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Cleaning Up With Preschoolers

January 4, 2012 by Heather Solos

Today’s post is from a recent comment: I have a 3 year old girl who refuses to clean up her messes and because I don’t like to punish her too hard, I do it for her, but lately my house is so cluttered with dirty laundry, her toys, and most of my husbands clean jeans, … Read more

Categories Clean It Tags Parenting 14 Comments

Don’t Fret the Sweat with Unilever and BlissTV

April 21, 2011 by Heather Solos

Heather says: Here on Home-Ec 101 I don’t often talk about parenting, even though we have four kids in our family -my stepdaughter + our three. I feel that parenting is an intensely personal experience, and I tend to shy away from offering advice. It’s so nuanced that what works for me and my children may … Read more

Categories All Tags Parenting, Take care of YOU! 1 Comment

Customizing the Chore Routine

June 9, 2010 by Heather Solos

Dear Home Ec 101, I love your site and I want to love this chore list, but I don’t know how to make it work for our family. We have a 6 month old, a toddler, and two hairy cats. I work part time and have two days during the week to do chores. Can … Read more

Categories All Tags advice, Children, chores, cleaning, Overwhelmed, Parenting, Solutions, Waxing inspirational 25 Comments

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