LAST LOOK
Through our blogs Hashtag Parenting and Weekend Warrior, local parents share their favorite things to do and discuss the everyday issues closest to their hearts. From tackling virtual school to a beautiful adoption journey, check out some of our favorite recent blogs by YOU our parent community. Find all our parent blogs at metrofamilymagazine.com/hashtag-parenting. #ParentLife
“Although sometimes I think I am Superwoman, I had to check my expectations and understand what I could do as a working parent and what my son could do as a virtual student.”
Mom and education industry expert Dr. Tamecca Rogers shares nine tips that have helped she and her son along their virtual school journey at metrofamilymagazine.com/virtual-school-working-from-home-tips. Photo by Denice Toombs.
“All around was a sense of letting go of our normal rules and routines. Soon I stopped arranging the shoes kicked off at the back door and joined in. When my 4-year-old daughter asked for yet another fort, I stopped myself from giving her the practical ‘not right now’ answer and instead chose to give an emphatic yes.” “When deciding what to pack kids for lunch, I encourage finding simple ways to bump up the nutritional value. Great substitutes for crunchy processed snacks such as chips and crackers are baby carrots, sliced cucumbers, celery topped with peanut butter and raisins, freeze-dried fruit and popcorn.” Local mom, registered dietician and personal trainer Umo Callins @wellrooted_hn shares tips to boost family immunity at metrofamilymagazine.com/healthy-immune-systems-family.
Mom, art educator and painter @triciacastro explores how her family has learned to embrace slowing down and saying yes at metrofamilymagazine. com/slowing-down- and-saying-yes.
“We signed up and completed the requirements to become a Choctaw Nation foster family with every intention of being a bridge between the birth family and reunification. Our story didn’t emerge exactly as we initially envisioned, but rather the way it was supposed to unfold.” Metro dad and a senior director for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Heath Holt Hayes shares the heartache, joy and adaptation in his family’s journey to adoption at metrofamilymagazine.com/journey-to-adoption. Photo by April Mass Photography.
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