This Week On My Nourished Home https://www.mynourishedhome.com/category/family/parenting/ Home, Food, Motherhood, Marriage Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-NourishedHome-House-Only-32x32.jpg parenting Archives | My Nourished Home https://www.mynourishedhome.com/category/family/parenting/ 32 32 How to Keep Kids Safe on Halloween https://www.mynourishedhome.com/how-to-keep-kids-safe-on-halloween/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/how-to-keep-kids-safe-on-halloween/#respond Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:00:33 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=13228 My kids love to go Trick-or-Treating on Halloween! They’ve been witches, princesses, and even crazy monsters that year when we were late finding a costume and I pulled together a DIY outfit. Despite the shrieks of excitement and enthusiasm for canvassing the neighborhood for sweets, we always take a few minutes to make sure that...

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/how-to-keep-kids-safe-on-halloween/feed/ 0 Fun Father’s Day Activities the Kids Can Help Plan https://www.mynourishedhome.com/fun-fathers-day-activities/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/fun-fathers-day-activities/#respond Mon, 17 May 2021 10:00:40 +0000 http://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=11881 I love helping our kids celebrate their dad for Father's Day! They're always excited about what to get him and how we can make him feel special. In fact, they're often so excited that we start planning things right after Mother's Day. While there's a lot of things that can be done, the ideas below are the Fun Father's Day Activities that we've tried over the years that he's loved the most.

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/fun-fathers-day-activities/feed/ 0 What is Smart Coffee? This is what it really did for me. https://www.mynourishedhome.com/what-is-smart-coffee/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/what-is-smart-coffee/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2019 20:11:30 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=14632 Smart Coffee is supposed to give me a boost of energy without the jitters, make me happy, help me sleep better, improve my focus and help me lose weight to boot?? Uh huh. The first time I heard that I started looking to the sky for magical unicorns and falling fairy dust.   What is...

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/what-is-smart-coffee/feed/ 28 Teach Kids Why We Celebrate Veterans Day https://www.mynourishedhome.com/why-we-celebrate-veterans-day/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/why-we-celebrate-veterans-day/#respond Tue, 01 Oct 2019 10:00:47 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=13244 We’ve answered the question Why We Celebrate Veterans Day for each of our kids over the years. My father is a veteran. My father in law is a veteran. So were grandfathers on both sides of our family. We also live in a military community full of families that watch parents deploy again and again....

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/why-we-celebrate-veterans-day/feed/ 0 Rejecting the Social Media Dogpile https://www.mynourishedhome.com/rejecting-the-social-media-dogpile/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/rejecting-the-social-media-dogpile/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:11:35 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=14838 I spend a lot of my time as a mom educating my three daughters about online safety and bullying. How relationships with people in real life are more important than relationships that only exist online. That even normal people feel emboldened to say things they would never say to your face when sitting behind a...

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/rejecting-the-social-media-dogpile/feed/ 0 Our House Rules for Kids and Electronics https://www.mynourishedhome.com/house-rules-for-kids-electronics/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/house-rules-for-kids-electronics/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:32:34 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=12535 There was a time that my husband and I flew by the seat of our pants when it came to house rules for kids and electronics. But we didn’t like some of the content making its way into our home, the results we were seeing in our kid’s attitudes, or the level of risk we...

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]]> https://www.mynourishedhome.com/why-i-force-my-kids-to-play-sports/feed/ 1 How to Develop a Consistent Bedtime Routine https://www.mynourishedhome.com/bedtime-routine/ https://www.mynourishedhome.com/bedtime-routine/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:09:18 +0000 https://www.mynourishedhome.com/?p=12584 Do you have a regular bedtime or is your bedtime routine constantly changing? Going to bed around the same time every night is important but it can also be difficult. Life is unpredictable, especially if you have kids, which can interfere with your night time routine. In addition, many people simply don’t realize just how...

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