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Why Homeschool?
LIKE most parents, I had always looked forward to the day when my children would finally enter school. During those early years of infancy and toddlerhood, when mothering feels like such a full-time job, I would assure myself that I would have a glimpse of my old life back …
The Modern Mompreneur: How Do I Find My Clients?
When I first started my business I was a general life coach helping people with career issues. My first clients I coached for free and they were all people who knew me: a publicist, a colleague, a friend of a friend. After our free sessions were over some of them …
Modern Mompreneur: Karen Staitman of Good Fortunes Cookie Company Shares Her Recipe for Success
The average person would crack open a fortune cookie in hopes of finding good luck. But Karen Belasco Staitman likes to think bigger than thata lot bigger! Back in 1995, I was a party planner and I had made some gigantic fortune cookies for party invitations, she recalls. One day …
Sports Team Burnout: When It’s Time to Cut Back on the Lessons and Leagues
Be it soccer or swimming, tennis or baseball, year ’round training or participation on too many teams can lead to burnout and overuse injuries which are on the rise, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. An estimated 45 million youth between the ages of six and 18 … Be it soccer or swimming, tennis or baseball, year ’round training or participation on too many teams can lead to burnout and overuse injuries which are on the rise, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Road Scholars: Teach Your Kids While You’re Driving
Given how much time the average parent spends driving their kids around, its a bit of a surprise that more people arent into carschooling. The concept, the subject of a book published five years ago by homeschooling authority, columnist and author Diane Flynn Keith (www.homefires.com …