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10 Ways Having Young Kids Is Like Being Held Hostage

October 15 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

10 ways having young kids is like being held hostage - OMG #3, yes!!!

Hey everyone, how's your week going? Mine has been crazy busy! Mostly, I've been working like a madwoman on updating all 10 of MPMK's Infamous Toy Gift Guides for Christmas. Yes, that's right, Christmas - already! (Psst - I'm updating them as I go this year. That means some of the guides like,"Best Toys for Building S.T.E.M. Skills in All Ages", "Best Toys for Babies", and "Best Building & Construction Toys" already have some new additions... Go check 'em out if you're dying to see … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The grown ups (that's you!) Tagged With: having young kids is like being held hostage, parenting, parenting humor

How I Got My 4 & 5 Year Olds to Get Themselves Ready in the Mornings

September 17 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

The secrets to getting my 4 and 5 year olds to get up and get themselves dressed, fed and ready to go to school each morning.

Image: © Suzette - www.suzette.nu | edited and text added | Jippe Eating Scones | CC by 2.0 In honor of the fact that we're giving away a cordless Dyson MC59 Motorhead vacuum cleaner worth $549, I thought I'd share two more ways for you and the family to get more organized this week. First, up check out my post over on eHow Mom's Channel on how I get my 4 and 5 year old to dress, feed, and otherwise prepare themselves for school in the morning (it had to be done - otherwise this "mom of 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: kids morning routine, kids self care skills, parenting, teach kids independence

5 Tricks for Calming Back-to-School Jitters

August 25 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Numbers 3 and 5 are genius.

We've got a whole "Back-to-School " theme going on here this week. Last week it was 6 Things Your Child's Teacher Wants You to Tell Them and on Monday I finally released our new Kids' Responsibility & Money Management Kit! (I'm SUPER excited about this. It's going to be just the thing to help get your kids organized and ready to take on the school year, as well as some new responsibilities.) Today, I'm over at eHow Mom discussing 5 easy tricks we use to calm back-to-school jitters. These … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting, The grown ups (that's you!), Uncategorized Tagged With: back-to-school tips, first day of school, parenting, positive parenting, school anxiety, tips for starting a new school

Helping Our Girls Find Positive Role Models

April 23 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Great ideas on where to look to find positive role models for our daughters instead of negative role models like Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan.

Happy "Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work" Day! I don't know about you guys, but I have vivid memories of participating in this as a kid - back when it was just "Take Your Daughter to Work" Day. It always got the wheels in my brain turning - asking myself who did I look up to, who and what did I eventually want to be? So I thought today would be the perfect day to share with you an article I wrote for eHow on finding positive female role models for our girls.  I'd love it if you'd check it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: parenting, positive female role models, raising girls, take your daughter to work day

Happy Family Habit #11: “Time-Ins” for the Whole Family

February 24 by Steph (MPMK Founder)

Image Credit: © Alexandre Normand | 06.09.13 & 04.30.12 | CC by 2.0 I'm so honored to have my friend Zina from Let's Lasso the Moon  participating in our Happy Family Habits series.  I relate so much to Zina's parenting philosophy and just adore her blog.   Today she's sharing TONS of great tips and resources for stopping melt-downs in both ourselves and our kids before they even start. Above all else, this post just made me feel incredibly hopeful about what I could achieve with this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Happy Family Habits Tagged With: how to stop yelling at your kids, parenting, positive parenting, stopping meltdowns, stopping tantrums, time-ins, toddler tanturms

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