The first week of May is designated as Teacher Appreciation Week across the country. Pandemic or not, I feel we need to take the...
The benefits of a Doula

Doula Support? YES

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Doula support? YES More and more individuals and families are choosing to use the support of a Doula during their childbearing year, and specifically during...
    Thanks to a "Mom University" held by our local MOPS, my family has gotten into listening to kid friendly podcasts most of the time...
{We have partnered together with Vermont Day School to bring you this sponsored post all about this new school and their programs!} If you've taken...
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The Preschool Bully

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Like most moms, I can easily turn into scary mama bear when somebody threatens to, or actually hurts my child. There have been times at...
Our children spend a gazillion hours of their lives in school, so chances are good that you and your child will have to speak...
As we head deeper into winter and extended time at home, it seems like a great time to share what I think are the...
My daughter started middle school in 2021, just after the global Covid-19 pandemic, as kids returned to full-time in-person schooling. She is smart, resilient,...
I used to love the first day of school. The anticipation of the unknown mingled with the excitement of seeing my friends always created...
Someday, summer will actually be here. Kids will finish school and summer play dates will be in full swing. Does your child have any friends...
Oh, technology! You horrible, evil, wonderful thing! Our lives revolve around it – computers at work, cell phones and laptops at home, flat-screen TVs,...
Every day, when I pick up my daughter from daycare or school, one kid always looks at us with wide opened eyes. Some won’t...
Yesterday, I received my Little Pnuts delivery and was so excited! My two-year-old daughter, Ellie, had a particularly rough day at preschool, and her reward...
The other day while cleaning the house with my two kids, my son desperately asked if we could take a “reading break” and my...

In + Around Vermont

Winter in Vermont

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It is late fall and the temperature drops just enough for the precipitation to turn from pestery rain into beautiful, soft, magical snowflakes and...