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Set Your Mind Up for Success: Mental Health Habits to Embrace in the New Year

December 31, 2024

By Kylie Spiro, — Communications Coordinator at BAMSI As we bid farewell to another year and step into 2025, many of us are thinking about our New Year’s resolutions. While the tradition of setting goals is often associated with fitness, finances, and personal achievements, one area that deserves more attention is mental health. After all, … More Set Your Mind Up for Success: Mental Health Habits to Embrace in the New Year

How to Support Our Nervous Kids

January 30, 2019

By: Heather O’Neill Our kids are growing up in a very trying time. The world they are growing up in is so very different than the one we did. In their lifetime, it has been proven to be unsafe to fly on an airplane, go to the movies, shop at a mall, sit in a … More How to Support Our Nervous Kids

Mental Health Tip: Less Screen Time, More Family Time

October 4, 2018

By: Jennifer Lonergan Next week, October 7th-13th, is Mental Health Awareness Week. Now, if you are from my generation, chances are you don’t think this applies to you. But the truth is, mental health is for everyone. When I was growing up, anything related to mental health involved institutions and asylums unless it impacted your … More Mental Health Tip: Less Screen Time, More Family Time

I Gave Up Social Media for a Few Days

April 18, 2018

By: Lauren Carmichael I gave up social media for a few days. Here’s what happened: I made a deal with my brother to not go on social media for an entire week. Spoiler alert: We both didn’t make it. Before you keep reading, know that this isn’t a typical “my life was better, and … More I Gave Up Social Media for a Few Days

The Rise and Fall of “It Takes A Village”

April 26, 2017

By: Melanie Anderson Years ago when I was a kid, I used to hear the saying, “It takes a village” from my parents and just about every other parent. We quickly learned what it actually meant. It meant that if we, the children, were out playing in the neighborhood, any parent that saw one of … More The Rise and Fall of “It Takes A Village”

What Ever Happened to Playing Outside?

June 24, 2013

By: Janice Johnson-Plumer Growing up, you would never catch me indoors. There were so many great outdoor games: kick the can, dodgeball, baseball, hide and go seek, board games, and riding bikes. I relished being outside. It was a way to be free and to exercise without knowing it was exercise. My mother would tell … More What Ever Happened to Playing Outside?

Meet New Signature Moms Blogger: Janice Johnson-Plumer

February 14, 2013

An avid runner, Janice is a 40-something mom with one son and is active in the Brockton community serving as a community advisory board member and on the PTA. She loves being able to connect and share her experiences with other moms. We can’t wait to read her contributions to our mommy blog! http://youtu.be/ECEDIh7ErrU

Meet Sandy Churchill: New Signature Moms Blogger!

February 13, 2013

Meet Sandy Churchill. She is a mom to two girls and a boy ages 20, 17 and 7. She loves to connect with other women on the journey of “parenthood.” Blogging for her is an online journal, where she’s able to keep in touch with other moms and extend her living room to have conversations … More Meet Sandy Churchill: New Signature Moms Blogger!

Yard Sales … On Facebook?

September 6, 2012

By: Jessica DiRamio You may have figured it out already, but did you know that I am a huge fan of all things social media? My job requires me to be on Facebook and Twitter for several hours a day and during that time I have found some interesting things happening. I recently came across … More Yard Sales … On Facebook?

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