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Big Family Tips All Families Can Use

October 27, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

As a mom of five kids, there are two things I often hear: “Your hands are full!” and “I don’t know how you do it!” Listen, it’s not like it’s easy and I can’t plan next Tuesday when my husband and I are still figuring out tomorrow, but we manage and have come up with […]

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Is It Good Enough?

September 29, 2015 By Chelsea 2 Comments

Once September hits, life feels like I’m walking a tightrope with me desperately trying to cling to balance. In one fell swoop, school has started, which means a barrage of emails, forms to sign, sports/music/etc. has begun. The breezy days of summer have been replaced with full steam ahead fall and just when I think I […]

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Tips For After School Conversation Starters

September 22, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

When I was growing up, every evening after my dad got home from work he’d ask, “How was your day?” And I always answered, “Fine.” If you find your self equally as frustrated as my father was with my lack of descriptive language, get these fun tips for making after school conversations fun and informative […]

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How Over-Coddling Has Created Vindictive Protectiveness

August 25, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

Recently, I saw an article by a mom who said she’s not a helicopter parent – she just enjoys spending the time in the morning before school walking with her son. And I loved it. There’s so much emphasis these days on not hovering over your child that even volunteering in the classroom is suddenly […]

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6 Tips to Ease Back to School Anxiety

July 28, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

As our sweet summers start to fade, the back to school bells are ready to ring! And, just as we adults would be nervous to start a new job, many kids can get anxious about returning to school. This morning on Fox 5 San Diego, Breezy Mama joined Clinical Psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldenhar and Family […]

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5 Tips for Mean Girl Drama

June 16, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

Though it may throw a parent off at first when their daughter or son comes home with tears streaming down their face because of a playground interaction gone wrong, it’s just as important to take your child’s feelings seriously as when an adult friend comes to you with a problem. Breezy Mama joined Clinical Psychologist […]

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ScholarShare Makes Saving for College Easy

May 28, 2015 By Alex Leave a Comment

College–one of the best times of my life. It’s where I became independent, learned how to do laundry and to cook. It’s where I met my husband and learned that I couldn’t take a Scantron test if my life (or grade) depended upon it. My parents paid for me to go to school–their generosity being […]

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5 Social Media Tips Every Mom Should Know

May 19, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

Social media is obviously here to stay and, yet, it’s strange parenting on a topic that we didn’t grow up with! Breezy Mama got to chat with Clinical Psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldenhar and Family Medicine Specialist Dr. Melinda Silva on Fox 5 San Diego to discuss this topic and below are 5 tips for keeping […]

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Explaining School Lockdown to Your Kids

April 15, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

Growing up, there were fire drills and earthquake drills… and now our kids “get” to experience lockdown drills… sigh. So how do you explain why they need to practice being locked down? Breezy Mama joined Clinical Psychologist Dr. Rachel Goldenhar and Family Medicine Specialist Dr. Melinda Silva on Fox 5 San Diego to discuss this […]

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And Now Video Games Are Good For Kids???

April 8, 2015 By Chelsea Leave a Comment

Here we are always doing our best to reduce “screen time” and then out comes a study from Brown University that says video games may speed up a player’s ability to learn. Truth be told, I often feel that I developed certain thinking and strategic skills from playing games myself as a child! Since I […]

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