Author: Patti Webb

Patti’s Favorite Posts: 2024

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I had a couple options for favorite post this year. Since my content is mostly about general parenting and book reviews, I try to write about things that resonate both personally and with parents on a larger scale.

I found myself going back to our sports content (here and here) quite frequently because sports, and extracurriculars in general, are no longer considered extra; they are kinda mandatory if we want well-rounded kids. Not just for their future in school, but their future happiness.

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Child(ish) Reads: Class Mom

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To close out the year, we picked a quick fiction book for Child(ish) Reads.  A nice little palate cleanser for the holidays.

Class Mom by Laurie Gelman is the first book in a series starring Jen Dixon, a SAHM mom in Kansas City. She’s been given the Class Mom position in her son’s Kindergarten class and we’re following her throughout the school year, one email at a time.

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Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Things Patti Would Love

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Yesterday, one of the bloggers I follow shared her “delusional wishlist”. TBH, this absolutely hits. I feel like everything off the top of my head that I would love as a Christmas present fall into two categories: things that just go in my bathroom and things that are way bigger and don’t necessarily fit into a present box.

To close out our gift guides and the month of November, here are the things Patti (would) love for the holidays:

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Holiday Gift Guide 2024: Child(ish) Reads

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We’re ending the week with books for kids 0-10. Publishing categories fairly closely match up with age groups, so we’re listing books by type this time. It also should go without saying that these should be physical books. We would hold off with eBooks until middle school, or when your kid can read on a device without it affecting their vision or attention.

Here are our book picks for 2024:

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Child(ish) Reads for Kids: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Happy Halloween!

For this edition of Child(ish) Reads, we’re going into the ghost stories from our past. From my last trip to the used book store, I grabbed Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, In a Dark, Dark Room, and a handful of Goosebumps. Both of my girls like Halloween and spooky characters in picture books, but they have been particularly reluctant when it comes to scary reading and movies. So I wanted to try these on for size and see if they could turn the corner.

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