By July, summer can start to feel… off. The initial excitement has worn off. The big vacations are done or still weeks away. Kids are home more. Routines become loose, and days start to blur. Suddenly, you may wonder why everyone seems a little more irritable, unmotivated, or emotionally drained. It’s not just you. Understanding Unstructured Time Unstructured time—while necessary and even healthy—can also create stress. Our brains crave rhythm. When structure disappears, so d

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It happens all the time: the kids have been having fun all day, running around, jumping, but it’s time to end everything. The day is coming to an end, and you worry about telling the kids that it’s time to stop having fun, to put everything away, to settle down and prepare. You don’t even want to mention the word, but you have to, every night… it’s time to SLEEP. ​ Sleep has a horrible reputation with kids because it means that their fun has to end. It means that the laughter