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October 24, 2018/0 Comments/in Blog, Parenting 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 Optional /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 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 Optional /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 according to a study, activity, can do together, can help, do together, families can do together, family, family activity, family is a great, family is a great way, help manage, help manage stress, manage stress, mental, mental health, reading, reading is a great, stress and anxiety, together, young people Optional /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 av_icon_box position='left boxed= icon='ue89a font='entypo-fontello, background_color= src= background_position='top left background_repeat='no-repeat, border_color= radius='0px background_color= src= background_position='top, border= border_color= radius='0px background_color= src=, color= custom_bg= custom_font= custom_border= custom_class=, custom_content= color= custom_bg= custom_font= custom_border=, custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px border= border_color=, custom_title= custom_content= color= custom_bg= custom_font=, font_color= custom_title= custom_content= color= custom_bg=, link= linktarget= linkelement= font_color= custom_title=, linkelement= font_color= custom_title= custom_content= color=, linktarget= linkelement= font_color= custom_title= custom_content=, margin='0px padding='0px border= border_color= radius='0px, min_height= vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin=, min_height= vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin= margin='0px, padding='0px border= border_color= radius='0px background_color=, radius='0px background_color= src= background_position='top left, space= custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px border=, vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin= margin='0px, vertical_alignment= space= custom_margin= margin='0px padding='0px Optional /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!

October 20, 2017/0 Comments/in Parenting, Resources align='center animation='no-animation styling= hover= link=, animation='no-animation styling= hover= link= target=, appearance= overlay_opacity='0.4 overlay_color='#000000 overlay_text_color='#ffffff custom_class=, caption= font_size= appearance= overlay_opacity='0.4 overlay_color='#000000, color= custom_bg= custom_font= custom_border= custom_class=, custom_content= color= custom_bg= custom_font= custom_border=, custom_title= custom_content= color= custom_bg= custom_font=, font_color= custom_title= custom_content= color= custom_bg=, font_size= appearance= overlay_opacity='0.4 overlay_color='#000000 overlay_text_color='#ffffff, hover= link= target= caption= font_size=, link= linktarget=, link= linktarget= linkelement= font_color=, link= linktarget= linkelement= font_color= custom_title=, link= target= caption= font_size= appearance=, linkelement= font_color= custom_title= custom_content=, linkelement= font_color= custom_title= custom_content= color=, linktarget= linkelement= font_color= custom_title=, linktarget= linkelement= font_color= custom_title= custom_content=, styling= hover= link= target= caption=, target= caption= font_size= appearance= overlay_opacity='0.4 Optional /By Amy Williams

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 activities, amy, change of scenery, city, entertainment, event, indoor, major museums, museum, novelty, outdoor, outside, parent, scenery, sculpture, sculpture parks, slide the city, summer, summer break, water Optional /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 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 Optional /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 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 Optional /By Amy Williams

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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