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Spoiling Yourself As a Parent: The Royal Treatment

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Not everything about being a parent means that you have to focus just on your kids. You’re still an adult. You still enjoy your personal time, and you still have your individuality. Plus, as an adult, you have money that you didn’t have when you were younger, so at some point, you should spoil yourself and give yourself a reward for your hard work. Yes, your time will probably be largely selfless as you help your kids grow up, but give yourself some credit!

And a few ways to do this, once you get the funds in order, would be to do things like buy a pedicure chair, take a vacation without the kids, go for the occasional dinner and a movie date, create your perfect master bedroom, or maybe even buy a nice car.

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3 Tips for Introducing Your Children to Fine Art

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When having children, you experience a refreshed viewpoint of the world. While it is easy for adults to become cynical or distanced from the wonder of life, children see everything for the first time and are amazed. The joy a child experiences over every new thing, from their first taste of ice cream to their first trip to a museum can cause some of the most cynical adults to be renewed.

Museums are the kind of reverential places many children find amazing and intriguing. They are exposed to brilliant new colors in paint, abnormal shapes in sculpture, and portraits of people like Grandma and Grandpa in charcoal. Places like Park West Gallery can quickly become a favorite destination among children as they learn to create at home and mimic artists. [Read more…] about 3 Tips for Introducing Your Children to Fine Art

Five Ways To Add More Culture Into Your Child’s Life

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When it comes to being a parent you want to give your child everything they need, from raising them right to making sure that they have everything they want. You want them to be respectable, you want them to be knowledgeable, but in order to do all of that you need to work to raise a well rounded child.

Raising a well rounded child also has something to do with their experiences. A child that spends most of their time at home, playing games, will be less social. If you want your child to learn history, art, culture, and be more social, here are some ways to add more culture to their lives that will help with just that.

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How To Win At Parenting

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There are different things that go into being a great parent. Maybe you have done a lot to educate your child, you’ve made sure they know what it means to eat healthy, and they have a special love for reading. Those are definitely some signs of good parenting skills.

However, just being a good parent doesn’t necessarily mean that you are winning at it. If you spend most of your time hearing your child say they hate you, or arguing with them, you may not be winning so much. However, here are some things that can help you win at parenting. [Read more…] about How To Win At Parenting

Smart Parenting Means Smart Landscaping

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If you’re a parent and have a home with a yard, then you know that there are plenty of ways that your kids can get into situations with your surrounding landscaping. There are things that can break, things to trip over, branches with thorns, bushes that have tasty-looking berries that will still make you sick, and a host of other things just waiting to become altercations with your children.

So, five aspects of your lawn to pay attention to might include organic lawn care, injury-free decorations and ornamentation, being smart about watering systems, planting non-poisonous bushes and shrubs, and using easy-to-trim designs to keep your workload down during the growing months. [Read more…] about Smart Parenting Means Smart Landscaping

Road Safety Awareness Tips Parents Should Teach Their Teens

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Safety Tips for Teen Girls Driving Alone

Most teens always desire to drive their own car and the more they want to achieve this when the legal age to drive approaches. Many parents also look forward to this time particularly the dads. Those who can afford even surprise their teen child with a car as a gift on the day the teenager becomes of legal age.

But while the excitement is there to finally get to see their teen driving on his own, parents must not forget to remind their child about road safety. Being a model driver who practice safe driving techniques is one effective way of showing the young ones how to be safe on the road with or without passengers on board and eventually enjoy more affordable car insurance as they maintain a good record onward. [Read more…] about Road Safety Awareness Tips Parents Should Teach Their Teens

Five Places To Go For Your Child’s Next Birthday Party

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Instead of planning a birthday party at home for your child’s next one, think of something to do away from home that can create some new memories for them. Sometimes it can be fun to go out on a new adventure and experience new things, especially for children. Plus, it will be fun for you as well, seeing all those smiling faces.

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Some of these ideas will work best for younger children, while some would be enjoyed by older kids. You can come up with your own ideas and themes to go along with them, but each of these ideas is definitely worth considering. [Read more…] about Five Places To Go For Your Child’s Next Birthday Party

5 Family Activities For Outdoor Fun

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Though for many families, winter means that most activities are going to take place indoors, that doesn’t mean you can’t plan for the coming spring, when everyone will be itching to get outside and get involved in some more outdoor family activities.

And so you don’t get caught up trying to figure out what some of the activities are after the warm weather has already broken, consider things like minor landscaping projects, playing catch outside, putting up a basketball hoop or a hockey net, cooking outdoors, and sitting around a fire. [Read more…] about 5 Family Activities For Outdoor Fun

3 Housekeeping Tips for Busy Parents

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Maintaining a clean and happy home can be a difficult balancing act for most parents. Finding the time to stay on top of housework while enjoying quality family time can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. While you may not be able to avoid emergency plumbing problems or broken windows, you can stay on top of the daily chaos and mess. Included here are a few housekeeping tips for busy parents, to keep the chaos at bay and your sanity intact.

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Clean For Short Periods

The trick to maintaining a tidy household is not in weekly cleaning binge sessions. Clean homes are created by making tidying up a part of the daily schedule. By taking 5 minutes after breakfast, lunch and dinner to do dishes, you can keep the unsanitary stacks from piling up without steeping your hands in dishwater for too long. [Read more…] about 3 Housekeeping Tips for Busy Parents