• The Importance of Teaching Your Kids Job Skills
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    When I was a tween/teen, my parents insisted we had jobs.  I can still remember valuable lessons I learned as a babysitter (other parents DO allow sugar cereals!), a cashier (and candy bar organizer and post-shift vacuum girl), a waitress
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  • In Memory of My Mom, Marlene Kossoff

              It’s been a while since I’ve posted…the longest break since I started this venture…three months.  I lost my mom at the end of April, and it has made me reflect so much on the magnitude
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  • Five Things I Learned About Spending Money to Raise Great Kids
    Five Things I Learned About Spending Money to Raise Great Kids

                  There’s only one thing I love more than reading books by parents, about parenting, and that’s MEETING the parent behind the venture.  Thanks to my dear friend, Lorraine A., I recently attended a
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  • When Mom Travels for Work
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    Amy Kossoff Smith, the founder of a parenting Web site, has a ritual when she travels. She leaves a printed itinerary of all the carpools, sports practices and games, baby-sitter hours and anything else her husband might need. Read more
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Motherhood is a legitimate business with a unique set of demands. The MomTini Lounge is your “go-to” for the “how-to” of The Business of Motherhood. We share tips, tools, and creative ideas to manage the demands of running a household. This is your spot, where you can put your feet on your desk or on a heaping pile of laundry and find shortcuts to productivity at every turn.

School Bus Safety Reminders

5:39 pm | November 27th, 2018 | by Amy Smith | No Comments

With a new’ish driver in the house, we recently had some reinforcement about how critical it is to stop behind school buses, even when no one is around (including a $250 ticket). There have been multiple accidents in several states,
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Category Safety Tips

The Importance of Teaching Your Kids Job Skills

4:21 pm | June 25th, 2018 | by Amy Smith | No Comments

When I was a tween/teen, my parents insisted we had jobs.  I can still remember valuable lessons I learned as a babysitter (other parents DO allow sugar cereals!), a cashier (and candy bar organizer and post-shift vacuum girl), a waitress
read more…

Category Featured, Kids & Money, Parenting Tips & Tools, Teenagers

A Duffel Full of Camp Tips

3:08 pm | June 23rd, 2018 | by Amy Smith | No Comments

        Summer camp is one of my favorite memories.  It was such a gift to send my own boys to the same camp I went to (the boys’ side!), and this is my first summer without a
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Category Camp Tips, Kid Fun, Summer Fun

MOM-TASTIC FINDS

MomTastic Find: 10 Classmates You’ll See at Your Next Reunion

The team at Classfinders did a survey about the types of classmates you may see at your next reunion.  Kinda funny…our last reunion ended at a greasy diner, and I have to say, it was fun to catch up with
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