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6 Questions To Ask Your Child’s New Teacher Before School Starts

6 Questions To Ask Your Child’s New Teacher Before School Starts

  It’s that time of year when back-to-school photos start to take over Facebook and Instagram.  And if you’re like me, you’re starting to get a bit anxious about (1) everything you need to get sorted out before the first day and (2) how your…

Friday Favorites with Four Points Mom (7-21-2017)

Friday Favorites with Four Points Mom (7-21-2017)

  I had so much fun with last week’s Friday Favorites that I think I’m going to try to do this weekly.  It’s a fun way to gather some articles I found online and share them with you and highlight any exciting happenings on the…

SafeMom’s 7 Tips for How To Hire a Babysitter

SafeMom’s 7 Tips for How To Hire a Babysitter

  “Anybody have a recommendation for a full-time nanny looking for a new position in September …” “My old date night babysitter is heading off to college …” “Looking for a part-time nanny …” As my Facebook feed can attest, the frantic babysitter or nanny…

SafeMom’s Four Steps To Empower Your Child

SafeMom’s Four Steps To Empower Your Child

  A few years ago while volunteering in the church nursery, a two-year-old girl asked me to take her to the bathroom.  I escorted her there, stood outside of the stall, and asked her if she needed any help.  She opened the door and said…

SafeMom’s 7 Tips for Safe Swimming

SafeMom’s 7 Tips for Safe Swimming

  Here in Austin, parents and children inevitably spend a lot of time in the pool or lake. Typically, parents start children out with swim lessons at a young age (often when they’re too young to do anything but be held by parents).  We gradually…

SafeMom’s 5 Questions To Ask Summer Camps

SafeMom’s 5 Questions To Ask Summer Camps

  It’s Summer Time! As DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince sang … “Summer summer summertime, Time to sit back and unwind…” Says no mom EVER.     I mean, seriously.  Sit back?  Unwind?  Ha ha ha ha. Your welcome for getting this song stuck in your…

Welcome to Four Points Mom!

Welcome to Four Points Mom!

  Hi there! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a mom in the Four Points Area of Austin wondering what this new website is all about.  Well, Four Points Mom was designed to support moms in Austin’s Four Points Area as they go about their…