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Who’s mom?

Our last article mentioned the importance of highlighting awareness days more than just one day a year.  Should we honor our mom’s more than just on Mother’s day? Should we see commercials of dad’s and kids serving breakfast in bed, doing the

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Feel the love

How many of you are still holding strong to your 2015 resolutions? As mentioned in the last article most plans fail within the first month.  That fact gets many down, so many have already given up, BUT if we’d only realize

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The Balancing Act, scene 2015, take 43

The last couple articles touched on entitlement and made me consider ways I feel entitled.  After all, it’s not nice to judge and toss my opinions out there if I’m not considering my own actions… so I took an honest

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thankful hearts

Sometimes it is during the hardest of holidays you are given the best of gifts. These gifts are rarely physical things wrapped up in a package, but sometimes they are. Sometimes it’s a treasure passed down generations, sometimes it’s an

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Summer Smart

Last weekend Mi Families (“my families”) asked children what holiday they were celebrating … almost every kid answered “Cherry Festival!” I think Traverse City area needs to consider that message. Still, those kids were seeing “independence” in action and many

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SAME team

There are lots of mommy and me playgroups …and clubs …and magazines and… but not enough daddy focused services, yet more and more dad’s want to be (or are) involved on that level. Mi-Dad’s express gratitude that our programs are

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FUNctional FAMilies

After committing to resolutions discussed in the past few articles many families are reporting their homes are happier and healthier! We love hearing about such success stories so feel free to share yours below.  Share your ideas to becoming a

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5 NEW – New Year’s RESOLUTIONS:

Resolution #1 – Tell yourself that you DON’T haveta stick to your SCHEDULE: Mi Families programs encourage schedules and routines, BUT not at the expense of your anxiety level! Schedules and routines can help you predict what’s to come and

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Happy Home Days

Lots of people are planning winter celebrations and vacations, but lots more are planning on a quiet holiday at home.  believing “busy is better than bored” is a great mind-set, but by the end of the year a little boredom

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The Family Tree

Tis’ the season for football, food, friends and family… It’s the season for “Thankful Hearts” – which hopefully prepares way for a season of giving and not greed… How do you keep your family’s hearts on the “reason for the

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