Vacation Time Is Near! How to Teach Your Child to Pack His Bags (and Buy Yourself Some Sanity)
Summer is just around the corner, and with it comes multiple opportunities to pack a bag for your child. Day camp, vacation, sleepovers – the list never seems to end. If you’re already feeling tired [...]
LEGOs: Not Just Awful Things That Get Embedded In Your Foot – They’re Great for the Imagination
Life with LEGOs can be dangerous, particularly after dark. There is little in the world quite as painful as stepping on a plastic brick in the middle of the night. Yet before you swear [...]
You’ve Got the Yoga Pants, Now Get Your Workout on With the Kids in Tow
The 6 Best Ways to Work Out With Your Kids As a mom, it’s easy to put yourself on the back burner. There are so many people who need your help every single day, [...]
Monster High – Life Lesson in a Fashion Doll
Monster High – if you are the parent of a young girl or tween, you probably already are very familiar with these popular dolls. Yet, if you are like me, you are probably wondering why [...]
How (and Why) to Throw a Valentine’s Day Bash for Your Teen
It seemed so much easier in elementary school when you just bought a couple of boxes of generic Valentine’s Day cards for your children to address to each of their classmates. If you were feeling [...]
How to Style Your Daughter’s Hair for the Winter Formal
Though it may not get the fanfare of prom or even homecoming, the winter formal is still a major event in your high school daughter’s life. Three big dances a year can take a chunk [...]
Build Your Teen’s Self-Esteem Through a Volunteer Program
For all the attention paid to making sure high school students collect impressive experiences that can decorate their college applications, not nearly as much attention is paid to simply enriching their lives through the opportunities [...]
Handing Over the Keys: How to Stop Freaking Out About Your Kids Driving
You thought it would be a good idea to teach your son how to drive a stick-shift. Three hours later, you never made it past first gear, your clutch is almost dead and you’re feeling [...]
Don’t Fall Prey to Generic Party Invitations: 3 Foolproof Techniques to Get Your Invites Noticed
When my little one was nearing her first birthday, I vowed to never be that parent who uses boring party invitations. You know who I’m talking about–those parents who go to the party store (or [...]
Those Wheezy, Sneezy Summertime Allergies
You gave your child her looks, her charm, her brains and her athletic ability. You also gave her summer allergies that make her wheeze, sneeze, itch and twitch. The least you can do to make [...]
Summer Vacation Blues: How to Convince Your Child to Make the Most of the Break
School’s out now. All students—young and old—have temporarily escaped the bondage of organized education. National pharmacies have reported their annual and expected spike in tranquilizer prescription refills for parents of adolescent and young adult students [...]

















