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Get the Job Done (episode 7 of The Simple Mom Podcast!)

by Tsh

Just a quick note to let you know episode 6 of The Simple Mom Podcast is live! Head over to Homefries and click on the play button near the bottom (it has a triangle), or you can find it directly at iTunes—just search for the podcast’s name. I’m chatting again Jessica Fisher, writer behind Life [...]

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No Kids Allowed (or, the next Simple Mom Podcast episode is live!)

by Tsh

Just a quick note to let you know episode 5 of The Simple Mom Podcast is live! Head over to Homefries and click on the play button near the bottom (it has a triangle), or you can find it directly at iTunes—just search for the podcast’s name. This time, I’m chatting with my friend Meagan [...]

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The One RIGHT Way to Educate Your Children

by Tsh

Last year, Tate went to a (very affordable, wonderfully diverse) private school for kindergarten. I honestly never thought we’d ever do private school. The year before, living overseas, we worked through a simple homeschool curriculum for preschool. If you asked me before we moved, I’d have told you we’d never, ever homeschool. This year, we’re [...]

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Demystifying the college search

by Robin Dance

Written by parenting teens contributor Robin Dance of Pensieve. My first-born will begin her college freshman year later this month.  With over 4,500 colleges and universities in our country, deciding where to attend followed a rigorous, months’ long odyssey that required investigation, perseverance, and sifting through a lot of noise.  Because we didn’t begin sooner, [...]

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Q&A: What’s your opinion on “kid-free” zones?

by Tsh

The hot topic on the Internet this week has been “kid-free” zones in certain places — essentially banning children from certain events and arenas. The buzz really got going when a Whole Foods Market in Missouri announced a new event: two hours of free babysitting while you go shopping, every Friday in August. Parents can drop [...]

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Six Tips for Hosting a Dinner Party (with Kids in the Mix)

by Sandy

By hospitality contributor Sandy Coughlin of The Reluctant Entertainer. Summer entertaining is a beautiful time to get together with friends who have kids because you can be together in the outdoors and the kids can run and play. I think back to the last house we lived in and the fun we had with our [...]

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Q&A: How freely do you let your kids play?

by Tsh

Last year, I asked you all how you felt about “free-range” parenting. Your thoughts generated a fun discussion in the comments. There are new Simple Mom readers now, so I thought I’d bring this conversation up from the archives to see if more of you would like to join in (or perhaps you joined a [...]

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