If you want your child, tween or teen to be kind, you’re wasting your breath. Lip service doesn’t do the trick. A recent study suggests parents have to work harder to show that they actually value things like helping an elderly stranger as much as they do getting A’s. Kindness isn’t taught, it’s caught.
It’s that time of the year–BACK TO SCHOOL. While I’m not looking forward to being in charge of getting 5 people up and out the door by 7:45 AM, I am excited to have some ME time back and for my children to expand their little minds in all things educational. Um…could someone hand me a…
Every year Easter comes at a sprint and I’m caught between creating fun family memories of finding Easter eggs in the back yard and trying to incorporate the true meaning of Easter for my kids. As Easter dawns, my heart flows over in gratitude and joy because I know what happened that Sunday morning and…
Fall is here–officially here! The weather man said so. While I’m sipping on my Pumpkin Spice Latte, I’m gathering ideas to create fun pumpkin decor for my front porch or on my dinning room table. Here are 19 DIY decor ideas I’ve collected and can’t wait to try a few of them. These are simple,…
Hey Mamas, I made T-shirt bags with my kids today. Pretty entertaining giving a 4-year-old “big girl scissors.” Here is a snap shot of what we made and how we made it, for the instructables (A.k.a instuctions), head over to The Mom Initiative to check it out. There you’ll find more cute photos and step…
Morning! It’s Saturday and I’ve been on hiatus from my site and from Her View From Home. I have several good reasons. 1. It was Christmas. 2. My husband had knee surgery and became the 4th child in my brood to look after. Compared to my other three kids, he has been by far the…