Family Fun: How To Make New Family Traditionsfamily fun • family fun-traditions
Do you have special traditions with your children? Do your kids know their grandfather as “Pop Pop,” “Abu,” or do they just call him “Grandpa”? Do you go apple picking every October? Put a tangerine in the bottom of your kids’ Christmas stockings? Visit the zoo on the first…
Relationships: How Teens Can Show Love on Valentine’s DayWe put so much emphasis on Valentine’s Day being the day of “love” and its focus is aimed mostly toward couples. Children can give cards and treats at school but how can tweens and teens show love to those special to them? I have two teenagers at home (14…
Mental Illness: How To Provide Better Care for an Ill Family Member or Friendme • health & fitness • lifestyle • health-wellness
The past few weeks I have featured a variety of views on mental illness. This week I would like to share a few tips on how to navigate the rough waters of long term living with one of these devastating illnesses. As a mother of a son with Schizophrenia…
Family Relationships: The Importance of Keeping Your Family Closerelationships • me • relationships • lifestyle
We live in a world where moms and dads wish they could figure out how to be in two or three places at one time. We are always on the go dropping off one kid here and another kid there. Parents are caught up in the "busyness" of keeping…
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.
