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Busy days: fitting in family time

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By Raising Kids
| OHbaby! Verified
A busy couple take the best of their rural upbringing and mix it with an urban lifestyle. In a quiet street in central Hamilton live a busy family who make the most of every 24 hours. The day we travelled south to visit them, the rain was so heavy that flooding was rising disconcertingly close to the Waikato expressway. Yet eldest son Asher was stoically donning his rugby kit and heading out to training with mum Anna.
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A Mid-Week Grocery Trip Is Parenting’s Final Boss

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By Ashley Butler, Raising Kids
| Medium
My grocery list lives in my phone’s Notes app. Bread, milk, eggs, bananas, coffee — yes, always coffee — and wine. Much needed wine. For context: most weeks, we already spend a small fortune at Sam’s Club or Costco. That’s its own kind of financial heartbreak. But these mid-week grocery runs? The unplanned ones? They’re a different kind of evil. Quick trips that should be simple. Under a hundred bucks. In and out. Except when I take my kids with me.
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Motherhood is a Full-Time Job… With Zero PTO

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By Ashley Butler, Raising Kids
| Medium
No salary, no sick days, no vacation. Just endless overtime and sticky kisses for pay. Wanted: Highly motivated candidate for a 24/7 position. Responsibilities include cooking, cleaning, emotional support, project management, crisis response, and snack distribution. Compensation: hugs and the occasional hand-drawn picture. PTO: none. Sounds ridiculous, right? Except that’s exactly what I signed up for when I became a mom.
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