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Allowance for kids

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, December 9, 2021

5 Ways to set up allowance for kids to teach money management Teaching our kids life skills is important to my husband and me. Like all parents, we want to raise our kids to be productive and responsible adults. And that includes money management. We instated an allowance for kids when they were in preschool …

Parenting

Why our children need validation

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, May 21, 2020

Kids need to feel understood Recently, I wrote an article for a publication about Social Security disability benefits for people who have the same bladder condition I do, interstitial cystitis. IC has no diagnostic test for it and is instead a diagnosis of elimination. While we have made much progress through the years, some patients …

School-aged Children

How to make packing lunches easier

By Stacey A. Shannon on Wednesday, February 26, 2020

8 tips to reduce the stress of packing lunches Affiliate links are used in this post. If you make a qualifying purchase via my link, I receive a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. I only recommend products and services I use and love. It helps support my blog, so …

Tweens and Teens

6 tips for protecting your teens on social media

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, November 14, 2019

Ivana Davies, from Find Your Mom Tribe, has some practical ideas for keeping kids safe online. This guest post is part of the Families with Grace’s Social Media Savvy series that covers a commonsense approach to handling social media as a parent. Social media has its positives, but like pretty much anything else online, it …

Parenting

8 questions to ask yourself before posting about your kids on social media

By Stacey A. Shannon on Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Being intentional in what we post on social media about our kids is important From before they were even born, my kids have had a presence on social media. I shared on Facebook about being pregnant, their gender ahead of time and photos of ultrasounds. I didn’t share their names until they were born, because …

Parenting

Changing plans can be for the best

By Stacey A. Shannon on Thursday, October 17, 2019

Sometimes you just have to go to a movie on a school night! Recently I was feeling grumpy. I was thinking of all the things on my to-do list and my odds of actually getting all of them done. As someone who is pretty task oriented, getting things on my to-do list finished makes me …

Parenting

The key to my kids’ hearts

By Stacey A. Shannon on Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Guarding our children’s hearts and being their safe place A couple of weeks ago, my son had a special grandparents’ celebration at school. It happened to coincide with the book fair going on. So, his grandparents were easily persuaded into making some purchases for him. One of the things he came home with was a …

Parenting

Social media savvy series

By Stacey A. Shannon on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

A commonsense approach to handling social media as a parent Social media is everywhere. According to Pew Research Center, 72% of Americans use some type of social media in 2019. Even more remarkable is that number was only 5% in 2005! To say that social media has grown by leaps and bounds is an understatement. …

Parenting

Teaching our kids how to handle the unexpected

By Stacey A. Shannon on Monday, July 22, 2019

How to help our kids when plans goes sideways Last week, my kiddos and I took our Lhasa Apso puppy for a walk. Our goal was to get in a decent walk for him, come home make and eat dinner and then be off to swimming lessons. My husband, who has injuries from falling down …

Parenting

How social media impacts moms

By Stacey A. Shannon on Monday, July 1, 2019

Social media can be a breeding ground for mompetition and complaining The average internet user spends about 2 hours and 22 minutes each day interacting with social media, according to a report on Digital Information World in January 2019. That equals equals 16 hours and 36 minutes each week and nearly 800 hours per year! …

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