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Work from Home Tip: Organize a Babysitting Swap

December 14, 2012 by Sarah Mueller

Organize a babysitting swap

As a busy mom balancing homeschooling, housework and working from home, one of my favorite tips to gain some precious time alone to work, to clean or just to think uninterrupted is to do a babysitting swap with a friend. A regular babysitting swap makes so much sense for a couple reasons: It is easy to provide. When it's my turn to babysit, it doesn't require much extra work on my part because my kids will play with hers. In fact, it's less work than when my kids are home without { Read more... }

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Chores for Kids: a comprehensive guide

December 13, 2012 by Sarah Mueller

Do you feel like you are the only one in your house who does any chores? Does it seem that there are just not enough hours in the day to keep up with the laundry? Do your kids make mess after mess? It doesn't have to be this way. In this series on teaching your kids to do chores, I'll show you how we do this at our home.  Why Teaching Your Kids to do Chores is Like Paying Your Mortgage Two Critical Reasons Kids Should Learn to do Chores How to End Complaining Over Chores { Read more... }

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Filed Under: Household, Mothering, Productivity Tagged With: chores, kids, parenting, system

How to get unstuck

December 3, 2012 by Sarah Mueller

Have you ever needed to plan something - a menu, a shopping list, a to-do list but gotten stuck as soon as you sat down? Like you knew you needed to write this thing, this list, but you just couldn't get started? Here's a technique that can almost magically get you "unstuck" and on your way. I have a child who is allergic to pencils. When asked to write something, he often melts into a puddle on the floor. Pencils, pens and paper can send him into a panic. It's not the mechanics of { Read more... }

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