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Holiday Gift Guide Grand Prize Giveaway
When we decided to try a holiday gift guide for the first time, it was important to us that it both reflect who we are as parents and be useful to you as readers. The result — Toys Mom Won’t Hate —...
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4 Life Lessons Kids Can Learn from Dylan Sprouse
Scrolling through Twitter this morning, the first thing that caught my eye was about Dylan Sprouse (whom our kids know best as Zach from Suite Life). A few clicks later, and I could see — in all his...
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How to Get Kids to Clean: Our Chore Card System
This New Year cleaning resolution tips post is brought to you by Mr. Clean as part of a Type-A Parent Community Sponsored Post. We’ve spent years trying to get the house clean(er) and the kids to be...
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Grounded for a Selfie
I’ve worked diligently to teach the children about Internet safety and digital footprints. We have a mantra; “Google never forgets.” I repeat this often. I monitor all social media accounts and have...
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A Pitch Perfect Summer Night for Teens
Thanks to Pop Secret for sponsoring this post. We’ve had no less than 3 or 4 teens around almost every night this summer. I like being the destination house because it keeps me involved in their lives...
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An Open Letter to My Daughter (and Yours)
Dear Beautiful Girl, There has been much media coverage this week of celebrity antics and what is appropriate behavior, as we all prepared for what controversy the VMAs would spark next. I want you to...
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9 Care Packages You Should Send to College
I remember how exciting it was to receive mail at college. Let’s face it, I still get really excited when I find mail that isn’t a bill. There’s just something about knowing someone took the time to...
View ArticleLovin’ as Currency and an Indy McDonald’s Giveaway
Maybe you saw the McDonald’s Super Bowl commercial asking customers to pay for their order with Lovin. Long before McDonald’s had the idea, we have been paying with Lovin here in Fairy Tale Land. A...
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It’s Not My Story to Tell
With the teen’s permission, I am finally able and ready to share the very long story of my silent struggle in parenting our firstborn. I haven’t been able to share this part of my life because most of...
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The Girl Who Lived
Our youngest joined her sister in winter guard this year, and it was amazing and strange and wonderful and awful all at the same time. She absolutely rocked it, but it was hard for me to watch for...
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