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Florida living: hurricane edition

Last week, my little corner of Florida spent several days in the center of the “cone of uncertainty” for Hurricane … More

Bahamas Relief, birth, Dorian, florida, Hurricane Dorian, Hurricane Prep

Little Life Hacks: Schedule your kid’s screen time

Now that summer vacation has started in my house, my kids have the expectation that they will be able to … More

Internet, Kids Screen Time, Life Hacks, Little Life Hacks, parenting, parenting tips, Screen Time, Tiny Tips

5 Tips to make Chore Time less of a chore

One of the gifts of working with kids and families is that I get to learn from other parents’ experiences. … More

Chores, Kids chores, parenting, Parenting Hack, parenting tips, responsibility

30 screen free things to do with your kids this summer

For some people I know, summer vacation has already begun. For others, it won’t begin for a few weeks. I … More

parenting, parenting resources, Screen Time, Summer, Summer Survival, Summer Vacation, What do I do with my kids

There’s nothing wrong with your kids

Sometimes when I meet a new potential student at my taekwondo studio, the parent will introduce their child as a … More

parenting, Parenting inspiration, parenting tips

The time will pass anyway

As I’ve mentioned in many of my posts, my husband and I run a taekwondo studio. We’ve been doing this … More

goals, Motivation Monday, Time

What else is a heart for?

So, it’s going to be Rachel Held Evans week here at On the Banks blog. I have never been a … More

Christianity, grief, Rachel Held Evans, Stephen Colbert

At last! A Guide to Sane Parenting

Yesterday, I listened to a great episode of the podcast, Freakanomics called “The Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting.” In this week’s … More

Data-Driven Guide to Sane Parenting, early childhood, Emily Oster, freakanomics, kids, Kids Health, parenting, Parenting Hack, parenting resources, parenting tips, risk, vaccines

Little Life Hacks: Leave the zoo while you’re still having fun

This year, I bought an annual pass to our local zoo. I love going to the zoo with my daughters. … More

Life Hacks, Tiny Tips, Tips, when to quit, when to stop

Sometimes conventional wisdom is (unfortunately) correct

One feature of my personality is that I tend to be a mis-matcher. And by mis-matcher I mean that if … More

Conventional Wisdom, Daniel Pink, Gretchen Rubin, Secrets of Adulthood, When, Wisdom

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