fully: The Best Home Office Furniture for Families

Designing your household workspace has never been easier than with home office furniture from fully. For many, both working from home and homeschooling children...

Rainy Day Activity: Playroom Floor Hopscotch

  Are you trapped indoors because of rainy weather, or are your kids simply bored with their vast selection of playroom toys? Luckily, an easy...
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Settle In: Make a Quick Adjustment After PCS

Why is moving so stressful and emotionally taxing? Well, that's easy. It's because we leave behind everything we’ve been building to make a home and have to...

10 Tips for Maximizing Your Fertility

  Growing up, sex education classes lead us to believe that we will get pregnant the first time we have unprotected sex. While this certainly can...

Why Kids Should Ride Rear-Facing for as Long as Possible

Since the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all infants and toddlers ride rear-facing until they are at least 2 years of age, many...

Mom Cards: A License to Friend

Have you ever been handed a mommy business card? You probably thought that mom was straight-up crazy. The small, rectangular-shaped card may have served...

Baby Gender When Can You Tell? 6 Early Prediction Methods That...

Are you having a boy or a girl? It tops the questions you find yourself asking from the moment you learn you are pregnant:...

First Day of School Photo Ideas

Whether this is your first kid or fifth, we can all agree that the first day of school is a huge milestone! A high...

Boo-boos to Belly Aches: A Parent’s Guide to the ER

  Having a sick child can be a frightening thing for parents. Your child's pediatrician can handle most minor illnesses and injuries. We all know that...

Tips for Changing Schools Mid-year

Being the new kid is always a challenge. Changing schools mid-year can present a different set of challenges altogether. Sometimes during mid-year PCS season,...

11 Mom Blogs You Can’t Parent Without

The technologically advanced world we live in has us constantly searching for answers and seeking instant gratification to our problems. When it comes to...

Go Outside and Get Creative: 100 Fun Outdoor Activities for Kids...

As the days grow longer and the temperatures rise, there’s no better time than now to take advantage of the outdoors! With the sun...

What is Sensory Processing Disorder?

Healthy and happy…That’s what every good parent wishes for their child. But what happens when your child is struggling? What if they are displaying...

Using A Simple Household Budget Template

A "financially fit" family uses a household budget template to track their expenses and income. Why? Well, to start, it's an easy way to...

Maternity Leave vs ME-Ternity Leave: Its No Vacation

It’s no secret that the United States’ maternity leave laws are some of the worst in the world. New mothers barely have time to...

Breastmilk: Not Just for Nourishment

Breastfeeding is oft quoted as "best for baby," but did you know that breast milk has a variety of healthy advantages that everyone can...

Social Etiquette: Why Teaching Children Manners Early is Important

Teaching kids manners is not only important but essential to providing kids life long skills.  Kids should be taught manners early in life, even...

4 Ways to Tell Your Kids the Truth about Santa

The holidays are one of the most magical times of year. Most of us wait for this time of year with anticipation. We watch...

Tips for Introducing Your Dog to the New Baby

Long before having babies, many people are already parents to their beloved four-legged friend. Are you the proud parent of a fur baby? If...

7 of the Best Year-End Teacher Gifts (And Three of the...

Whether you want to admit it or not, your child’s teacher works their butt off to ensure that your son or daughter receives a...

Oh No! The Kids Are Sick! 10 Ways to Keep Your...

We've all been there--home all day with a child who is not feeling well. You can't get anything accomplished around the house because they...

Families Love Camp Lincoln and Camp Lake Hubert in Minnesota

Nestled into the woods of Northern Minnesota lies a dreamy and pristine resort. Grand View Lodge was established in 1916 and has become one...

The Root of Mommy Wars

Can we ditch the terms stay-at-home mom (or SAHM) and working mom? As mothers, we all work. We work to raise our kids and...
19 Of The Best Father's Day Gifts For The Dad Who Has Everything

To the Bonus Dads on Father’s Day

To many, the term bonus dad means step-father. This is not always the case for military kids. For military kids, bonus dads come in many...

Workout Essentials #DMGetsFit

For the last couple of months we have been bringing you fantastic “DM Gets Fit” posts. There has been a little bit of everything from...

How to Throw an Incredible Virtual Baby Shower

Every new mom (or expecting mom for that matter!) deserves to be showered with love and gifts to celebrate the coming baby.  Often, gathering everyone...

20 Awesome Learning Toys and Books To Help With Virtual Or...

This year more than ever, parents are scrambling to find learning toys and books for their children to play with and learn at home....

10 Tips on How to Live with your Parents Again

Chances are, you flew the coop a while ago. Whether it’s been 15 years or 15 months, that time of living with your parents...

Cleared for Takeoff

The hauntingly reverent final verses of the Marine Corps Hymn rang through the otherwise silent Little Hall Auditorium as 239 officers became graduates of...

Getting Pregnant: 2 Simple Visualizations That May Help

Stress affects the body in a lot of ways, including the ability to conceive. Sadly, stress tends to accumulate after months of trying to...

9 Great Family Christmas Traditions You Should Start This Year

Hey there, holiday enthusiasts and festive souls! Can we just take a moment to talk about that cozy, twinkling time of the year? Yep,...

35 Things Every Service Member Needs for the Field as Told...

This post is in partnership with Gillette’s new SkinGuard razor –  new at Walmart today. Your service member is headed out into the field and...

Creating A Schedule For Babies With 4 Simple Tips

If there was one piece of advice you could offer other parents what would it be? It might be on your favorite baby gear,...

Why we need bugs, bees, and other creepy, crawly critters

If you have kids, especially boys, there will come a time in your life when you may just become accustomed to all things creepy...

An Orlando Family Vacation at Las Palmeras By Hilton Grand Vacations

Orlando is a popular family destination and when the time comes to plan your next family vacation in the sunshine state, where will you...

6 Easy Tips For Your Emotional Child During The Next Meltdown

Screaming tantrums, hitting, biting, and throwing are all of the least desirable behaviors of an emotional child and ones most parents would rather do...