Amy Pessolano

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Parenting Tips

Ways to Show Kindness and Build Connection With Out of State Relatives

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Kindness matters. It really does. With all of the negativity in the world and on social media, frustration with our kids driving us crazy, stress over completing a to-do list or paying the bills on time, it’s easy to forget sometimes. But kindness matters. [Read more…] about Ways to Show Kindness and Build Connection With Out of State Relatives

How To Cut Back on Pre-Dinner Snacking

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I don’t know about you but my son comes home from Kindergarten famished. He wants a snack the minute he walks through the door and then continually, like a chain-snacker until I say no or put dinner on the table.This is not only annoying, but expensive and not exactly healthy. I already put in the time raising my kids to love vegetables, but lately, I stopped offering them as often as I should. [Read more…] about How To Cut Back on Pre-Dinner Snacking

A Simple Trick to Keep Your Child Out of Your Bed

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Before I had kids, I swore my kids would never sleep in my bed. For any reason. I just wouldn’t let them. End of story. I knew the difficulty of breaking bad habits, so I drew a line and vowed to never start it in the first place. Unfortunately, I learned the hard way that getting kids to sleep in their own beds doesn’t happen easily, or overnight. So I came up with a simple trick to keep your child out of your bed and reclaim it for yourself. [Read more…] about A Simple Trick to Keep Your Child Out of Your Bed

5 Unexpected Ways to Lighten the Mood When Anger Strikes

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Anger is a normal human emotion, but such a hard one to handle, isn’t it? I never thought I was an especially angry person. I mean, sure I felt impatient a lot and I could be pretty stubborn, but angry? Nah, that wasn’t me.

I must have gotten really good at hiding it, even from myself. Because it’s totally normal to get angry and frustrated from time to time, especially if you have kids. [Read more…] about 5 Unexpected Ways to Lighten the Mood When Anger Strikes