Meal Plan: Not Your Mother’s VegetablesWe tell our children to eat their vegetables just like our mothers told us to eat ours. In this day and age of processed food, good old vegetables are gaining new popularity due to their health benefits, such as clear skin, shiny and strong hair, good eye sight, and many…
Parenting: How to Connect With Your Teenage DaughterSome mornings your teenage daughter wakes up on top of the world; other mornings your teen totally wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. You may drop her off for school in a great mood and by afternoon she is mad at the world and slams her door…
Book Review: When Touching Hurts by Caffee WrightIt is a sad and unfortunate truth that, among the difficult conversations we must have with our kids, one of them should be about ways to guard against sexually inappropriate behavior. Recently, my husband and I had this conversation with our 8-year-old son as part of his Cub Scout training.…
Parenting Tip: How To Have Uncomfortable Conversations With Your Pre-Teenmom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Having uncomfortable conversations with kids, especially teens, can make a person extremely...well...uncomfortable. We all want our children to grow up being responsible but talking to them about topics like sex, money, smoking, drugs, etc. is not easy.
Back-To-School: A Prep Conversation With Your Kidsmom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Back To School—As summer comes to a close and students look forward to fall, there are lots of back to school must haves: new clothes, school supplies and the latest tech gadgets. However, it can be easy for parents to also get wrapped up in the back to…
