When was the last time you sat down with your entire family for dinner? With our work schedules and children’s after-school activities, many families find it almost impossible to sit down together as a family. Eating together as a family during your children’s adolescence, is associated with positive and lasting effects on your child’s dietary […]
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If you are like thousands of households across the nation, you probably pack your kids a healthy lunch before they head out to school. And if your kid is like thousands of kids across the nation, it may well be traded or tossed rather than ever get a chance to be eaten. There are dozens of reasons […]
Are We Coddling Our Kids Too Much? Lately I have heard of tiny babies with elaborate birthday parties, a mom who makes an annual time capsule for her son to give him on his 18th birthday and parents who worry about their children’s safety the moment they walk out the door. Have we become the […]
Exercise And Mommy: 3 Ways To Stay Fit When you first bring home your baby, your thoughts are on the baby and that’s about it. So it’s no surprise many moms tend to let exercise take a back seat to more important matters, like sleep. However, if you can find time to do even a short ten […]
When The Coach Is Also The Parent A parent acts as their child’s trainer, coach, and teacher from the time they were born. The parent teaches them to eat, to speak, to tie their shoes. Whether acting as your child’s sports coach, or acting as their teacher in formal homeschooling; these roles are simply […]
Mom Leaves Toddler In A Running Car While Shopping It is hard to know what to make of a Pennsylvania mother who decided that leaving a toddler in a running car while she shopped at Wal-Mart was okay. Have we become a society where our own personal time is so precious we cannot stop […]
Whether Or Not A Tutor Is Right For Your Child The notion of tutoring, whether it’s because your child needs to catch up, keep up or just simply get ahead on their daily performance in school, is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, tutoring has been around for a very long time. Two bright […]
Recently, Rachel Hollis of Thechicsite.com, has received a lot of attention. Some background on Hollis, TheChicSite came to be when she was looking for a name for her event-planning company. It turns out The Chic Team is a group of women (and it appears that there’s one male amongst them) “From different locations, backgrounds and […]
How To Prepare Your Oldest Child For The New Baby The arrival of a new baby is very exciting, especially for the expectant mother. Along with the excitement, the newest arrival can bring many changes to a family. Parents spend a ton of time talking about the new baby, preparing the nursery and even buying […]
The Dangers Of Being A Helicopter Parent Chances are you know one a helicopter parent. They mean well, they want to make sure their children have the best in life, every advantage, every opportunity. Specifically, these examples of a helicopter parent apply to the parents of college students and their over-involvement in their lives. The […]
Clean Air Can Have A Huge Impact On Your Child’s Growth Air pollution is not only a global health issue, but it’s also a growing concern among most people, including parents. Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders in life and as their parents we need to teach them how important the environment is. Air quality […]
You have to wonder what Scotland’s Fife County were thinking when they declared that Kerry McDougall was a mother too dumb to be able to care for her own children. Yet Kerry, born with a cleft palate that left her speech slow, is by many standards an outstanding mother. Her husband Mark would leave for […]