Activities to Get Your Kids/Teens Out of the House and Playing Outside
Last month, we touched on some of our favorite books for parents, as well as what foods to stay away from for our kids. So in honor of it being the first week of spring, we want to talk about…โฃโฃโฃโฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฌ/๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐! โฃโฃโฃโฃAs spring approaches, our weather will begin to warm up, which means it’s easier to get outside and be active! โ๏ธ Here are a few easy outdoor activities to do as a family:โฃโฃโฃโฃ 1๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ – Walk or bike ride to somewhere fun or just around the neighborhood. This creates a good opportunity to create conversion with your kids as well as easy exercise for the whole family! โฃโฃโฃโฃ2๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต – We know our teens love taking photos on their phones, so why not make it fun? A photo scavenger hunt is a great way to keep your teen busy while outside. If you have tech-savvy kids, this is a wonderful way to get them exploring outside while tapping into their interests. โฃโฃโฃ3๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฌ ๐๐ฐ๐ฌ/๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ – As our teens tend to spend most for their time on social media, why not combine that with spending time with them outside? Itโs okay if you have two left feet, itโs about engaging your teen and having fun in the process!โฃโฃโฃWhat was your favorite outside activity growing up? Maybe itโs something youโd like to do with your family? Share some ideas in the comments!๐
6 Signs You May Be An Overprotective Parent!
Yesterday, we talked about the effects of being an overprotective parent. We received several comments wanting to know what an overprotective parent looks like, so ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ!๐โฃ โฃ 1๏ธโฃ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด – If youโre making decisions…
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How Being Overprotective Effects Your Adolescent
Parents! ๐ We understand you seek to shelter your children from physical, mental, and emotional pain. You want to ensure that your kids are successful, so you might cushion the path or soften the blows of everyday life.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐๐๐, the problem with that is…
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Parental Advisory Training
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#ParentingTipTuesday!
Itโs time for a #ParentingTipTuesday! ๐ก โฃ โฃ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ.โฃ โฃ We can see the side-eyes and hear…
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“Toxic Friend” Characteristics
Parents, we know that we are the number one influence in our childโs lives. But, when they become young adults, they start to pull away from us and push more into their peer groups.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ We encourage you to have conversations with your children about…
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Monitoring
๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฒ? ๐คโฃ โฃ Though we donโt agree with this teenโs approach to getting more privacy, studies show that teens need more privacy and personal space as they get older – and itโs an actual good thing!…
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Wellness Wednesdays – Mental Health Awareness Training | Facilitated by Caleb’s Kids https://fb.watch/h8rrd-iARu/
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Today is #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving to nonprofit organizations, and we are off to a great start! Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to our nonprofit The Yunion. We have until midnight to reach our goal! Visit www.GiveToTheFuture.com to give any amount or…
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