A new post and a new Mira & Lumo comic every Monday — practical help for bedtime, big energy, and military-family life.
Costumes, fog machines and a hundred kids can max out a big-energy body fast. The Signal, Nook, Zip Breath plan for getting through a party (or leaving early) without a meltdown. Plus this week’s Finn & Zip comic.
Halloween puts a lot of spooky pictures in a small head, and bedtime is when they come back. The Name it, Breathe it, Light the spark routine that shrinks a scary image down to size. Plus this week’s Mira & Lumo comic.
Everybody shows up for the goodbye and the homecoming — nobody plans anything for a random Tuesday in the middle. Why the middle is the hardest stretch for kids, and the nightly Countdown Chain that gives it a shape. Plus this week’s Wren & Scout comic.
The sun sets earlier every week and you’ve already said it twice — but minutes aren’t real to a six-year-old. Why time warnings don’t work on big-energy kids, and the Warn the body · Name the last one · Hand over the job routine that does. Plus this week’s Finn & Zip comic.
Three weeks into the school year, supper goes cold and the tummy hurts — then it’s fine by Monday. Here’s why worry lands in the body first, and the Find it · Finish it · Park it routine for Sunday evenings. Plus this week’s Mira & Lumo comic.
Week one at the new school goes fine. Week two falls apart — and that’s exactly on schedule. The One Hello · One True Thing · Five Sames routine for the weeks after a move. Plus this week’s Wren & Scout comic.
The teacher says he had a great day — then he falls apart the second you show up at pickup. Here’s why the crash lands on you, and the Fuel · Move · Then Talk routine that shrinks it. Plus this week’s Finn & Zip comic.
Bedtime is the first quiet moment of a child’s day — which is exactly why the worries pick it. The Name it · Breathe it · Let it go routine, step by step. Plus this week’s Mira & Lumo comic.