Why you should consider online music lessons

Music and arts are being left behind in most schools' curriculums due to lack of funding, but these important subjects have been known to...

Maternity Photo Inspiration: Sand Dunes Photos

If you are lucky enough to live near sand dunes when you are expecting, you might want to consider this maternity photo inspiration and...

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...

Postpartum Clothes To Help Get Your Body Back

The baby’s born and now you have your bulging, yet beautiful, after-birth belly. Most moms have them and most moms don’t want it! Whatever...

Hidden Dangers in Today’s Popular Video Games like Fortnite

Video games like Fortnite are incredibly popular with tweens and teens. The developers add new features and play modes every week to entice players...

We Don’t Do Thanksgiving

Military life gives us so much to be thankful for — priceless travel opportunities, a ride-or-die framily, opportunities to remind ourselves just how strong...

How To Make A Fall Waldorf Play Table

Nature-based learning is an incredible way for children to learn by using their innate skills and curiosity. Children are intrigued and entertained by the...

The Military Child of the Year® Awards

Military children are resilient, flexible, and strong. They move every one to three years, bloom in school midyear, and continue their favorite sport or...

Educational Gifts By Klutz

Gifts, toys, stocking stuffers, and all the excitement of the holiday season is in full swing. The last thing you need to stress about...

Pampering With Puffy: The Best Mattress for Pregnancy

Pregnancy brings back pain, side aches, and pelvic pressure, not to mention the constant tossing and turning you do just to get comfortable! Welcome...

COLA Changes Hit Paychecks of U.S. Military Families in Japan

Back in the spring of this year, there was an intense peer-pressure situation sweeping Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni — no, not in an...

What is All Saint’s Day?

All Saint’s Day is a Catholic Christian Holiday that occurs annually on November 1. For Catholics, this is considered a Holy Day of Obligation...

PCS Horror Stories

The summer season is typically known as a time of vacation and fun, but for many military families, it is the time known as...

Important Tips When Driving Abroad For The First Time

For most people that do not have a lot of driving experience it is completely normal to be a little overwhelmed when behind the...

Changes to Come for PCS Moves as Summer 2018 Ignites Fury...

Summer Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves are the things that keep families awake at night, wondering not only if their household goods will...

Celebrating Holidays in a TLF

Yay! You got orders, and you successfully made it to the temporary lodging facility (TLF) at your new home base. You know (with like...

Best Mattress for Lower Back Pain

As we all get older (and wiser?), we tend to notice different aches and pains that may or may not have been around for...

Indivisible — A Military Marriage Built on Faith

Remember back to the first military movie you watched. Maybe it was as a new military spouse; perhaps it was as a kid. Either...

5 Things to Know about Middle School Challenges

Middle school is the start of a new era for kids. It’s all about transition. The little munchkin you used to walk to class...

Rape Culture is Real: Talking to our Boys About Consent

In the past few years, the world has confirmed: Women's right are not only unimportant but also laughable.Women Lie.Black lives don't matter.Rape culture is okay.If...

Teaching Kids About Earthquakes Without Scaring Them

The unknown is a dark, scary place for a kid. And, when you think about it, so much of their world is unknown. They...

The Importance of Family Dinner with Boon

Growing up in a large family we ate dinner together every night. Sitting down to a home-cooked meal around the kitchen table to talk...

7 Reasons to Take Your Family to a County Fair

There seems to be nothing more Americana than that of a good ol’ county fair. The smell of popcorn, the Ferris wheel lights at...

Fall Fashion with Freshly Picked

Pumpkin patches, PSL's, corn mazes, and scarves, mamas around the country are celebrating the return of fall complete with cool breezes, colorful foliage, and...

Get Outdoors With A Nature Scavenger Hunt

I spent the majority of my childhood outdoors. We had a few acres of forest behind the house, and I would spend hours there...

To Bring Kids or Not to Bring Kids to Events

We’ve all seen those children. You know the ones, they're throwing fits during the invocation at a change of command or running around during...

The Top 5 Money Mistakes College Students Make

This is a guest post by BeenVerified's Justin Lavelle sharing advice on how to prevent making these common mistakes. During the college years, parents and students alike are often...

Should You Freeze Your Eggs?

Egg freezing is rapidly growing in popularity thanks to advances in technology and a greater awareness of the procedure. For many women, egg freezing...

nanobébé- The Best Bottle for Breastfed Babies

Whether we like it or not, all moms know that at some point during our littles one’s infancy we will likely need to leave...

Summer Camp for Kids in Santa Monica

Any working mom knows that it can be difficult to find child care, especially during the summer time when kids are off from school....

The Price for Having a Ball

The annual military ball is a tradition as old as the services themselves. We can’t speculate about the logistics, locale, or ticket price of...

Handbag Day 2018

It’s comfortable, manageable, useful, and it’s your everyday go-to source when you have errands to run. We’re talking handbags! A much-needed and uniquely styled...

The Impact of Music in Children’s Lives and Education

“Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or...

Letting go of toxic siblings

You can choose your friends - but you can't choose your family. With all the shared life experiences and upbringing, siblings have the potential...

Surviving the 2018 Japan Floods: Part 1

Since World War II, Hiroshima, Japan has been a symbol of loss. A stroll through the Peace Park is sobering and gives me goosebumps...

Surviving the Japan Floods: Part 3

From the invaluable perspectives of two people removed from the situation, it seemed best to navigate back to Higashihiroshima. I knew I could get...