Podcast Transcript 0:00 I’ve always thought about work burnout. But I never really thought about parental burnout until I started really looking into it. And I realized that they’re pretty much the same. And can you imagine a working parent that has to deal with parental and work-related burnout. Busy as a bee seems to […]
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How to Start College Right from an MBA Grad and Parent of College-Bound Kids
This month I’m going to dedicate every video I make to college. Last year I got my MBA, which was a two-and-a-half-year program. And so I was juggling work MBA and a new baby all simultaneously during the last year. And so I got good at making sure that I had everything laid out and […]
Smart Home Tech for a Busy Family with a Baby
Video Transcript: I’ve been using Smart Home technology For a couple of years now. And I remember the first time it got introduced to me, I thought it would be a waste of time. And now I use it all the time. So I wanted to show you my Google home and how I’ve automated […]
Must-Have Baby Essentials for Daycare
Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase. For a while, I was pretty nervous about having my grandson start daycare. However, I decided in November that it was time. […]
Baby Essentials for the Baby’s First Cold
Giovanni got his first cold in November. I knew it would happen because when a child starts daycare, they get sick all the time. It was a bit nerve-wracking because I didn’t know if it was COVID or just a cold. I then looked online and found that a child in daycare gets about 6-8 […]
Let Go of Parent Guilt
Have you heard of mom guilt? For me, it means feeling like you have failed as a parent in more than one way. It could be your kid accidentally falling off a chair, not passing a class, or deciding to not continue an extracurricular activity. Iβm going to expand it and call it βParent Guilt.β […]
How to Work from Home with Kids
With the coronavirus, many companies are allowing their employees to work from home. Also, many schools are closing. Therefore, working parents are trying to figure out how to work while having the kids at home. This is especially true for parents with smaller children. One of them is my friend, who has a demanding job […]
Our Experience with the Juvenile Court’s IDT Process
In a previous post, I talked about the Family Resource Meeting (FRM) and how it went for us. The last time my daughter ran away, she got sent to Shelter Care to await the court hearing later that day. When we went to court, the decision was to have her stay in Shelter Care until […]
A Birthday Lovepop for My 18-Year-Old Son
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Getting a CHINS Petition for My At-Risk Teen
I started the story of my rebellious, defiant daughter in a previous post. One of the recommendations that the police officers I talked to when I was trying to find her was that I should look into the CHINS program. I had no idea what that was, so I went online to find more information. […]