ensure that you and your kids have a memorable, safe summer. Summer is meant for kids to have fun, relax, and explore. With these simple parenting tips, you can help set the tone for a summer full of memorable family activities. (more…)

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Babysitter Knows Best Continued: 3 More Things Your Babysitter Wishes You Knew

Posted by Wayne Hobik on May 25, 2018

These parenting tips will help you maintain an excellent relationship with your babysitter or nanny.

No matter how long you’ve known your babysitter, there are many things you should know. Whether you realize it or not, you’re managing an employee, and it is best to treat them with the respect that you would in any other professional setting. These parenting tips will help you maintain an excellent relationship with your babysitter or nanny. (more…)

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Babysitter Knows Best: Things Your Babysitter Wishes You Knew

Posted by Wayne Hobik on May 18, 2018

Professional babysitters are here to help you with these tips for what NOT to do next time you book your sitter.

As a parent with a busy schedule, you rely immensely on your babysitters. Whether you have a daily nanny or a casual babysitter for date nights, it is important that you treat this person with the utmost respect and give them the tools they need to provide great service. Professional babysitters are here to help you with these tips for what NOT to do next time you book your sitter. (more…)

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5 Tips for Planning a Successful Family Vacation

Posted by Wayne Hobik on May 11, 2018

Here’s how to plan a successful family vacation that will leave everyone feeling relaxed and recharged.

Planning a family vacation that appeals to everyone can be difficult, especially if your children are at various stages of childhood and adolescence. Catering to each family member’s needs and interests can be overwhelming and, ultimately, disappointing. This simple checklist will guide you through planning a successful family vacation that will leave everyone feeling relaxed and recharged. (more…)

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Mother’s Day Party Ideas That Kids of All Ages Will Love

Posted by Wayne Hobik on May 4, 2018

These Mother’s Day party ideas will help you plan a kid-friendly get-together for children of all ages.

Mother’s Day is next weekend, and it’s time to start planning a Mother’s Day party that everyone will enjoy. Whether you have young children or someone else in your family is bringing their young ones, Mother’s Day is a holiday that should include children of all ages. These Mother’s Day party ideas will help you plan a kid-friendly get-together for children of all ages. (more…)

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3 Tricks That Will Motivate Your Child to Love School

Posted by Wayne Hobik on April 27, 2018

These three tips will help set the right tone and motivate your child to embrace school every single day.

School can be tough, and people at all stages of life have their good and bad days. If your child is having some difficulty warming up to school, keep in mind that it is normal and nothing is wrong with your child. Sometimes all it takes for a child to start liking school is some gentle encouragement. These three tips will help set the right tone and motivate your child to embrace school every single day. (more…)

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Brush-Up for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

Posted by Wayne Hobik on April 13, 2018

Parent-teacher conferences can be stressful for both parents and teachers, but these simple guidelines will make it an easy process.

With the school year coming to an end in the next couple of months, your spring parent-teacher conferences are on the horizon. Now that the year is almost over and you’ve established a relationship with your child’s teacher, you want to brush-up before you meet with them again. Parent-teacher conferences can be stressful for both parents and teachers, but these simple guidelines will make it an easy process. (more…)

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The Benefits of Healthy Eating in Early Childhood

Posted by Wayne Hobik on March 30, 2018

It is imperative to your child’s health that you are consistently promoting eating well and encouraging them to make healthy choices in and out of your home.

Eating well benefits people of all ages, but it is especially important for your little ones. Kids in the early stages of childhood need nutrient-rich, health-conscious meals to allow them to grow and learn to their full potential. Without the right amount of the right kinds of foods, children could suffer from problems with their overall physical and mental growth. In addition to problematic development, it might be harder for undernourished children to stave off infections and illnesses. It is imperative to your child’s health that you are consistently promoting eating well and encouraging them to make healthy choices in and out of your home. (more…)

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3 Life Lessons to Teach Your Kids This Summer

3 Tips From Parenting Pros: How to Raise Empathetic Children in 2018

Keep Summer Fun and Educational with These 3 Parenting Tips

Babysitter Knows Best Continued: 3 More Things Your Babysitter Wishes You Knew

Babysitter Knows Best: Things Your Babysitter Wishes You Knew

5 Tips for Planning a Successful Family Vacation

Mother’s Day Party Ideas That Kids of All Ages Will Love

3 Tricks That Will Motivate Your Child to Love School

Brush-Up for Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences

The Benefits of Healthy Eating in Early Childhood

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