Guest Post :: Top 7 Rules for Co-Parenting
Separation and divorce is never easy; but when children are involved, the process becomes infinitely more painful. Just as your world is turned upside down from losing your significant other, you also...
View ArticleMoms Matter: Social Media-Savvy Moms
When you think about social media in your daily life, it might involving thinking about your kids and looking for things to do with them in their free time, checking your e-mails for the latest sales,...
View Article(Not So) Picture Perfect
See these cute Halloween pictures? Doesn’t it look like it was a perfectly pleasant Halloween at our house? My 16 month old son dressed as a Minion. He rode in a wagon around the neighborhood...
View ArticleGoing From One Kid to Two Kids: Four Products Saving My Sanity
Oh, they warned me. Those other moms told me that going from one kid to two was going to be challenging. I knew I was completely unprepared for the chaos that awaited me, but – boy – this has been...
View ArticleHow to Get Your Morning Started Off Right
Mornings in our house are crazy. OK, who am I kidding – with three (soon to be four) kids under 5, our house is crazy. But mornings really set the tone for the entire day, and they can be completely...
View ArticleHow to Handle a Time Out in 40 Easy Steps
Three year olds. Aren’t they grand? Okay, so mine’s a few weeks short of officially becoming a three-nager. But that doesn’t really mean much to her. In the last three months, my once-perfect...
View ArticleThe Bump Diaries | Getting the Kids Involved
You may think your kids are too young to “get” that you’re pregnant (and if they’re really young, you’re probably right); but it never hurts to include them in a bit of pre-baby fun and activities. My...
View ArticleManaging Christmas Expectations
I always have such high hopes when it comes to Christmas. I’m going to put lights on the house this year. I’m going to send out a witty and funny Christmas picture to all of my friends and family. I’m...
View Article5 Ways to Better Connect Over the Dinner Table | Five for Friday
1. Put your phone away during mealtime. Establish a guideline that everyone must put their phones on airplane mode and leave t hem in another room. This will allow families to focus solely on having...
View ArticleFive Survival Tips for Blending a Family
Bringing our blended family together has been a tremendous challenge and opportunity. Our family is certainly not perfect and there is much work still to be done. Yet, there is much we have overcome...
View ArticleNavigating this Election Season with Children
Unless you have been living under a rock or manage to live a media/technology free life you are fully aware that we are in the throes of an election season – a particularly controversial election...
View ArticleFive Tips for Preventing Cyber Bullying
October marks National Bully Prevention Month and the recent stats surrounding bullying are astounding: 77% of students have been bullied verbally, mentally and/or physically Daily about 160,000...
View Article5 Things I Wish My Parents Had Taught Me Before I Went to College
As a college student, there are a lot of things that I’ve managed to learn pretty quickly — like how to do laundry without ruining my whites. But there are some things that I wish my parents had taught...
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