When we received the news of our first pregnancy, my husband and I were overjoyed. One of the first things we shared with our little one was the pleasure of reading. We began to explore how to encourage the love of reading in our children. Saturday afternoons sped by as we read aloud the gentle […]
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Summer break is over, and the days of slow, routine-less mornings are giving way to alarm clocks and school bells. While most parents feel at least a little relieved to get back to a regular schedule, the transition into a morning routine can be a major source of stress. I have three children in school
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Familius is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this year! Read along to learn what our founder and CEO Christopher Robbins has to say about the last 10 years and our goals for the next 10 years. Goals and Coaches Familius’s goal is to help you have a happy family. We like the goal. We want
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Every family is unique in their own special way—this includes holiday traditions. Some of us celebrate with our extended family, or maybe just our immediate family; still others have a small group of chosen friends who have become family. We celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Boxing Day, and, yes, some of us even celebrate Festivus. However
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Feeling the urge to really connect with your loved ones? Whether it’s winter, spring, summer, or fall, bonding opportunities await you in the most unexpected places. Now is the time to slow down, tune in, and make time to connect from the heart. When we carve out time to mindfully foster connection, we’re feeding the
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It’s totally cliché, I know, but I’m saying it anyway . . . laughter really is the best medicine, especially when you’re raising kids. That’s because, as just about every parent knows, parenthood is the most perfectly imperfect job out there. Where everything that can go wrong usually will go wrong. But when life goes sideways, there’s no
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Author and illustrator, Gabe Jensen shares what inspired him to write Neverwoof. Read along to learn what inspired Gabe to create this hilarious book. Like father, like son I tried to publish my first kids’ book when I was eighteen. My dad is a sci-fi author, so he was able to get an editor to
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Brooke Jordan, the author of Cats Will Be Cats, shares some of her favorite famous cat quotes and shares how cats can bring laughter, joy, and a bit of drama to a household. Cats vs. Dogs Nothing brings laughter into the home quite like a pet. Most people think that a dog is the opposite
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Author and creator, Marie Saba, shares what inspired her to create the hilarious series of food puns that became her newest book Don’t Worry, Be Ha-PEA. Read along to learn how she came up with this creative medium and what inspires her to make these puns. For the gram My first food pun was posted
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Author, Pam Lobley, shares her tips on keeping the laughs going in her family and how you can laugh together with yours. Pam is the author of Why Can’t We Just Play a memoir about the summer she allowed her children to play freely, and what she learned along the way. Read along to learn
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