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Family And Parenting (18 posts)

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Embrace The Perfectly Imperfect

Less Than Perfect Parents ― While grocery shopping recently, I spotted the book Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff For Moms.  It immediately caught my eye.  Sweating the small stuff is something I seem to get caught up in all the time.  Can you relate?  Sometimes I feel so busy... (more)
 Tracyjeanne ― Posted 13 days ago
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Fun Ideas for Family Activities on Mother’s Day

Less Than Perfect Parents ― Believe it or not, May is here and that means Mother’s Day, of course. Perhaps you’re a mom organizing Mother’s Day on your terms, or maybe you’re a spouse or kid looking to plan a fun day with mom (bless your heart). Here are my picks for... (more)
 Tracyjeanne ― Posted 14 days ago
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Finding a Trusted Caregiver

Less Than Perfect Parents ― I’ve alternated between being a stay at home mom and a working mom throughout different stages of my son’s life.  For the first five year of his life I was mostly home, working in a restaurant on the weekend nights so I could be home with him... (more)
 Tracyjeanne ― Posted on Apr 1st, 2012
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Best Friends Help Improve Your Child’s Health, Researchers Say

Less Than Perfect Parents ― While you may be concerned about cutting out overly processed foods in your child’s diet and making sure that he or she stays active to promote overall good health, what you may be needing to do is make sure that your child spends quality time... (more)
 Tracyjeanne ― Posted on Apr 1st, 2012
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Super-Typhoon Juan and more: Not another Ondoy please!

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Still reeling from the wounds left by Typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng last year, here comes another threat to us as announced by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) - a series of strong typhoons to hit... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Oct 18th, 2010
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Parents’ role in cultivating the kids’ love for music

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― These kids are not pros but they certainly played the hits “Can’t help Falling In Love” and “Sway” like experienced musicians.   Yes, this group of elementary students has surpassed our expectations in their recital... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Dec 17th, 2009
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Weddings and tears

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― What’s with weddings that they make you cry however hard you try to fight back the tears? I’m finally back from Mindanao after attending my big brother’s wedding.   Unlike my own wedding nine years ago which was full of bloopers,... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Dec 2nd, 2009
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RP kids’ spending power now in billions?

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― I was flipping over the pages of the Philippine Daily Inquirer today and this business headline caught my attention - “RP kids’ spending power now at P47B.”   Wow.  We hardly realize it but the kids are becoming a strong force in... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Nov 21st, 2009
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Playing with imagination

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― It’s not uncommon to read about articles citing good things about playing using the imagination instead of just relying on toys.   Imagining stimulates your child’s young mind.  It hones his or her creativity and resourcefulness.  ... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Nov 11th, 2009
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Is your child a picky eater?

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Feeding my child often takes a lot of arguing and arm-wrestling on the dining table before a small serving of rice and viand gets even touched.   Of course, that’s a little exaggeration but my daughter, Bianca, is one of those kids you’... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Nov 11th, 2009
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What happens when mom stops doing house chores?

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Moms get sick too.  And when we do, it poses a problem not only for us but for the rest of the family in the house, especially if they’re so accustomed to mom doing almost everything for them or in my case, hubby is busy with work and daughter... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Sep 20th, 2009
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A hearty meal at Max’s

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Yesterday was a non-working holiday here in the Philippines (national day of mourning for the late Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) leader Bro. Eraño ‘Ka Erdie’ Manalo), so our family had the time to go out together and dine. I specifically chose... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Sep 7th, 2009
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Adorable baby clothes

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Though my daughter is all grown up, I still love looking at cute Baby Clothes.  They never fail to put a smile on my face. Here are some of the adorable designer baby clothes I found online that I couldn’t help but admire: Choosing clothes... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Sep 1st, 2009
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Chill out and take this quiz

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Since I’m still a little dizzy and incoherent to write a new post, I opted to share this fun quiz with you which I found over this blog. I tried it but I only had 80% correct answers. Either my mind isn’t back to normal yet or I really... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Aug 28th, 2009
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Need help in Math?

Femme Power - Crunchystyle ― Math is the subject I most dreaded back in school.   Not that I even tried to study it by heart but I was sort of transfixed into believing that Math was a hard subject and since my classmates disliked it, I grew to dislike it too.  I mentioned... (more)
 onlinewriter ― Posted on Aug 26th, 2009