Caring for pregnant people during COVID-19
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....
Children with alcoholic fathers
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...
How to keep your New Year Resolution to exercise this year
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...
The best family vacation for the lowest price
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...
Getting our kids off electronics
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...
Anxiety in our children is on the rise. Why?
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...
Baby Clothes: Essential vs Unessential
One of the most exciting things for a new mom is buying just the right little dress or onesie for her newborn baby. There’s nothing more adorable than buying the oh-so-cute ensemble that draws out the “Awwws” from family and friends. Having the most fashionable baby...
Baby bedding: The No-Nonsense Approach
Baby bedding is one of those things new parents often struggle with. We want to pick it out ourselves, not have it gifted, as it’s such an important part of our new environment. Our babies must be supremely comfortable — and safe! Oh, but the colors and stitching need...
TSA controversies caught on camera
The TSA is no stranger to controversy. Accusations of invasive searches of a young boy, a female cancer patient, CNN contributor and a former Miss USA have gone viral across the internet in recent years. And while we accuse these agents of all manners of perversion,...
Pokemon Go! (But go faster!)
The past few weeks, I have noticed children and adults roaming public places with their heads down and eyes glued to their phones. Yes, they are “playing” the latest device craze, Pokemon Go! While some argue a waste of time, others promote it as “getting kids out of...
5 Summer Foods You Should Not Give Your Child
Summer foods. Families are in the groove having swapped out the book bag and lunch box for pool-noodles and picnic baskets. And, while many parents follow a routine meal plan during the school year, a carefree mindset kicks in once the last bell rings in June. Enter...
My Child Wanders Away from Me
According to the FBI.gov, a child goes missing every 40 seconds in America. That comes to 765,000 children a year and is quite an eye-opening statistic, one that piqued my interest from parents who say “my child wanders away from me.” This week, my family...
Pack a Lunch Kids Will Eat
Pack a lunch or buy? That would be the daily morning question after perusing the school lunch menu. “Pack a lunch,” she replied. Yet many days, my daughter would come home from school ravenous and ready to eat dinner. We tried the after school snack and a pre-dinner...
Yoga for Children: Simply stretching, religion or something else?
Yoga, a practice that has been around for centuries, has gained immense popularity in the West. The yoga community has flourished in the past few years, appealing to busy parents, college students, professional sports teams, and yoga for children. Yes, you read...
Vaccinating Your Child: What You Need to Know
For many parents, the idea of vaccinating your child is not a question with a yes or no answer. But rather, it is question of clarity. It can be confusing and, with so much public debate, whether through social media, news media or while innocently attending a...
Push, Pull, Grab and Shove. Life Lessons From Black Friday
One would think it was the last bottle of water in the Sahara. Droves of people pushing, pulling, grabbing and shoving their way so they can have the bragging rights of “mine, it’s all mine and you can’t have any.” The aggressive behavior, much...
3 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Eat the Pumpkin Pie Before the Turkey
Whether it be around the holiday table, at a restaurant, during a birthday party or in the course of an every day dinner, parents everywhere struggle with their children about finishing their meal before having a treat or dessert. Sure, who would not want to indulge...
Help! I Need To Find New Things To Do With the Kids
For many families, it is a constant challenge each weekend to find new things to do with the kids. Once the run of trips to the beach, vacations, the mall and movies have become mundane, the battle between giving in to device time vs. knowing we should be spending...Trick or Treat? 5 Great Ways to Avoid the Post-Halloween Candy Battle
As a kid, and like most, I couldn’t wait to head out in the night with my plastic pumpkin and it’s flimsy plastic handle precisely at 6pm to ring the doorbells of neighbors and bravely commanding “Trick or Treat” to the usually-obliging...
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