Bike rides are a great activity for the family and a great form of exercise. Be sure to keep your kids safe while riding by taking these necessary precautions.
How to Keep Safe While Riding Bikes
Make sure your kids have a helmet that fits snug around their head. Not too big or too small. Make sure the strap is always buckled and pulled tight so it can’t fly off.
Make …
Strawberry Picking: “Sweet” Spring Family Traditionfamily fun • family fun-traditions
In a family with three boys, trying to get them all to agree on anything is always a challenge. But every now and then, we latch onto something that we all enjoy as a family. And we make it into a family tradition.
Traditions… don’t have to revolve around
Fitness: How to Make Winter Fitness into Family Fun Timefamily fun • activities-parties
How are you doing on your physical fitness New Years’ Resolutions? The middle of March finds some women training for marathons… and others waylaid by the winter blues. No matter where you are on that spectrum, it’s a good time to either assess the progress you’ve made towards your 2012
Family Fun: How to Throw a Last-Minute Surprise Birthday Lunchfamily fun • activities-parties
My daughter Jessica had her 15th Birthday a few days ago. She has been really sick the last few weeks with complications from an auto immune disease…. I asked my daughter how she wanted to spend her birthday. She told me that she really didn’t feel like celebrating right
Winter Activities: 7 Fun Ideas for Outdoor Winter Playfamily fun • activities-parties
It can be incredibly tempting to keep the kids indoors all winter long because it takes more work and clothing for them to be able to play outside…, it takes more tolerance of cold if one wants to play with them, and it seems like there are fewer options
Family Fun: 5 Fun and Free Winter Traditionsfamily fun • family fun-traditions
It’s that time of year again…whistling winds, falling snowflakes, runny noses….ahhh, the joys of Winter…! Joys of Winter? Some days it can be hard to remember that, especially when your little one’s teeth are chattering and they’re complaining that they can’t feel their fingers or toes. Next time that
Holidays: 4 Staycation Ideas for Presidents’ Dayfamily fun • family fun-traditions
A friend who lives not far from me posts “Positive Weather Thoughts” (or “PWTs”) as status updates on Facebook during the winter. She is a mother of four whose piercings, tattoos, and perpetually-tanned skin give the impression that she lives near the beach… in, say, southern California rather than
Family Traditions: 3 Ways to Beat the Winter Bluesmom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
Today, Punxsutawney Phil (the artist formerly known as Br’er Groundhog) will leave his burrow at 7:20 a.m. at Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to legend, if Phil sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter weather…. If he does not see his shadow, there
Family Fun: Unique Ways to Make Special Memories With Your Kidsmom • parenting • parenting • ages and stages
Do you date your kids? Sounds like a funny question to some, but in this New Year, my husband and I are making a big effort to have fun and inexpensive dates with our kids!
To create special and memorable moments… with your kids, you do not have to
Parent Volunteers: 3 Ways Parents Can Volunteer With Kidsmaking a difference! • my world • raising giving children • tips for giving back
One way to raise giving children is to help them see the needs of others and the easiest way to see needs in your community is to get involved. However, picking an age-appropriate volunteer activity can be challenging, especially with little ones.
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3 Ways a Parent Can Volunteer
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Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
