These days, I organize my life with color coded Google spreadsheets but “back in the day”, it was color coded index cards. I found one recently that is just too good not to share. It was a reminder to myself. I was a single mom and sometimes felt overwhelmed by what life was throwing at […]

You’ve probably seen the posts on social media all about schools removing analog clocks because students don’t know how to use them to tell time. I have seen some people getting really hot and bothered over this issue and decided that as a former teacher, I really wanted to weigh in. Do Kids Need to […]

Well, it’s the middle of October. Have the homework battles started yet? We have all heard it before. The moans and groans that emanate from our children at the very mention of it. Not only can homework time be something that kids dread, it can become an incredibly stressful time for everyone! No one wants […]

It’s not always easy to get your family to help more around the house. My stance is, you live in a house. It’s your responsibility to help keep it clean. It’s not any one person’s job and then the others simply “help out”.  But sometimes there’s an imbalance. One person cares more about the cleanliness […]