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Parenting: When 3-Year-Olds are Total Jerks

March 15 by Jessica Timmons

Dealing with tantruming two and three year olds - I heart this post!

Image Credit: © Amy Kellogg | Tantrum (photo cropped and color edited) | CC by 2.0 I have to say I have grown quite smitten with our new parenting contributor, Jessica. (It was the poop post that did it.) Her relatable (and somewhat sarcastic) wit is right up my alley and I'm pretty sure we'd be fast friends if we lived in the same city. Today she's tackling the misnomer that is "the terrible twos". Asserting that it is, in fact, threes that deserve such a moniker. What do you think? For … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Jessica, Uncategorized Tagged With: dealing with tantrums, tips for the terrible threes

How to Maintain Your Zen When the Kids Have Lost Their Ever-Loving Minds

November 4 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

I bet you read the title of this post, looked at the photo and thought something along the lines of, "Is this chic seriously trying to tell me a beach ball is all I need to stay calm when my child is having a level 10 melt down?... Go sell crazy somewhere else sister.  I ain't buying it". Don't worry, the beach ball photos are from my momtastic post this week - all about our favorite way to burn off some steam indoors.   As for maintaining your zen - I've got back up for that, a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: calm parenting, dealing with tantrums, dealing with toddler tantrums

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