How Parents Can Manage Free Summer Childcare Plus Teach Kids Accountability

Kids are rejoicing that "school's out for the summer" but parents who face three months without childcare may be singing a different tune. How do you juggle daycare if you can't afford a babysitter (which many work at home parents can't)? You think like a detective and ask who, why, where, when and what. Then based on your answers, you develop a plan for free and low-cost summer childcare.  How Parents Can Manage Free Summer Childcare, Teach Kids Accountability

Biggest parenting time-wasters with better alternatives

Wasting time is something we all need to do now and then. Continually working at maximum productivity isn't good for machines, let alone humans. We parents are especially notorious for working ourselves to the edge and over. When I work too hard for too long, the quality of my work suffers (I'm also freakishly grouchy). Having said that, there are more and less healthy ways to waste time. Here are some not-so-great ones, with better alternatives. (Picture shows us wasting time at a gazebo at Myrtle's Plantation in St. Francisville, La. For tips on how to waste time, click here Biggest parenting time-wasters (with better alternatives)

How to Get Kids to Do Their Homework

How to Get Kids to Do Their Homework
I believe that 95% of homework is unnecessary. However, I also realize that homework is a fact of life. Many students drop out of school simply because there is too much homework. Here are solutions for parents and students to manage homework.
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How to Organize Your Family, Schedule and Life

Easy Ways to Organize Your Possessions, Your Home, Your Schedule and Your Life
Does your life feel out of control, chaotic, disorganized and overwhelming? Here are easy, free tips to organize, purge, free up resources and live simply. These tips won't cost you anything except the loss of a massive load of stress.
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Free Printable Back to School Organizers, Calendars, Planners, Family Activity Charts

It's that time again: back to school. Time for shopping, planning, organizing and getting the family back into fall routine. To help parents and children get back into shape for school, here are free printable chore charts, homework charts, activity planners, personal planners, schedules, calendars and family organizers. Click here!