How to Drastically Reduce Your Kid's Temper Tantrums
Knowing what can trigger a full on tantrum can be the key to preventing them altogether. We can outsmart the tantrums, and help our children grow and learn.
How to Help Your Sensory Sensitive Child Have a Great School Year
Here are some things I’ve learned about making things easier for my OCD/sensory sensitive child to experience success in school.
When a Trip to the Pediatrician's Office Makes You Feel Bad
There's plenty of opportunity to feel under the microscope as a parent. But the doctor's office may be the most uncomfortable.
5 Things Dads Will Always Be Bad at Doing
There are things in this world dads are just plain bad at doing and no matter how hard they try, they usually screw it up.
Why You Should Give up on Achieving 'Work-Life Balance'
What if we stopped trying to solve this equation? Instead, we embrace the fact that there is no magical work-life balance formula.
Getting Back to Chores After Lazy Summer Days
Summer has a tendency of relaxing the rules around keeping up with the house. Here are some ways to reel them back in- with help from the kids.
7 Tips For Being the Most Natural Parent of Them All
Natural parenting isn't a game of half measures. If you really want to do it right, you'd better go all the way.
Research Tells Us Your Kids Are Lying And You Don't Know It
New research shows that many parents wouldn't even know if they're raising Pinocchio.
Impact of Alcohol on Fertility From Consumption to Abstinence
The study did not distinguish between regular and binge drinking, which is important because alcohol can affect the menstrual cycle. And the male partner's alcohol intake was also not taken into a...
Your Math Skills Will Rub Off on Your Kids
Parents who excel at math produce children who excel at math. This is according to a recently released University of Pittsburgh study, which shows a distinct transfer of math skills from parent to...
After Years of Purging, a Longing To Be Full: My Secret Struggle With Bulimia
Now that I’m blessed with two daughters I’ve almost forgotten about this secret of my past; how I longed to be nourished while starving myself of food.
How to Stick Up For Yourself Like a Toddler
You know who knows what they want and aren't afraid to get/demand/steam roll you for it? Toddlers. Maybe it's time we adults took a page from their book.
I'm No Longer the Life of the Party, But I Am Still Dancing
I'm definitely no longer 20. But I can hardly believe I'm almost 40. And while many things have changed, the most important have stayed the same.
Why You Absolutely Should Let Your Kids Play With Garbage
Give kids PVC pipe, scrap wood, or whatever they can buy for $10 at the resale store and a little freedom. Learning through exploration is magic.
How to Grill and Swill Like a Dude: A Woman's Guide to the Weekend
Ok, ladies. We've let this grill thing go on a little too long. It's time to take what is rightfully ours! Grilling, swilling, and delegating the rest.
Think Outside the Bun: 3 New Ways to Love Hot Dogs
Think outside the bun and cook up these three new hot dog recipes for your kids or your next cookout.
Odd Jobs: My Life as a Carnival Worker and Mother of Three
I love to learn people’s stories – to find out what brought them to all the moments in time that led to the present. As parents, I think it's particularly important for us to listen to these storie...
Why Kids Need to Journal and How Technology Can Help
Journaling can help kids find their voice and in turn, solve problems, discover confidence and develop new and different opinions.
How to Help When Your Kid Has Sleep Terrors
Night terrors are scary for kids and parents alike. Here are a few tips on how to handle these middle of the night upsets.
Now That Your Kids Are in School, Who Are You?
A podcast about that transitional period for stay-at-home parents when their youngest begins school. Nothing and everything changes on the first day.
You'll Eat What I Serve and Like It
It's difficult to make hard and fast rules as a parent. But drawing lines in the sand around meal time can be beneficial to everyone.
Educate Your Kids on the Right Way to Approach a Dog
Bringing your dog or puppy to a public setting is a great way to help him socialize, build confidence, and gain better manners and control. The dog or puppy is introduced to all the fun things l...
Who Loves the First Day of School...THIS KID!
This week’s happiest thing on the internet has been found, and it’s this kid who is SO PSYCHED for the first day of fourth grade. The boy, named Kevin, told Fox 7 Austin he was so excited to go ba...
Dogs Actually do Understand Your Speech and Intonation
Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain regions similar to those that humans use, a new study reports. Attila Andics et al. note th...