A short, kid-facing life tip in every issue — about grit, kindness, handling a hard day. No lectures. No motivational-poster energy. Just something worth talking about at dinner.
🎒 Spring break starts Friday! Time to unplug, recharge, and sleep past 7am.
🌮 Taco Tuesday — everyone picks a topping. No, ketchup doesn't count.
🏊 Swim practice moves to 4pm this week. Don't forget your goggles.
🎂 Grandma's birthday is Saturday! Card-making station opens Thursday.
It's “yet.” When your kid says “I can't do this,” add “yet” to the end. One tiny word turns frustration into possibility. “I can't do long division” becomes “I can't do long division yet.” Try it this week — it works on grown-ups too.
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
He was outstanding in his field!
What do you call a fake noodle?
An impasta!
Why don't eggs tell jokes?
They'd crack each other up!
Brain Teaser: I have cities but no houses, mountains but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?
(Answer upside down on the fridge)
Every parent has a running list of things they want their kids to learn — how to lose gracefully, why effort beats talent, how to apologize and mean it. Coaching for kids that actually lands rarely happens in a single big talk. Poopin’ Papers turns it into a weekly habit: one small, age-appropriate lesson in every issue, written to the kid, not at them.
The coaching adapts to your family — your kids’ ages, what they’re into, what they’re working through. A lesson on perseverance reads differently for a 6-year-old learning to ride a bike than a 12-year-old grinding through math. Every week it meets them where they are.
Because the coaching lives inside a paper full of jokes, meals, and the week’s plans, kids actually read it. It becomes the thing you talk about over dinner instead of a lecture they tune out. Small, consistent, low-pressure — which is exactly how this stuff sinks in.
One short, kid-facing life tip per issue — themes like perseverance, kindness, honesty, handling frustration, and being a good teammate. It’s framed as something to think about, never a lecture.
Yes. The coaching is audience-aware — it adapts to your kids’ ages and interests, so the same theme is written differently for a first-grader than for a middle-schooler.
It’s not one more thing to open. The lesson arrives inside a weekly newspaper your kids already read for the jokes and the meal plan, so the coaching actually reaches them — consistently, a little at a time.
The first issue is free, then $5/month for a personalized family paper — coaching included — every week. Cancel anytime.
A fresh, personalized family newspaper — Coaching Corner included — every week. Your first issue is free.
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