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Here’s to a super chillin’ holiday!!

After today, we at the HaltonParents will be stopping for the holidays to take some of our own advice and spend some quality time with our children and families. We hope you are looking forward to this time as much as we are. … Continue reading

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Simplify and rejoice this holiday season!

It’s the season to be jolly. Or is it? The countdown is on, even though it’s been since September, that stores started adorning themselves with garland, ‘bobbles’, iridescent lights and perfectly symmetrical evergreen trees. As the weeks have gone by … Continue reading

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Grandparenting: Times have changed

­­­­I am one of the lucky ones who has the support of two sets of grandparents to help raise my 2 kids: 2 nanas, 1 papa and 1 granddad.  Whether it is to watch them on a PD day, or … Continue reading

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The Sandwich Generation

This is the third post in a four-part series on grandparents. The phone rings at the crack of dawn, which has never been a good thing.  On the other end of the line, I hear my mom’s weak voice, “I … Continue reading

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Busting through parenting myths across the generations

This is the second post in a four-part series about being a grandparent. I remember fondly being pregnant with my first baby; I had such a thirst for all and any information.  It was crazy… 9 months to prepare for … Continue reading

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