The Kerrie Show

Monday, January 25, 2021

Creating the Best Retirement for Your Parents

As your parents get older, the tables turn and you start to think about how you can best care for them. While it's not guaranteed, you know that they're likely to experience some health problems as they age. They're going to slow down and they might need extra support to help them. Even before that happens, though, you want to make sure that they are able to have a comfortable retirement. After working and raising a family, it's their turn to get some rest - or maybe spend some time having as much fun as possible. So how can you help your parents so that they can have the best retirement?

4 Tips for Moving Your Home with Children

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Moving to a new house is stressful even at the best of times. You have to spend hours packing up your belongings, changing your address, and negotiating with shopping companies. You’ll have to figure out how to ship your car across the country (hint: use CarsRelo) and find a buyer for your current home. It takes up an enormous amount of time and money and will occupy your mind for months before the moving day. But when you have young children in tow, it can be even worse.

Spring Cleaning Tips: 3 Ways To Clean Out and Get Organized This Year

The tiny toys have been a challenge to declutter and organize!
First step was to gather all of them from all over the house!

After a year of staying at home and online shopping, homes are getting cluttered, and it’s time for a deep clean. Getting started may seem like a mammoth task, but with a little work, you can get your home in order just in time for spring.

Furniture

Large items like chairs, dressers, and rugs take up a lot of the room in your house, but they are often difficult to remove. Before you start throwing away these larger items, see if you can instead sell them. Sites like Arizona online auctions provide the option to help you sell your furniture. By selling your items online, you can avoid expensive disposal costs and potentially earn some money. Just be sure to clean up and check all the drawers before selling.

The Biggest Mom & Baby Trends Of 2021

2020 was a weird year for everyone, but for those of us that had a baby, or have a family to raise, it has been a wild ride. However, the good news is that you get ahead of the curve by checking out my guide to the biggest mom and baby trends of 2021, below.

More sustainable baby products

Sustainability is most definitely a watch-word in mom and baby trends this year. What that means is less of a focus on disposable items such as nappies, and wipes and more on good quality reusable ones that can be washed and used over and over again.

This focus on sustainability also means there will likely be a reduction in plastic toy use, and perhaps a move back to more traditional wooden toys. Something that fits well with the Montessori educational ethos.

Finally, when it comes to sustainability you can expect big changes in the Baby Food Industry as well. In particular, plant-based baby food is set to be big this year, not to mention packaging made from materials such as sugarcane pulp which can be recycled or composted as easily as any other biodegradable waste.

More gender-neutral clothing for baby

I know that gender reveals seem to be as popular as ever on social media, but 2021 may just be the year we see this trend start to shift. After all, there is a real conversation about gender going on right now, and many parents are reluctant to impose an identity onto their children that may not ring true for them as they get older.

With that in mind, expect to see more gender-neutral dressing and outfits in yellow, greens, and especially greys.

More deliberate screen time for the kids

2020 was the first year that many kids of all ages experienced online learning, and due to the constraints of the pandemic, we can largely expect this trend to continue.

Of course, this can be somewhat problematic to families that like to limit screen time. However, it is important to recognize that not all screen time is bad. Indeed, at the moment it is what is allowing our kids to maintain their friendships and their educational process.

Having said that, will the necessary increase in deliberate screen time, it may be wise to encourage other non-screen-based activities as well, especially ones that involve outdoor activities and exercise.

Outside parenting support

Let’s face it, parenting is hard, and I'm pleased to see that we as a society are finally beginning to acknowledge this. Indeed, instead of getting on with the task of parenting the kids alone, there is now a lot more support for those of us having a bad day, or struggling with longer-term problems like poor mental health.

I often find that one of the best places to go for support is other mommy bloggers, as many are wonderfully honest about the downs as well as the ups of parenthood. Then there are text and video call therapy services and there are even subs like r/breakingmom on Reddit that are specifically designed to be non-judgmental places of support and encouragement.

Encourage Your Kids To Go For What They Want In Life

In life, your kids are going to need to know how they should go about getting what they want. It’s not going to be a case of wandering through their days and demanding things, because this isn’t going to fly in the real world and it shouldn’t work for you either. But, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a right way to do it. In this article, we’re going to be looking at some of the things that you should do to encourage your kids to go for what they want in life, without seeming like spoiled, entitled brats. If you would like to know more about this topic, then keep reading down below where you will find the information that you need.

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