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Here is your weekly Monday Mashup, a quick list of what we are finding useful. If you enjoy it, please feel free to forward to friends.
Blogpost We Read
Kids’ Turn, Tricks for Co-Parenting on Halloween excerpt :
“Remember that using a creative and kid-centered approach to sharing holidays can make even the most complicated situations a success.”
The holidays are filled with times of fun with family members, but for co-parents, it may seem like difficult times. Some parents manage to co-parent on Halloween by switching it off each year. Others opt to split the day up between the two parents. Managing Halloween when you’re co-parenting can be fun and memorable for your family by finding the option that’s right for you.
What We Listened To
If you crave a slower, intentional, minimalist lifestyle then How to Live Slow by Rachelle is the right podcast to listen to. In her episode “Why Most People Find It So Hard To Slow Down”, Rachelle and her guest Emma talks about how she does ‘slow’, her ideas for creating a slow family dynamic, and why so many of us struggle with slowing down.
The episode’s key points:
- How to get beyond the consumer cycle of the decluttering movement
- How to create a family dynamic around slow
- The benefits of slow for families
- The reason most people find it ‘too hard’ to slow down.
Advice We Heard
This Week’s Article
Helper of the Week
Marisa Rhein, RN, IBCLC is a board-certified lactation consultant and experienced postpartum nurse with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She has strong healthcare services professional with a Bachelor of Science focused in Nursing from William Paterson University of New Jersey.And, as always, please give us feedback on Twitter. Which topic above is your favorite? What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Please let us know. Just send a tweet to @themonkeymashup and put #themondaymashup at the end so we can find it.
Have a wonderful week, all.
Much love to you and your family,
The Monkey Mashup Staff
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SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS NEWSLETTER ISSUE
Kids’ Turn’s Tricks for Co-Parenting on Halloween
“Why Most People Find It So Hard To Slow Down”, How to Live Slow podcast episode by Rachelle
Special Time: The 5-Minute Method to Improving Your Child’s Behavior by Atlas Psychology
Article from The Monkey Mashup, “6 Common Signs of Anxiety in Children”
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