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Educational Crossroads: What Should Your Child Do After High School?

August 5, 2021 by Alison Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that every parent wants their children to do well in school. By the time a child reaches and graduates from high school, they will end up at an educational crossroads. As you can imagine, what a child chooses next will influence what else happens in their life. If your child isn’t sure […]

Filed Under: Family, Helpful Hints, Kids, Psychology Tagged With: career path, education, university

Building A Network As An Online Student

April 22, 2021 by Alison Leave a Comment

Becoming an online student is one of the best things you can do to progress your career further. Nowadays, you can take a degree from home, needing only your laptop and a secure and reliable broadband connection. It doesn’t go without challenges, though! Virtual lectures, reading materials, discussions, and assignments happen online, which means that […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints Tagged With: education

How You Can Make Learning Fun For Your Kids

January 7, 2021 by Alison Leave a Comment

One of the greatest challenges and concerns as a parent is trying to make sure your kids are learning enough, which can be hard if you’re not able to keep your kids interested in learning. Kids are easily distracted, and always seek fun things to do if they lose interest, so it’s up to you […]

Filed Under: Helpful Hints, Kids Tagged With: education, Learning, online education

Teaching The Kids During Quarantine

June 2, 2020 by Alison Leave a Comment

Lockdown has been difficult for many of us, and none more than our children. For our kids, this has been an incredibly confusing time and many of them don’t truly understand the severity of what’s happening in the world right now.  As a parent it can be hard to keep the kids in the house […]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: baking, education

Youth and Engineering – Focus on the Future

February 17, 2016 by Alison 18 Comments

Thank you to U.S. Cellular for allowing me to be a member of their Blogger Brigade. All opinions and my love for technology are 100% my own. Be sure to take a look at this Parent-Child Agreement if you’re looking to set some ground rules for cellular use within your family this holiday season.  You’ve […]

Filed Under: Kids, Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: education, National Engineering Week

Give the Gift of Digital Media Know How

November 11, 2015 by Alison Leave a Comment

Digital Media Academy is excited to announce the 2016 summer camp schedule! What could be a better gift than to give your child the skills to be successful in a world that is so reliant on technology and digital media?   Founded at Stanford University, Digital Media Academy is ranked the world’s best technology camp. Kids […]

Filed Under: Gift Guide 2015, Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: Camp, Digital Media, education

Behaviors With Friends by Teach2Talk

January 28, 2015 by Alison 6 Comments

Thank you to Teach2Talk for sponsoring this post. My love of technology and helpful parenting hints, is all my own.     What do you think about your kiddos learning acceptable social behaviors when they’re spending time playing games? That would kill two birds with one stone wouldn’t it? It’s toally possible now thanks to […]

Filed Under: Kids, Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: app, education, ipad, parenting

Learn Web Design From Home With Kid Coder

May 28, 2014 by Alison 7 Comments

Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial. Let me start by saying that I do not homeschool and I honestly have never considered it…that’s just not how our family operates. However, that doesn’t mean that I don’t try to take advantage of any learning opportunities I can for my kiddos above and […]

Filed Under: Kids, Product Reviews, Technology & Gadgets Tagged With: education, homeschool, technology, web design

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My name is Alison. My favorite color is glitter. I love tattoos and finding ways to simplify life. Life with my husband, two children, five dogs, three cats, and lots of miniature horses is never boring but I still find the time to advocate for brands that I love and share my life, helpful hints, and a laugh or two with my amazing fans! Read More…

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