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5 Things to Begin This Earth Day

5 doable things to help on Earth Day we hope to carry on throughout the year.  We try to use less paper products, less straws, use less plastic and recycle whenever possible.   Here are a few things we are going to try to do more of: Conserve water.  Turn off your...

10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day🌎

Earth Day is April 22, and all of us at The Local Moms Network love celebrating with our kids—but try to keep it genuinely fun. Depending on the age of your little ones, celebrating Earth Day may be as simple as going for a walk outside in the stroller or as in depth...

Feeling Foggy? 6 Steps to Ease Symptoms of Brain Fog

There isn’t a mom who can’t relate to the idea of her brain as a computer with 50 tabs perpetually open, juggling a personal life, kids, activities, career, errands, housework, spouses…the list is endless. And brain fog is real.  It’s not odd for motherhood and its...

College Rejection? What to Say (And Not Say!) To Your Child

If you have a high school senior in your life, you know that springtime is synonymous with college decisions.  It’s a time of both epic celebration…and also extreme disappointment via a college rejection.  A “no” from a dream school can trigger anger, tears, and a...

Lice 101: What Parents Need to Know

  Lice. Just the word is enough to make your head start itching. If you’ve got kids in school, though, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll be exposed at some point, and if you’re unlucky, your kids will bring the pests home. To be prepared if and when that does...

Healthy Recipe: General Tso’s Chicken from The Foodie Physician

Want to get dinner on the table in under 30 minutes? That’s exactly what this healthy recipe for General Tso’s Chicken delivers.  “It’s better than take-out and healthier too!” says Dr. Sonali Ruder, aka The Physician Foodie, who is an ER doctor, a classically...

Meet a Mom: Julia Dzafic, Lemon Stripes Blogger!

This story originally appeared on The Local Moms Network. Julia Dzafic of Lemon Stripes started blogging 15 years ago about lifestyle, fashion, and food. Since then, she’s conquered social media (with over 120k followers on Instagram alone) and motherhood (her...

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