Do you have picky eaters who dread sitting down at the table for a meal? Let’s try to make mealtime fun for your kids and make them eat healthier at the same time. You’ll instill nutritious eating habits for a lifetime of health benefits! Try these ideas to get your kids to eat healthier: Incorporate…
Top 10 Tips for Raising Great Kids
As parents we all hope that our kids will grow up to be happy, healthy responsible adults, don’t we? And we do anything bar getting into jail (I hope) to raising great kids. It’s important to make a conscious effort to encourage our children to develop qualities such as independence and strong character early in…
The Career Mom – How to Balance Your Career and Home Life
In this day and age, it’s becoming more and more difficult to live off of one income. This means that oftentimes moms have few options when it comes to the decision of whether or not to work while raising children. So how do you get to have the best of both worlds, a career, and…
How to Streamline Your Daily Schedule
And Increase Efficiency Do you usually feel like there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything you need to do? Sometimes it seems like the laundry or the dishes will just have to wait until later. And when later comes around you find other things to do to not have to notice…
Show Your Kids How to Clean Their Room
The Fun Way Getting your kid to clean their room can be easy with the right approach. Make cleaning time fun by getting organized and talking to your kids in a way that engages them. Clutter is a stressor on all of us. But it still baffles me that so many, myself included, seem to…
A Guide to Electronic Free Activities for Kids
The average school-age child in the US spends 7 and a half hours a day in front of a digital device, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Which has led to more and more talk of detoxing from electronics and more calls for electronic-free activities. Because as a parent, you want your kids to have…
Reducing Toy Clutter – the Easy Way
Are you tired of stepping on wooden blocks and plastic action figures lying around your living room floor? Or it maybe has crept into your kitchen or bathrooms. Reducing toy clutter is really about more than keeping your home neat. Too many playthings can affect your child’s development and their ability to enjoy life. A…
A How To Guide to Raising a Strong-Willed Child
Are you raising a strong-willed child? I know I am. I have written before about my oldest being the one with ADHD, but he isn’t the one with the strong will. That award goes to my middle child. Raising a stubborn, strong-willed child that doesn’t talk is a struggle. Because of the not talking obviously.…
How to Create a Super Homework Station Your Kids Will Love
A dedicated homework station may be the solution if you run into conflicts trying to get your kids to do their homework. Creating a space just for learning will help your child to do better in school while maintaining more harmony in your home. Setting Up Pick a quiet spot. Look for a spot that…
7 Ways To Develop Your Kids Social Skills
There’s nothing as painful for a parent as watching your kid grapple with making friends and figuring out how to fit in. You pick your kid up from school and see them sitting by themselves, huddled up in a corner, staring at their lunch bag. You ask them how they feel, and they mumble something…