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#Familyspirit Day: Cook and Learn
27 October 2015Our second edition of the #Familyspirit Day: Cook and Learn was a huge succes! We had seven families who joined us to cook Indonesian rolls at WMO Radar in Rotterdam. There are several different reasons why Yasmin and I organise the #Familyspirit days. The most important reason is the fun factor! We like to be …
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#Familyspirit Day: Sport Edition
15 September 2015Online is great, but offline is even better! Online inspiration can be a tool to change people’s lives, but the delicate relationship between parent and teen need more than that. So Yasmin and I decided to brainstorm about organizing a fun event. An event where we gather parents and their teens together to strengthen the …
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The Arrogance of Age: 3 Reasons Why Parents Should Keep On Learning
21 August 2015“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates Are you a parent that suffers from a ‘god-complex’: So stubborn to admit the possibility of your faults or failure? Acting so arrogantly that you completely ignore your teen’s feelings and tend to make the mistake that you know what it’s like to be …
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Family Day At The Beach
6 August 2015There’s no fun day, like a family day at the beach. We absolutely love spending time with our family, grandkids laughing their heads off together, parents sharing each other life tips and the grandparents enjoying every moment of it! Our family bond is very strong, and that continues through three generations! So we were so happy …
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How Summer In July Can Help You
1 August 2015Since the launch of this platform we have been so grateful for all the wonderful responses and support you have given us and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for that! We love creating for you and it really has made our bond even stronger being able to work together on a …
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5 Ways To Entertain Your Teen This Summer
28 July 2015I always find the summer vacation a bit paradoxal. On the one hand I love the easiness, freedom and no-pressure attitude, but on the other hand the children have too much free time on their hands and crave to be entertained 24/7. I take full-time care of the girls since their Dad moved to the …
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We’re On YouTube
26 July 2015We’re excited to share that we have created a Summer In July YouTube channel. We have been eager to film videos and create visual content aside from online content on this website. We love writing posts and share our experiences through words on the screen, but there’s just something about watching a video that is so …
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How I Deal With My 3 Types Of Teenagers
24 July 2015The Teenage Zone: the land where raging hormones rule, where parental advice has zero value and the place where you have to adjust to situations as quick as lightning. I’ve been welcomed to The Zone three times and they have all been totally incomparable experiences! We all know that teens come in all sorts and …
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6 Apps Our Family Loves To Use
21 July 2015With technology playing an enormous roll in our society, and families having quick acces to their phones, it’s easy to make use of the apps our phones, tablet and laptop has to offer. In our househeld we are a strong believer in using apps to create a happier and certainly more relaxing home. Every single one of us has …