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Parents Find Their Power at Parents' Academy

A set time and place, with family dinner and childcare, ensures that parents have 2 hours a week to catch a breath, connect with other paren

Looking for Discipline Solutions?

If the huffing and the puffing and the blowing the house down isn't working for you, how about investing some time in building some new

Don't Trash Talk Even If It's True!

Trash talk about their mom or dad hits them right in the face and right in the heart. When they hear someone they love trashing someone els

Growth Takes Time....

So often, we look at the NOW of things and do not reflect on all it took to get to today. Or we try to rush to the future, to SOMEDAY and we

Help! My Kids are Home for the Summer!

Routines are disrupted, there is more housework and laundry than ever and here in South Texas, it is just plain HOT all the time. Being out

Baby Bundle: Birth to age 2

Baby Bundle will provide a nurturing environment for parents who are so busy nurturing their little ones, they often get no time to just bre

Empathy & the Playground Battle

You don't start with , "I know just how you feel". Because you don't. Even if you have gone through a similar experience,

The Puzzles of Parenting...

Hearing that no one else has it "Pinterest perfect" and no one else has all the answers gives us a bit of hope. Parenting is as mu

Mom Life

No matter what you think you know, there are a MILLION things you don't know when you suddenly have full ownership of a small human.

ABC's of Self Esteem: Belonging

Belonging develops over time as we connect with others who accept us. Family is the first opportunity we have to belong. The bonds of love f

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