making a difference! • bettering communities
One of my favorite things about being a mom is how parenting has forced me to pull back and look at the world in the long view. Parenting has forced me to think of the world at large and not just my little corner of it, and as a result, I’ve found myself longing to do good more than I did when I was young and single.
Did you know as recently as the 1970s, the average American belonged to …
Kids’ Bikes: How to Keep Safe While Riding BikesBike 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
Moms: How to Build Strong Relationships with Your KidsBeing a mom has been one of the most enjoyable times of my adult life. It has also presented me with a few big challenges …along the way. Sometimes I have wondered why kids don’t come with a manual like everything else. I suppose it’s because every child born, is
Parties: How to Plan a Party When You’re Pressed for Timefamily fun • activities-parties
I have always loved parties and entertaining. Now that I’m a mom and I’m running my own company, I no longer have time to entertain as much as I would like—the big exception being birthday parties…. With four boys under the age of eight, I find the time
Parenting: How to Monitor Your Teenager’s Online ActivitiesOne of the hardest tasks of parenthood, perhaps, is to ward your children against the myriad negative influences and possible harms that may come to them. There are bullies, drugs, and child predators…, to name a few. And protecting our kids is not the same task it was
Parenting: Preventing SIDS and Infant Sleep SafetyAmidst the sheer bliss of becoming a new parent…, every new mommy or daddy has at least a twinge of constant, over-protective fear that one’s newborn is in harm’s way. In the first several weeks, parents gingerly handle the new bundle of joy with extra caution and care. They
May Book Club Chat: Dad Rules: A simple Manual for a Complex JobThe book Dad Rules: A Simple Manual for a Complex Job, which I reviewed here…, is a simple manual of rules and instructions for dads. While some of the rules—”cowboy up and help your wife with changing diapers,” to whit—may make it sound like the book is a manual
Teen Style: How to Dress Trendy and ModestWarm weather is here and so are the new fashions for our teen girls…. Over the past few years it seems like less is more. We can change the trend by teaching our daughters to respect themselves and choose styles that are flattering yet cool and age appropriate. Body
Zen Mommy Suzanne Tucker Helps Others Accept Themselvesmaking a difference! • moms making a difference
It is perhaps cliché, but so very true, that out of the hardest moments… of our lives often come the most beautiful diamonds. Would that it weren’t so, that we didn’t have to be “cut” so. Would that we could designate an age, say 30, after which we could all
Family Garden: How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your ChildWhen I was a little girl, I would work with my grandmother in her garden… on the south side of her house, learning how to pick cherry tomatoes and spy the worms that destroyed the tomato plants. She also had a flower garden, which included columbines and sunflowers. I would
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
