by Andrea Davis | Dec 13, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
We include instructions, ideas for your blackout box, and printable invitations in our Family Blackout Night Kit at the end of this post! What inspired the family blackout night? When I was a kid I remember hearing the sound of rolling thunder and watching the...
by Andrea Davis | Jul 6, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
For more than a decade we lived over 1,500 miles from most of our extended family. Every summer, we made an annual pilgrimage from the Midwest to the Western United States to go visit grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins. As our family grew, it became more...
by Andrea Davis | Jun 19, 2019 | All Posts, Books, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
It’s possible you’ve seen (or used!) a chore or routine chart that includes a checklist of chores that need to be done and then at the bottom or top the words: “Now you can use electronics!” or “You’ve earned screen time!” As...
by Andrea Davis | May 29, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success, Teen, Ages 13 – 18
Create a Summer Screen Time Plan together. We want to give our kids ownership in the process. By doing this, we teach them how to create boundaries in the future when they are out on their own. Not sure where to start? Use our Quick Guide to help you! We share...
by Lyndsey Wells | Feb 22, 2019 | All Posts, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success
The following is a guest post from Lyndsey Wells of Boy Moms Unite. “Screen time” is a frequent conversation topic in our house. We’re not anti-screens, but I’m pretty strict about it—I’ve definitely read enough to know too...
by Andrea Davis | Jan 22, 2019 | All Posts, Pre-Teen, Ages 10 – 12, Preschool, Ages 3-5, School-Age, Ages 6 – 9, Set Your Family Up for Success
Have you ever found yourself in a screen time slump? My husband and I made the decision to keep our television in a closet (using it as like an appliance), for the past twelve years. While this helped to create a learning-centered home, we still have other devices...
