by Daphne | Mar 17, 2021 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
Toddlers should be easy to buy for overall as they’re interested in everything, they outgrow clothing as quickly as you buy it, and keepsakes are important for the whole family in these fleeting years. With perhaps too many options, we’ve taken it upon...
by Daphne | Oct 14, 2020 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
Caring for yourself during pregnancy and COVID-19 There has been a lot of incomplete and even misinformation this year regarding COVID-19. The truth is, we still don’t know the full truth about the extent of its debilitating effects and even how its transmitted....
by Daphne | Mar 17, 2020 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
My ex-husband past away last year due to complications from his alcoholism. We’d been divorced for 11 years by this time, but still bound together through our daughter, Megan. By the time Megan turned three, Mark’s drinking had taken it’s toll on our four-year...
by Daphne | Apr 2, 2019 | Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety for Children
I love food. I’ve always had a huge appetite, so I’ve always had to watch the kind of food that I eat as I eat so much of it! As such, I felt compelled to share one of my staple recipes that can feed a family with a variety of twists on the base recipe and most kids...
by Daphne | Dec 17, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
New Year Resolutions get a bad rap. We fear the sense of failure if we can’t maintain our goals, In fact, research from the University of Scranton suggests that only 8% of people achieve their New Year’s goals. However, a study published in the Journal of...
by Daphne | Nov 28, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts
Thanksgiving caught us with our pants down – maybe not literally, but it was a couple days earlier on the calendar this year and then, YIKES – Black Friday! Our stress meters are instantly fully engaged. Black Friday has come to represent Warrior Mode for many of us....
by Daphne | Sep 19, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts, Health & Safety, Travel: Affordable Family-Friendly Tips
A family vacation is essential to bonding and building memories that last a lifetime, but vacations can be really hard to squeeze into the family budget. Every family wants to take their kids to Disney World at least once, but that’s a seriously expensive bucket...
by Daphne | Aug 23, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
Kids and electronics today often seem like a match made in heaven as they preoccupy our kids for hours on end while we catch up on rest, cleaning … or our own guilty pleasures. But, most of us know the potentially addictive nature of electronics and would rather...
by Daphne | Jul 24, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Family Fun Facts
There’s nothing scarier to a new mom than going it alone. While separating from your baby’s dad may come as a relief from mental and/or physical anguish, it will leave you face to face with the fear of caring for a small child all by yourself – there goes...
by Daphne | Jun 2, 2018 | Behavior and Discipline, Health & Safety
It seems to me that most of today’s kids have so much more than my peers and I did thirty-plus years ago, yet studies are showing anxiety in children to be on a steady rise in the 21st century. A study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral...