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Halloween costumes that won't get vetoed in the group chat 🎃

Busy Mommy Media There are few things more humbling than asking your teenager for costume input and getting shut down every time. You pitch an idea. Veto. You pitch another one. Also veto. Eventually you stop pitching and just wait to see what the group chat decides. That's basically how this year's costume roundup happened. In my newest post, I'm rounding up group costume ideas for teens that don't require five kids to match, because that fight is not one you're winning. The trick that...

about 1 hour ago • 1 min read

When your teen is going through something you can’t fix

Busy Mommy Media There are few things harder as a parent than watching your teenager go through something painful and realizing you can’t fix it for them. Our instinct is to jump in. Give advice. Solve the problem. Tell them what we think they should do. But as our kids get older, sometimes that isn’t what they need from us. Sometimes our job is simply to make sure they know they don’t have to do the hard thing alone. In my newest video, I’m talking about what support can look like when your...

9 days ago • 1 min read

Tech gifts teens will actually want 🎁

Busy Mommy Media Shopping for teens is weirdly hard. They have opinions. Lots of them. And the things you think are cool are sometimes very much not cool. 😅 So I pulled together some of the best tech gifts for teens this year, including gifts at a bunch of different price points and some things I honestly wouldn’t mind getting myself. I put all of my favorites into a new video so you can see what’s actually worth looking at before you start your holiday shopping. 👉 Watch: Best Tech Gifts for...

16 days ago • 1 min read

Your kid got $20. Now where did it go? 💸

Busy Mommy Media You know that moment when your kid gets $20… …and two days later they have $3, a random drink, and absolutely no idea what happened? 😂 That’s exactly why I made the Money Diary for Kids. It gives kids a simple way to track the money they earn, receive, spend, and save without turning it into a complicated budgeting lesson. They can: 💰 Keep track of allowance and gift money🛍️ See where their money is actually going🐷 Build a habit of saving🎯 Set goals for things they really...

21 days ago • 1 min read

Things I Stopped Buying for My Kids (and Why It Helped)

Busy Mommy Media I used to think buying backups, extras, and just-in-case items would make life easier. It didn’t.It just gave me more stuff to manage. Somewhere along the way, I realized that a lot of what I was buying for my kids wasn’t actually helping our day-to-day life. It was adding clutter, more decisions, and more things to keep track of. So I started paying attention to what we didn’t need anymore. Things like multiple pairs of shoes while they’re still growing. Extra water bottles...

8 months ago • 1 min read