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Summer Habits That Prepare Kids for School

By Lizann Lightfoot Jul 20, 2021Parenting

Ahhh, summer — the perfect season for kids to relax and take a break from all things school-related. Summer vacation is a time when parents don’t bother enforcing limits on screen time …

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New School Year, New School

By Katelyn Nixon Aug 11, 2020Career & Education

Every year at the beginning of a new school year military kids throughout the world are starting at a new school. This year is my daughter’s first year to start at a …

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Free Summer Adventures for MilKids

By Lizann Lightfoot Jun 30, 2020Parenting

It’s finally summer, and parents everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief that they no longer have to continue school and homework activities with their kids every day. COVID-19 isolation restrictions are …

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All Over

By Guest Blogger Jun 19, 2020Parenting

“All over” was a vague term in my pre-mother days, most often used as hyperbole. Now, “all over” was literal and I was looking at it. I was stunned when I saw …

Raising Resilient Kids

By Kristi Stolzenberg Apr 28, 2020Parenting

I wasn’t raised as a military kid and, unlike my kids, I lived in the same town until I graduated from college. Since I never had to uproot repeatedly while growing up, …

Mastering Positive Parenting

By Lizann Lightfoot Apr 20, 2020Parenting

I first attended a parenting class when my oldest child was three. My husband was preparing for a deployment and I was pregnant with our third baby. Our three-year-old already had trouble …

Raising Multiple Kids During Deployment 2

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