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Life With(out) Ladybug: Moving her into the college dorm

08/27/2020 nwamamas

By Shannon Magsam, Ladybug’s mama It’s been a little over a week since my husband and I moved our one and only into her dorm room. Even though she’s in college nearby, I’m trying to […]

Advice for the Class of 2020 from Northwest Arkansas retirees

05/28/2020 nwamamas

As the mamas of two high school seniors, we were especially touched by the kind words shared by residents of Butterfield Trail Village in Fayetteville. The last part of our teenagers’ senior year has been […]

Tweens & Teens: My kid is missing his senior year

04/08/2020 nwamamas

As many of you know, Shannon and I each have a high school senior at home right now. Shannon’s daughter and my son will be graduating in May and then heading off to college in […]

Tweens & Teens: 7 signs that your teen might be vaping

10/04/2019 nwamamas

7 signs that your teen might be vaping Mamas, if you’ve read or watched the news lately, you know there has been a huge unexplained spike in deaths related to vaping (or e-cigarettes). Many of […]

Tweens & Teens: What’s on our bookshelf right now

08/22/2019 nwamamas

Parenting tweens and teens can feel a little out of control sometimes. Did we say too much? Are we saying enough? So advice from someone who’s navigated these waters before is helpful. That’s why I […]

Tweens and Teens: Removing the ‘but’ from your conversations with teens

08/02/2019 nwamamas

Hey, mamas. Whether you have teens or not, this video clip is such an eye-opener. Shannon and I both have teenagers, and this video we saw on the Your Teen magazine website made us realize […]

Tweens & Teens: Social media’s impact on girls

07/30/2019 nwamamas

Between the two of us, Shannon and I both have multiple teenagers now. So we’re reading everything we can get our hands on about teens and how to navigate those tricky waters. If you have […]

Tweens & Teens: How we can stay close during the pulling-away years

07/15/2019 nwamamas

Mamas, we are always on the lookout for great articles and posts that help us navigate the teen years. Shannon and I both have teens right now so we need all the tips and insight […]

Freaking out about college stuff? Read this.

05/27/2019 nwamamas

Mamas, when Shannon and I founded this website in 2008, our oldest kids were in Kindergarten. Those sweet babies have now morphed into JUNIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL!!! No one is more surprised than we are […]

Out of the Box Birthday Party Idea: Big Box Karaoke

02/18/2019 nwamamas

My favorite picture from my daughter’s 17th birthday party is of her posing with her 3 besties under the mural just inside the front door at downtown Fayetteville’s newest Japanese-style hangout, Big Box Karaoke on […]