Motherhood: Don’t All Good Moms Shop at Joann’s and Buy Wilton Products?mom • parenting • parenting • home management
About a month ago, we sent out a survey to our readers and online community. Not surprising to us, they wanted more craft and food posts. And for a good reason. Whether you craft or spend any time at all in the kitchen, DIY pics and food photos are eye…
Parenting Tips: Setting Rules, Providing Direction, and Giving Advicemom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Parenting is difficult. Parents sometimes have a difficult time discerning the difference between setting down rules, providing direction, and giving advice. All three are parental responsibilities and all three are given with the best of intentions. Unfortunately, they are perceived differently by children. The Difference Between Rules, Direction …
Car Safety: How To Determine When a Child Outgrows a Front-Facing Car Seatmom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Children grow rapidly and car seats do not. It's important that your car seat be correctly sized for your child at every point in the child's growth. If you are transporting your child in a front-facing car seat that is too small for the child's height and weight, you are…
Holiday Dessert Recipe: Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookiesmom • parenting • recipes • food
One of our favorite holiday family traditions is baking peanut butter reindeer cookies. We've enjoyed baking cookies to pass out as neighbor gifts, as well as to get our kids cooking. How To Bake Peanut Butter Reindeer Cookies Peanut butter reindeer cookies are the kind of dessert that…
Car Safety: Tips for Installing a Car Seat Successfullymom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Regardless of which car seat you select, it'll be ineffective and fail to protect your child unless it is properly installed. Two guides should be followed when installing a car seat: the laws of the state in which you live, and good common sense. Once the car seat has…
Car Safety: What is the Best Car Seat for Your Child?mom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Most of the injuries and deaths were the result of lower-speed car accidents where children were not properly restrained in car seats. The proper use of car seats could have saved many of these victims from the cost and lifelong impact of these injuries, and saved many families from…
