Franki Bagdade

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    Taking Pandemic Schooling on the Road!
    Franki
    • Oct 24, 2020
    • 6 min

    Taking Pandemic Schooling on the Road!

    When my kids’ district voted to start the school year out remotely, we decided to book a half a week in northern Michigan in our happy place
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    Planning for Home Learning- Beyond the Wine and Chocolate
    Franki
    • Aug 5, 2020
    • 7 min

    Planning for Home Learning- Beyond the Wine and Chocolate

    Last week I was a mess. I had a migraine that wouldn’t go away, I couldn’t stop reading social media posts and horror story articles abou...
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    Your Happy May Not Look Like Mine
    Franki
    • Mar 7, 2020
    • 3 min

    Your Happy May Not Look Like Mine

    Once when I worked a 9-5, I was in the middle of a stellar yearly review. Receiving top marks in every category. I felt proud, seen and...
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    Ten Ways to Stay Connected to Your Teens and Tweens
    Franki
    • Feb 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Ten Ways to Stay Connected to Your Teens and Tweens

    As you may have seen on my social media posts my oldest turned 13 last week. I am now officially a mom of a teen and tween. Though middle...
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    A 13 Wishes for my Daughter on her 13th Birthday Play List
    Franki
    • Feb 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    A 13 Wishes for my Daughter on her 13th Birthday Play List

    When my almost teen asked me to write her a special birthday post just like her sister I was honored. These days she spends most of her t...
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    Why Every Mom Should Go on a Girl's Trip!!
    Franki
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Why Every Mom Should Go on a Girl's Trip!!

    In two days (but who's counting) I'm going on my annual girl's trip to Florida. Yes, I said annual. Yes I said to Florida! And I feel ze...
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    11 Wishes for my Daughter as She Turns 11
    Franki
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    11 Wishes for my Daughter as She Turns 11

    Today our middle, the literal and sometimes more figurative center of our family turns 11. Out of our 3, sometimes I feel that she has s...
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    Restructuring my kids responsibilities- How I did it? What worked, what bombed! Post 2-Days 2 and 3
    Franki
    • Dec 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Restructuring my kids responsibilities- How I did it? What worked, what bombed! Post 2-Days 2 and 3

    For the first blog of this series, click here: https://www.faabconsulting.com/post/oops-my-kids-think-we-live-in-a-barn In general the re...
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    Oops my kids think we live in a barn...
    Franki
    • Dec 15, 2019
    • 3 min

    Oops my kids think we live in a barn...

    Restructuring my kids responsibilities-- How I did it? What worked, what bombed! The other day I was throwing away the 20th gold fish...
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    Talking With Your Child About Their Behavior
    Franki
    • Dec 8, 2019
    • 3 min

    Talking With Your Child About Their Behavior

    So you have a child (or 2 or 3...) whose behavior is disrupting the whole household. Guess what, it can get better! It's going to take so...
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    Letting the World Revolve Around one Child -- When You Have Three
    Franki
    • Dec 1, 2019
    • 6 min

    Letting the World Revolve Around one Child -- When You Have Three

    Letting the World Revolve Around one Child -- When You Have Three How I planned the bat mitzvah weekend of my oldest daughter’s dreams, w...
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    What Kind of Mom Are You?
    Franki
    • Nov 24, 2019
    • 4 min

    What Kind of Mom Are You?

    Have you been following the mommy wars? People have opinions on everything!! Well today it occurred to me that my mommying career is quit...
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    Taming Tantrums from Toddlers to Teens
    Franki
    • Nov 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Taming Tantrums from Toddlers to Teens

    Tantrums, meltdowns, freak outs, fits... Whatever you call them they are disruptive. They can make us fear our children, embarrass us in...
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    The Battle of the Socks
    Franki
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Battle of the Socks

    This made me think about what other needless battles I was fighting as a mom, as an educator, as a professional who worked with kids and beh
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    7 Lessons I Learned from a 7 Year Old!
    Franki
    • Oct 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    7 Lessons I Learned from a 7 Year Old!

    I have a blonde haired, brown eyed, little, seven year old boy whose face still lights up when he sees me first thing in the morning. He ...
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    Empowering your Child while Improving their Behavior!
    Franki
    • Oct 14, 2019
    • 2 min

    Empowering your Child while Improving their Behavior!

    Behavior plans, reward plans, success plans, extrinsic motivators… whatever you want to call them-can be a very powerful tools if utilize...
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