Becoming The Wild Bradburys: Adventures with Kids Abroad
When I met my Marine in 2009, I had just returned from a year abroad in Greece, Italy, and Turkey. I fell in love...
Creative Senior Photo Ideas
If you are the parent of a teenager, you probably know how important senior photos are. Each summer, newly crowned high school seniors start...
Surviving a Deployment with Kids
Your spouse just left for a six-month deployment. Fear bubbles up inside. You think of all the possible scenarios, and you pray for his...
Dad Is More Fun and It’s OK
It wasn’t so long ago that dads were mostly absent from parenting — working all day, then coming home to dinner on the table...
Surviving a PCS Road Trip with Kids
You’re about to set off on an epic road trip across the states! You’ve got an awesome playlist already streaming through your mind. You’re...
How to Not Hate Military Life
We could sit here all day and swap triumphs and frustrations about the military. As dependents, we are constantly being torn away from family...
How Lessons Learned From College Soccer Prepared Me For Being A...
From age 11 through my early adulthood, I played soccer. The game was my passion, the field was my home. I never planned to...
What to Do if Your Child Has Pinworms
Warning: The subject of this post will make you feel creepy-crawly all over. It will also generate an intense urge to immediately scrub yourself...
Teacher Appreciation Gifts: 5 Gifts Teachers Will Actually Love
This week, all around the country, students and parents are taking the time to celebrate the people who so selflessly look after and inspire...
How to Create a Bunco Group
As busy moms, we sometimes don’t carve out enough time for friends and fun, and if we do, it’s usually once in a blue...
10 Things Every Child Should Know about Home Safety
It’s our job as parents to keep our children out of harm’s way. When they’re young, they look to us to teach and protect...
Waldorf Naples Getaway: Affordable Luxury
Everyone wants a vacation in luxury, but not everyone can afford it. If you have a big family but a small budget, this next...
3 Key Tips for Helping Your Daughter Get Ready for Prom
For your teenage daughter, probably one of the most exciting high school experiences for her, and something she’s counting down to already, is prom....
Finland Will Become the First Country in the World to Get...
This article originally appeared on Truth Theory.
A revolution is coming for schools in Finland in the form of a destruction of all formal school subjects.
The...
5 Rules for Safe Co-Sleeping
Co-sleeping (defined as sharing a common sleeping area with your child – whether it be the same room, bedsharing, etc.), offers a wide array of...
The Ultimate Easter Reading Guide for Kids
Easter is a time of celebration…a time of rebirth, rejoicing and reinvigoration. Whether you celebrate Easter with religion, simply enjoy the traditions of the...
10 Saint Patrick’s Day Recipes Even Your Kids Will Love
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, start planning for a hearty, healthy and delicious dinner your whole family is sure to love!...
6 Women To Celebrate With Your Children For Women’s History Month
If you didn’t know, March is Women’s History Month. There is no better way to empower your child than to give them examples of...
Society as the Problem: The Creation of the Helicopter Parent
Trying to raise children these days is nothing shy of a miracle. With everyone from your grandmother to the Facebook commentators believing they have...
National School Breakfast Week: The Case for Feeding Our Kids
For most of us moms around the country, we wake up before the sun, sleep long after the moon has risen, and spend a...
Tips for the Shy Mom: Overcoming the Fear of Breastfeeding in...
For the shy mom, the fear of breastfeeding in public is a huge hurdle to overcome. So much can go wrong! Baby can squirm...
What is Net Neutrality
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you have likely heard of the term Net Neutrality. Our world has...
Team USA Athletes Your Kids Should Know
With the 2018 Winter Olуmрісѕ wrapping up last week in PуеоngChаng, South Kоrеа, you’ve likely spent hours learning the nuances of figure skating scoring,...
How to Know When You’ve Ovulated
After years of trying to not get pregnant, women who are starting down the path to trying to conceive (aka TTC) might be surprised...
Please Stop Stereotyping My Sons
From the minute my oldest son was born, the threats began…veiled and in a joking manner mind you, but offensive nonetheless. Friends of ours,...
The Importance of Play: Thwarting Gun Violence at a Young Age
*This article was completed just minutes before the news of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on February 14,...
Legalization of Medical Marijuana and Parenting
Medical Marijuana is a hot topic everywhere these days, from social media and college campuses to politics and doctors offices. Many states have legalized...
5 Reasons Why Every New Mother Needs Maternity Photos
For some pregnancy is a magical time, for others not so much…but no matter which way you feel about your 9 months with child,...
Make College Affordable: Tips for Finding College Scholarships
Most people believe that college scholarships are only available to the crème de la crème. However, there are thousands of scholarships from all kinds...
All You Need to Know About a Vegetarian Child
So, your child wants to be a vegetarian or maybe was never really into meat from the start? No worries, being a vegetarian is...
The Benefit of Karate For Kids
If you have watched any of the old karate movies, you may think that karate for kids is a terrible idea, fearing it will...
10 (very) awkward things to say to a new mom
Motherhood is a beautiful new thing. You join a new community of “mothers” that offers so much advice and help. Although most people celebrate...
What parents need to know about the opioid epidemic
Drug overdoses have become the leading cause of death of Americans under 50, with 2/3’s of those deaths from opioids. Recently, President Trump declared...
5 Safe Hip Stretches for Pregnancy to Help Hip Pain
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Now, bring on the back and hip pain. Want to do something about it? Try hip stretches for pregnancy. For...
The Power of Prenatal Vitamins
You get a lot of information thrown at you when you start thinking about having a baby. Does every little decision really carry as...
Think about safety as you prepare for your new baby
When youre expecting, youre working to prepare your family and your home for your new baby, from painting the nursery to diving into parenting...
Rock Drainage Landscaping: Redefine Your Landscape for the Better with These...
When it comes to landscaping, one concept has been steadily gaining ground, quite literally: Rock drainage landscaping – the art of using stones and...
