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What are age appropriate chores?
0 Choresare not always fun for adults or for kids but they are important for teaching kids responsibility. Young children will often get excited about helping their parents and older siblings because it makes them feel important so take advantage of this time when it is still a novelty and start with the basics. It…
The Art of the Picnic
0 Escapeoften referred to as vacation does not need to be expensive, require hours in the car or involve airplane tickets. In fact, it can be as simple as a picnic. I am fortunate to be the daughter of the Queen of Picnics. My mothers picnics were popular and beautiful, so much so that Vogue…
Summer Safety Tips – The heat is on!
0 Summer is here! Its time to spend lazy days at the beach or flying off to sunny locales for family vacations, and swimming, swimming, and more swimming! Dont forget to slather on a protective SPF every day even if youre not at the beach or swimming pool. What kid doesnt want to be at…
Share your Halloween Tips, Traditions & the Best Neighborhoods to Trick or Treat!
1 Share everything from creative costumes, to decorating your home to your favorite neighborhood to trick or treat. What are your families HALLOWEEN TRADITIONS? Do you have any special HALLOWEEN TIPS? Do you have any unique ideas for creating your own COSTUME? What is yourFAVORITE NEIGHBORHOODfor Trick or Treating? SHARE BELOW BY POSTING A COMMENT!!!…
Safe Teens Online
0 Nowadays tweens and teens have access to the Internet everywhere they go. They own or use several devices that grant them online access: smartphones, tablets, console games, desktop, and laptop computers. How teenagers use the Internet changes in a fast pace. And, sometimes, it can be overwhelming for their parents to understand what their…
Rhythms and reasons of allowances for kids
0 In order to provide experience and lessons around money, many parents, at some point, choose to give their children an allowance. If they dont have a planned allowance strategy when this time comes, its often Google.com to the rescue. As with most things, people have come up with good, better and best allowance systems….
Raising a child with autism: one woman’s experience
1 Learning to live with the diagnosis and making every moment count Sarah Rasmussen is many things. She has many labels. Mother. Wife. Entrepreneur. Exercise Queen. Health Nut. Super Mom. Every day, the one that bounces around her brain like a 4-year old with a face full of neon blue icing from a birthday cake…
Put the “Giving” into “Thanksgiving”
1 Ten Tips to Help Parents Plant the Philanthropy Seed This Thanksgiving, help your children to follow in the footsteps of the holidays original Pilgrim and Native American celebrants by giving generously to others. On Thanksgiving, many Americans are preoccupied with turkeys, parades, football games, and even Black Friday sales. It seems that over time,…