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Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Getting Your Kids Eating Good Food

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Written by Jennifer Redmond

deceptively_deliciousPlease, let’s forget that this book is written by a celebrity and that it has been touted by some big names. Those incidentals are not as crucial as the fact that Inspired Mother’s own Carol A.-a very astute, creative and more than a little particular mother with picky eaters-loves Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Getting Your Kids Eating Good Food (2007). As the title implies, it’s all about sneaking pureed veggies into foods kids like best.

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The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Written by Jennifer Redmond

lastlectureThis powerful lecture by dying Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch is definitely worth sharing with your kids (tweens and older due to some language and the complexity of the topics). We easily found it through Google and watched it on our computer. It’s an inspiring 100-minute presentation, delivered with enthusiasm and humor, on life, dreams and the meaning of success.

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Secrets of Six-Figure Women by Barbara Stanny

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Written by Jennifer Redmond

SixFigureWomenbookReading about finances is at the very end of my things-to-do-before-you-die list. So the fact that I love this book and wish that I had thought of writing it myself really says something. The premise here is quite simple: After Stanny talked with more than 150 top-salaried women (and some “underearners” for balance), she was able to identify common characteristics they possess and the strategies necessary to follow in their footsteps.

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Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris

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Written by Jennifer Redmond

rebulitionChange Teen Thinking Through TheRebelution!

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My husband’s favorite mantra to our children is “you can do great things.” Here’s an entire website challenging our youth to rise above mediocrity…he’ll be so happy! Alex and Brett Harris are 19-year-old twin brothers who are true role models for teens.

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Little Lessons from Mom by Harriet Ziefert

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Written by Jennifer Redmond

lessonsmomJPGBlue Apple Books states that its mission is “to produce picture books that resonate for both the child and the adult reader.” Actually, my mother gave me this little picture book and I will pass it on to my own daughter, so Little Lessons from Mom does, indeed, speak to just about everyone.

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