Carnival of Family Life

Welcome to the Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life, the weekly blog car­ni­val spot­light­ing posts dis­cussing what it means to live within and be part of a fam­ily. There are many excel­lent sub­mis­sions included in this week’s edi­tion that will inform, enlighten, inspire, and amuse you. Make sure that you leave a com­ment at each author’s site, let­ting him or her know how much you enjoyed his or her contribution!

Edu­ca­tion

Tiffany Washko shares Find­ing Your Child’s Strengths pub­lished at Nat­ural Fam­ily Liv­ing Blog.

Mar­jorie shares Tak­ing Off the Train­ing Wheels pub­lished at Life With­out School.

Melitsa shares Mon­i­tor­ing progress pub­lished at Play-Activities.com.

Self-Improvement / Relationships

Steve Oliphant shares Just what are you learn­ing from your mis­takes? pub­lished at Steve Oliphant’s Mus­ings.

Alex Black­well shares Seven Prac­ti­cal Per­sonal Devel­op­ment Strate­gies pub­lished at The Next 45 Years.

Joshua Seth shares The Secret to Time Man­age­ment pub­lished atJoshua Seth Blog.

Mommy G shares being a par­ent is for­ever pub­lished at The Par­ent­ing Diaries.

Louise Man­ning shares Good chil­dren pub­lished at The Human Imprint.

Fam­ily Finance

Barb A. Ryan shares 10 Per­sonal Finan­cial Plan­ning Steps in the Right Direc­tion: Your Per­sonal Finan­cial Plan­ning Skills pub­lished at Pasadena Finan­cial Plan­ner.

Mark But­ler shares 3 Pow­er­ful Rea­sons to Earn an Extra $16.67 per Day pub­lished at The But­ler Project.

Stephanie shares Yard Sale Shop­ping pub­lished at Stop the Ride!.

Car­ole G. McKay shares Equal Unem­ploy­ment Oppor­tu­nity pub­lished at McKay Today.

Helen Ander­son shares 5 Tips for Buy­ing a Home in a Down Mar­ket at Best CD (Cer­tifi­cate of Deposit) Rates, Money Mar­ket Rates, High Inter­est Accounts pub­lished atBanka­holic.

Fam­ily Health and Wellness

Terri Mauro shares The Best Care Invis­i­ble Money Can Buy pub­lished at About Par­ent­ing Spe­cial Needs.

Rob Moshe shares What Are Your Dreams? pub­lished at Rob Moshe.

Aparna shares Sitali and Sitkari Pranayams to cool your body in sum­mer pub­lished at Beauty and Per­son­al­ity Groom­ing.

Jes­sica Don­no­van shares 13 Ideas for Fun Fam­ily Fit­ness Plans pub­lished at Sen­si­ble Self-Improvement.

Tracey Prin­ciotta shares What goes in must come out pub­lished at ice cream is not for break­fast.

Jes­sica Jones shares Our Chil­dren Are Our Best Teach­ers pub­lished at Prac­ti­cal Nour­ish­ment.

BeThisWay shares Impor­tant Safety Alert: Rethink Plas­tic! pub­lished at Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You?

Alvaro Fer­nan­dez shares Brain Health and Alzheimer’s Pre­ven­tion pub­lished at Sharp Brains: Your Win­dow into the Brain Fit­ness Rev­o­lu­tion.

Fam­ily Humor

What­Works­ForUs shares Plan. Inter­rupted. pub­lished at What Works For Us.

Laura Scar­bor­ough shares 30 weeks growth pub­lished at Adven­tures in Jug­gling.

emily whitby shares My Two-Year Old, the Sugar Addict pub­lished at Crazy Mom: Ideas, Recipes, Thoughts, Humor & More!

Gabriel Almada shares My kids pub­lished at Live from Water­loo.

Fam­ily Pets

Matt M shares A Cat In The Road pub­lished at The Pet Haven.

Ther­a­py­Doc shares Eat­ing Just Enough pub­lished at Every­one Needs Ther­apy.

Woman Tri­bune shares Giv­ing Your Pet Med­ica­tion Just Got Eas­ier pub­lished at Woman Tri­bune.

Fam­ily Activities

Amy shares A day in Helen and beyond! pub­lished at The Q Fam­ily Adven­ture.

Soc­cer Dad shares 19 months pub­lished at Soc­cer Dad.

Kelsey shares Hus­bands and Orga­niz­ing??? pub­lished at Vanilla Joy — Fam­ily Fun and Edu­ca­tion.

Fic­tion

Jenn shares The Pho­to­graph pub­lished at Mixed Metaphor.net.

Par­ent­ing Tips and Advice

Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer shares Fol­low those safety tips: they exist for a rea­son pub­lished at Chief Fam­ily Offi­cer.

David B. Bohl shares Three Great Ways to Set an Exam­ple for Your Chil­dren pub­lished at The Pos­i­tiv­ity Blog.

Lin Bur­ress shares Are You An Enabler? Iden­ti­fy­ing Early Warn­ing Signs of Enabling Behav­iors pub­lished at Telling It Like It Is.

Sonja Stew­art shares Preschool Potty Mouth pub­lished at Par­ent­ing Squad.

Rachel shares Paci­fier and Break­ing the Habit pub­lished at Bakedblog.com.

Four Pil­lars shares The Per­fect Gift For A New­born Baby pub­lished at Quest For Four Pil­lars.

Ronit shares 14 Ways to Teach Your Kids Resilience pub­lished at Fam­ily Mat­ters.

Eliza Fer­ree shares Tak­ing a Bath in Peace pub­lished at Baby­lune.

Trent shares Born to Buy: Nick­elodeon and the Anti-Adult Bias pub­lished at The Sim­ple Dol­lar.

Plan­ningQueen shares 10 Point Children’s Birth­day Party Plan pub­lished at Plan­ning with Kids.

Pop Cul­ture

Sagar shares Top 10 Most Ridicu­lous, Obnox­ious, and Just Plain Ugly Celebrity Houses pub­lished at Inter­na­tional List­ings.

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Top­ics: Blog Car­ni­val, Car­ni­val of Fam­ily Life