Every Time You Speak Negatively About Their Father, You’re Insulting Half of Them Below, a friend offers an honest and revealing account of her struggle to honor her children’s right to have a relationship with their father, regardless of his failings. Read on to find out how she made the transition from a place of …

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At What Age Can Toddlers Start Helping With Chores? Toddlers enjoy learning new things and part of that is doing chores. The sooner you let your toddler experience doing things by themselves the better. As soon as you notice that your toddler is taking note or copying you at doing a specific task you can …

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33 Best Georgia Barn Wedding Venues A barn can be an ideal location for a rustic or country wedding. Today, weddings in barns are taking place all over the Georgia, giving the bride and groom the opportunity to hold their wedding in a very personal and unique setting. A barn wedding, like a farm wedding, …

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In my family, we are Disney people, through and through. My husband and I even honeymooned at Disney World. But when we decided we couldn’t wait any longer for our three kids to get some Disney theme park magic in their lives, I’ll admit we were very afraid. I mean, just taking all three to …

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Imagination & Creativity in Children’s Development It doesn’t take too much to understand why children love their smartphones and why they want to have them as soon as they learn to talk (more or less). Smartphones can be fun. I know this may sound frivolous or even careless, but if we had smartphones when I …

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If you’re looking into music lessons for your child, you’ll find a lot of options. You can take group lessons, private lessons, lessons online, or you can even throw some YouTube tutorials at them. All of these options have their merits and their drawbacks, but for now let’s look into group lessons versus private lessons. …

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You’ve finally found a music teacher that is the right price, at the right location, and at the right time, but is the teacher the right teacher for you or your child? If you’re paying for music lessons, your goal is to actually get better not just to take music lessons right? Then you need …

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What do Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and almost every other famous composer/performer have in common?  They all had talented musicians for parents that taught and exposed them to music from birth.  In our modern culture it’s very rare that you hear of a child starting with music classes before the age of 5.  Experts agree that …

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Parent Sit in on Kids Music Lessons Your kids are taking music lessons, so you finally get a break for an hour right? Wrong! In my many years of teaching, I can only think of one or two parents that have actually sat in on music lessons. Usually this lasts for the first month or …

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What age should a child start piano lessons? There are varying thoughts on the subject. Many teachers feel very strongly that a student must know their numbers, letters, and how to read first. These teachers usually feel comfortable teaching a student as young as 5. Of course this varies by teacher, but you’ll be able …

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Summer is right around the corner and that means great food and family time are near. Wouldn’t it be great to be prepared with some handy barbecuing recipes up your sleeve? We’ve scoured the web to find the best grilling recipes for our Georgia natives, and we have come up with three recipes you’ll fall …

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Blue Ridge – The Jewel of North Georgia Blue Ridge could easily be described in one word: Majestic. Of course, there is much more to say about this beautiful region of Georgia. With the Blue Ridge Mountains and the rugged natural charm of the surrounding region, it is not surprising that the market here is …

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