How to Do a Toy Cleanse: A Step-by-Step Guide to Simplifying Your Child’s Toy Collection

Is It Time For a Toy Cleanse?Are you tired of tripping over toys or having too many toys in your home that your child doesn't even play with?

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5 Easy Christmas Spirit Ideas To Encourage Giving

Giving Feels So Good It Hurts Two years ago, I was moved by a video where children from low-income families had to choose between a gift for themselves or

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Simplicity Parenting Toy List

Heads Up Simplicity Parenting Toy List Seekers! Amazon has updated the process for creating clickable image links and this Simplicity Parenting toy list page is currently being updated. Please

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5 Side Effects Of Too Much Technology

It wasn’t going to happen to you. You said you would never be one of “those moms” who let the iPad babysit their 3-year old. But, here you

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Should I Track My Child’s Phone Without Them Knowing? Try This, Instead.

Should I track my child’s phone without them knowing? You’re not the first one to wrestle with that question. But before you venture down a path of deception,

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5 Things That Will Make You See Your Kid’s Education Totally Differently

Teachers see things differently. I’m a teacher. The kind that’s in charge of your kid’s education. And I get a lot of emails from parents that start with

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I Became A Supermom, And Now I Hate My Life

I became a supermom, and now I hate my life. I’m just gonna say it. Every supermom who pretends to have her sh!t together is a fake. They’re

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Why and How to Let Your Kids Go Barefoot (Safely)

Do Kids Really Need Shoes? What do you think when you see barefoot kids running around? Do you shake your head and pity them? Their mother must be

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5 Ways to Get Kids Outside Without All the Fuss

We allow fear to get in the way of positive things. Even though our kids don’t know it, parents are afraid sometimes too—afraid that the children we love

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How to Stop Chasing Happy and Live a Fuller Life Right Now

The pursuit of Happiness. Also known as the never-ending Guilt Trip. I know what I need to be happy. I just have to get it. The next job,

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