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Flower Pressing for Kids

With the season’s splendor of beautiful flowers, it is the perfect time to preserve some color with an art project.  We also work with flower pressing after a special event, or with fall leaves.  The girls pressed their own flower girl bouquets  from my sister’s wedding last summer, and they are proudly framed in the …

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The Rise of the Helicopter Grandparent

Foster W. Cline, MD and Jim Fay first coined the term “helicopter parent” in their 1990 book, “Parenting with Love and Logic: Teaching Children Responsibility”.  Helicopter parents were listed among their “ineffective parenting strategies”. Helicopter parents are described as parents who hover over their children constantly, from the playground to first day of college (and …

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