A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/ Boredom Busters, Parenting Tips and Honest Advice for Moms Who Do It All Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:02:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.amomandajob.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-mom-and-child.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 A Mom and a Job. Raising Happy, Busy Kids https://www.amomandajob.com/ 32 32 128526194 Gentle Parenting With a Twist: What I Have Actually Seen Work https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-gentle-parenting-with-boundaries/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-gentle-parenting-with-boundaries https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-gentle-parenting-with-boundaries/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:02:03 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1024 Parenting Tips · Raising Confident Kids · From the Classroom Gentle Parenting With a Twist: What I Have Actually Seen Work By A Mom and a Job  ·  9 min read I love gentle parenting with a twist. Yes to acknowledging emotions. Yes to discussing and accepting how we feel. But then we own those...

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]]> https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-gentle-parenting-with-boundaries/feed/ 0 1024 How to Make Summer Memories When You Only Have 10 Days: A Working Mom’s Guide https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-summer-memories-working-mom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-summer-memories-working-mom https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-summer-memories-working-mom/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:48:09 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1020 Working Mom Life · Family · Summer How to Make Summer Memories When You Only Have 10 Days: A Working Mom’s Guide By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read We were somewhere in North Carolina when the highway stopped. Not slowed. Stopped. A truck had hit the divider ahead of us and...

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]]> https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-summer-memories-working-mom/feed/ 0 1020 My Child Is Sick and I Cannot Miss Work: What Actually Helps https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-child-sick-cannot-miss-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-child-sick-cannot-miss-work https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-child-sick-cannot-miss-work/#respond Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:11:03 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1017 Working Mom Life · Mom Survival Guide · Parenting Tips My Child Is Sick and I Cannot Miss Work: What Actually Helps By A Mom and a Job  ·  7 min read You woke up this morning and your child has a fever. And you have a meeting in two hours that you cannot move....

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]]> https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-child-sick-cannot-miss-work/feed/ 0 1017 How to Get Kids to Take Medicine: Every Trick That Actually Works https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-how-to-get-kids-to-take-medicine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-how-to-get-kids-to-take-medicine Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:03:13 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1013 My daughter picked up her doll, held the medicine cup to her mouth, and said: do not cry, it will make you feel better. She was mimicking me exactly. And then she took it herself. Every trick that actually works including the one most parents never think to ask the pharmacist.

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]]> 1013 Boredom Busters for Kids: What to Do When They Walk in the Door and Say I’m Bored https://www.amomandajob.com/boredom-busters-for-kids-summer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=boredom-busters-for-kids-summer Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:05:24 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=1007 Parenting Tips · Summer Activities · Working Mom Life Boredom Busters for Kids: What to Do When They Walk in the Door and Say “I’m Bored” By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: What to do on the hot days when outside is not an option Water activities that...

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]]> 1007 Why My Kids Do Chores and Why Yours Should Too: The System That Actually Works https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-why-kids-should-do-chores/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-why-kids-should-do-chores Thu, 28 May 2026 17:53:47 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=995 There is a chore chart on our wall. Visitors always comment on it. Four kids, four chores, a rotation that means nobody gets stuck forever. Here is the full system and what chores actually teach that nothing else can.

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]]> 995 What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know About Bullying (And What Actually Helps) https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-what-to-do-when-your-child-is-being-bullied/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-what-to-do-when-your-child-is-being-bullied Wed, 20 May 2026 00:54:43 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=983 Parenting Tips · From the Classroom · Raising Confident Kids What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know About Bullying (And What Actually Helps) By A Mom and a Job  ·  9 min read In this article: Why half of bullied children never tell an adult and how to read the signs they are not...

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]]> 983 The Mental Load of Motherhood: What It Is, Why It Is Exhausting, and Why I Would Not Trade It https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-mental-load-of-motherhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-mental-load-of-motherhood Mon, 18 May 2026 02:08:02 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=980 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips The Mental Load of Motherhood: What It Is, Why It Is Exhausting, and Why I Would Not Trade It By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: The 2am feeding where I was crying from exhaustion and grateful at the same time What the...

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]]> 980 Working Mom Burnout Is Real: What It Actually Feels Like and How to Overcome it https://www.amomandajob.com/working-mom-burnout/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=working-mom-burnout Mon, 18 May 2026 02:02:44 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=977 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips Working Mom Burnout Is Real: What It Actually Feels Like and How to Come Back From It By A Mom and a Job  ·  8 min read In this article: What burnout actually feels like when you are living inside it Why it hits working moms differently and why...

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]]> 977 The Working Mom Survival Guide: Real Systems From a Mom Who Actually Uses Them https://www.amomandajob.com/amomandajob-com-working-mom-survival-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=amomandajob-com-working-mom-survival-guide Fri, 15 May 2026 01:43:57 +0000 https://www.amomandajob.com/?p=972 Working Mom Life · Parenting Tips The Working Mom Survival Guide: Real Systems From a Mom Who Actually Uses Them By A Mom and a Job  ·  10 min read In this article: The double stock rule that means I never run out of anything mid-recipe How one Google Calendar sync changed my entire week...

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