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Just Buy the Team Swag, Moms and Dads

November 3, 2019 By Katy

Whew. That’s me wiping my brow now that the fall sports season is over in our house. My son, 16, played water polo for his high school while my daughter, 12, played volleyball for her middle school. Both of them also played ice hockey a bit, too, as that is a sport that seems to [Read More]

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10 Easy Way to Help the New Kid in School

August 4, 2019 By Katy

I adjusted my off-the-shoulder sweatshirt covered in splatter paint. Inspired by the movie Flashdance, my sweatshirt did little to distract from the fact that I was a 5’8″ tall twelve-year-old standing alone outside a 7th grade classroom. It was the first day of school and I knew no one. My family had just relocated from [Read More]

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Middle School Made Me Resilient and Other Life Lessons from Those Awkward Years

July 21, 2019 By Katy

Phew. That’s me wiping my brow because my daughter survived her first year of middle school. Yet, she’s got two more years to endure, so fingers crossed that they treat her kindly. I wrote the post I’m sharing below last year before she started 6th grade. It originally appeared on Your Teen and I’m grateful [Read More]

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10 Things I Won’t Miss From My Kids’ Childhood

January 16, 2017 By Katy

10 Things I Won't Miss from my Kids' Childhoods - a funny list for all moms!

I saw an elaborate Valentine on Pinterest today. I sighed with relief that I wouldn’t be making any of those. Then I stopped to wonder why that was my gut reaction. I guess it’s not rocket science. I always found it tedious doing those class valentines with my kids. When they were littler, they always lost [Read More]

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Thrifty Back-to-School Shopping Tips

July 26, 2016 By Katy

Thrifty Back-to-School Shopping Tips

Ack! It’s Back-to-School shopping season! How much is this going to cost me? Will I ever find everything I need? I think I’m stressed already.  Which got me thinking. What if I could laugh about it instead? Yes, what if I could poke fun at all the craziness of back to school in a little [Read More]

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You Know You Are The Parent of a Tween When

March 2, 2016 By Katy

You know you are the parent of a tween when...when what? Check out these funny truths about being the mom or dad of a tween!

“Mom, I love you,” said my twelve-year-old son matter-of-factly. “I just wanted to tell you that before I hit puberty and I don’t want to hang out with you anymore.” I chuckled and smiled as he hugged me. He smiled back, his eyes crinkling in an infectious way that I love because I’m his mother. [Read More]

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Five Fun Family Flicks to Watch with Tweens

May 28, 2015 By Katy

Five Fun Family Flicks to Watch with Tweens according to ExperiencedBadMom.com. You'll love watching these family-friendly PG movies with your school-age kids.

“How about Shrek?” I asked my eleven-year-old son. I held up the DVD case splashed with the picture of the lovable green ogre. “Mom,” he replied. “NO.” “What’s wrong with Shrek?” I queried. We were going through our DVDs, trying to pick G- or PG-rated movies that his class could watch on the bus during [Read More]

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