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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...
I did not attend college the traditional way. My family and I immigrated to the US from Iran when I was twelve, and while I...
My son Aden got the bug for snowboarding last year when his grandmother bought him one of those cheap plastic snowboards from Target.  We...
There was a day I thought I could never leave him in the care of someone else. He was born far from family except...
As parents, we are always concerned about our children meeting their milestones. We spend a lot of time worrying if their skills are up...
I have been a stay-at-home mom to my two children for the past seven years. My youngest just started kindergarten this year, so I...
{Disclaimer: BurlingtonVT Moms Blog has partnered with O'Neill Tutoring for this sponsored post, to bring families relevant information about her tutoring and therapy services.} I love what...
I used to love the first day of school. The anticipation of the unknown mingled with the excitement of seeing my friends always created...
Oooh, that’s too bad she needs a reading tutor. No. No, it isn’t. That, my friends, is the exact response I have given to several...
Digital education is not just a subject, it’s a passport to empowering the next generation. It’s our parental duty to understand the digital future...
    Thanks to a "Mom University" held by our local MOPS, my family has gotten into listening to kid friendly podcasts most of the time...
When my husband went back to work after the birth of our second child, I began to wonder whose idea this whole ‘second child...
If someone asked me the most important lesson I learned in my first year of homeschooling, I could answer without even thinking: If something...
School lunch. Those two words are enough to make some parents shudder. I was among the gaggles of parents who dreaded the chore with a passion....

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...