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If you haven’t done math since your Statistics class freshman year of college, then you might not trust yourself to help your kids with their math homework.  With calculators on our phones and digital tip calculators, it might seem that math has gone obsolete. But they are, in fact, still teaching it in school. In a perfect world, preschool and kindergarten aged kids would get less Paw Patrol and more Pythagoras in their daily screen-time diet. Here’s the good news: the best math apps can help preschoolers, and even toddlers, get excited about numbers and learn basic skills. Whether your...

Raising children, balancing a career, and being a partner is the challenge of many mothers’ lifetimes. And, despite the ease many see from the outside, women who seemingly “have it all” are often struggling greatly. Such is the case of Brooke Bentley Gunst, a Houston-based mother of two and former television anchor and sports reporter. Below, she shares her story of hitting rock bottom while striving to do all the things, all at once. At nine months postpartum, I stood in a scorching hot shower and did what any mom would do when her breast pump breaks around midnight during...

Making good decisions is no small feat, especially for little ones who tend to fall more on the impulsive side (every kid). It’s up to us parents to guide our kids in the decision-making process. To help you out, we’ve gathered practical tips for letting go at the right time, and small ways you can help them become confident, independent kids. Read on to see them all. photo: iStock 1. Let your child be the boss for one hour a day. This works exceptionally well with younger children who are given very few choices in their daily lives. Allowing your...

It’s been a solid two weeks of work on the playhouse and things are really starting to come together. Yesterday, I painted the interior and it finally started to feel like a real playhouse. Jackson is truly a kid after my own heart and picked this beautiful, sunny yellow for the interior walls. I’m in love with how it looks with the diamond-patterned floors, and it feels so cheery in there! I’ll (hopefully) be putting the finishing touches on it next week, so be sure to keep an eye on my Instagram stories to see it all come together! In...

The Dash Ice Cream Maker is such a fun gadget -You can make allergy and keto-friendly ice cream just how you like them 🙂 Dash Ice Cream Maker Have you seen this new Dash “My Pint”?  It's a personal-size ice cream maker that makes ice cream in under 30 minutes and it's absolutely adorable! This fun $20 gadget could be a game-changer for making personal portion size ice cream at home –  and tons of folks use it to make low carb/keto ice cream as well.  PPP Team Member Ashley just tried it out this week and she's been telling...