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Our Circle In podcast and blog posts share ideas and experiences that have resulted in more harmonious homes. Hosts Marjie and Paige speak with humor and empathy – and decades of experience as parent-educators. We hope you find some helpful thoughts each week!

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Planning for Success + Leading with Love

By Marjie Longshore Recently, an adult reached out. She was heading on a trip with one of her grandchildren. She shared how excited she was for the trip and valuable...

Planning for Success + Leading with Love

By Marjie Longshore Recently, an adult reached out. She was heading on a trip with one of her grandchildren. She shared how excited she was for the trip and valuable...

Listening: One of the MOST Underutilized Parent...

by Paige Trevor Listening: One of the MOST underused and underrated parenting tools out there! And I am NOT judging, because I raise my hand in solidarity for not listening or,...

Listening: One of the MOST Underutilized Parent...

by Paige Trevor Listening: One of the MOST underused and underrated parenting tools out there! And I am NOT judging, because I raise my hand in solidarity for not listening or,...

Practicing Democracy with My Kids

By Lara Ratkovic One of the most important parts of parenting is making sure our kids grow up to understand that their individual life is innately tied to others. It’s...

Practicing Democracy with My Kids

By Lara Ratkovic One of the most important parts of parenting is making sure our kids grow up to understand that their individual life is innately tied to others. It’s...

Finding YOUR Way Into the New Year…

By Lara Ratkovic …and helping your kids find theirs. If you’re like me and find yourself on social media…or watching tv…or reading…or in any way receiving information at this time...

Finding YOUR Way Into the New Year…

By Lara Ratkovic …and helping your kids find theirs. If you’re like me and find yourself on social media…or watching tv…or reading…or in any way receiving information at this time...

Underused Parenting Tool: Gratefulness

By Paige Trevor Often, in an earnest effort to be a good and conscientious parent, we focus on our kids’ weaknesses. We spend a lot of our time weeding the...

Underused Parenting Tool: Gratefulness

By Paige Trevor Often, in an earnest effort to be a good and conscientious parent, we focus on our kids’ weaknesses. We spend a lot of our time weeding the...

The Gratitude Attitude

By Paige Trevor Originally published in the November 2017 Glover Park Gazette. Gratefulness as a parenting tool is often, often overlooked. We minimize gratefulness and its quiet power. We NEED...

The Gratitude Attitude

By Paige Trevor Originally published in the November 2017 Glover Park Gazette. Gratefulness as a parenting tool is often, often overlooked. We minimize gratefulness and its quiet power. We NEED...