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October 24, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Parenting Optional coping skills, difficult, family, good goodbyes, grieving, grieving process, group therapy, home, kids, life, loss, megan, mercy, mercy home, people, point of acceptance, process, rest of their lives, therapy, youth /By Peter Kelly

How Kids Grieve

Read more about how lessons we’ve learned at Mercy Home have taught us that partnering with your child’s education is a formula for success!

August 15, 2018/0 Comments/in Parenting Optional attend, boys and girls, chemistry, children, conferences, education, educational, help your child, learning, mercy, mercy home, parent-teacher, parent-teacher conferences, progress, success, teacher, teachers /By Web Author

Five Ways to Support Your Child’s Education

Read more about how lessons we’ve learned at Mercy Home have taught us that partnering with your child’s education is a formula for success!

July 23, 2018/0 Comments/in Parenting Optional according to a study, activities, activity, families, family, family activity, health, help, help manage, help manage stress, home, manage stress, meditation, mental, mental health, reading, stress, stress and anxiety, together, young people /By Amy Williams

Five Stress-Relief Activities Familes Can Do Together

Amy Williams, mother and social worker, shares five stress-relief activities that families with children of all ages can do together.

May 7, 2018/2 Comments/in Parenting, Resources Optional 0 comments, amy williams, child's education, digital footprint, encourage your teen, etiquette and manners, eye contact, formula for success, help teens, job-readiness skills, learned at mercy, learned at mercy home, parenting optional, partnering with your child's education, skills, social media, social media profile, social worker, teen, teens /By Amy Williams

7 Fun Ways to Teach Teens Job-Readiness Skills

Mom and social worker Amy Williams suggests seven ways to help your teen learn job-readiness skills to help them get – and keep – a job!

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How to be a Happier Parent

Amy Williams, mother and former social worker, shares ten ways to help focus on the positive and cultivate happiness as a parent.

July 31, 2017/0 Comments/in Parenting Optional bounce complexes, break, change of scenery, city, entertainment, kids, list, love, major museums, outside, parent, park, parks, sculpture parks, slide, slide the city, splash pads, summer, summer break, water /By Amy Williams

Six Summer Fun Activities for Kids

Guest blogger, mom, and former social worker Amy Williams shares summer fun activities for kids before the school year begins once again.

April 4, 2017/0 Comments/in Parenting, Sunday Mass Optional activity, better or the world, box, choosing, difficult, find, help, home, lent, meaningful, mercy, mercy home, people, potato, potato activity, season, teach, time, velasquez, world /By Fr. Scott Donahue

Helping Make Lent Matter to Your Kids

Parents may find that it can be difficult to help make Lent matter to their kids. Learn how we help make the season meaningful for our kids at Mercy Home.

February 9, 2017/0 Comments/in Parenting, Resources Optional 30 minutes, active, activities, activity, children, decide, encourage, events, family, gaming, getting kids, given, kids to be more active, local charity, mother, parents, participate, play more active, weekly, wii /By Amy Williams

Getting Kids off the Couch

August 3, 2016/0 Comments/in Parenting Optional activities, amy, carton, children, eco-friendly, eco-friendly activities, electricity, engage, environment, household, milk carton, planet, power, project, saving, scissors, visit /By Amy Williams

Four Inexpensive or Free Eco-Friendly Activities To Do With Kids

Learn about four inexpensive or free eco-friendly activities you can do with your kids to celebrate earth and the environment every day of the year.

June 21, 2016/0 Comments/in Parenting Optional 10 quotes to inspire, 10 quotes to inspire graduating, 5 popular social, children, graduates 10 quotes, graduates 10 quotes to inspire, guiding graduates 10 quotes, kaleena madruga, media apps, participate in worldwide, quotes to inspire, quotes to inspire graduating, quotes to inspire graduating seniors, social, social apps, social media, social media apps, social media skills, strong social media, strong social media skills /By Amy Williams

Monitoring your Kids on Social Apps

Social apps are becoming increasingly popular. It’s important to have conversations with your kids and their presence online.

How Kids Grieve

Five Ways to Support Your Child’s Education

Five Stress-Relief Activities Familes Can Do Together

7 Fun Ways to Teach Teens Job-Readiness Skills

How to be a Happier Parent

Six Summer Fun Activities for Kids

Helping Make Lent Matter to Your Kids

Getting Kids off the Couch

Four Inexpensive or Free Eco-Friendly Activities To Do With Kids

Monitoring your Kids on Social Apps

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