LEGOs: Not Just Awful Things That Get Embedded In Your Foot – They’re Great for the Imagination

LEGOs: Not Just Awful Things That Get Embedded In Your Foot – They’re Great for the Imagination

April 22, 2013 9:00 am/ Development, The Kidz

  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 [...]

 
Tricks to Prevent Bullying: Teaching Your Kids the Art of the Comeback

Tricks to Prevent Bullying: Teaching Your Kids the Art of the Comeback

Back in the day, kids hammered out their differences with their fists or with the snarky, behind-the-scenes rumor mill. As we all know, bullying has earned its fair share of horrible press, and rightfully so. [...]

 
‘Don’t Say the ‘B’ Word’ – Ending My Children’s Love Affair With the Bottle

‘Don’t Say the ‘B’ Word’ – Ending My Children’s Love Affair With the Bottle

June 22, 2012 9:00 am/ Development, The Kidz, Toddlers (Ages 1 - 3)

Up until yesterday, my twin tots still drank out of a bottle. Yes, I know they’re almost 19 months old; and yes, I know the bottle could do funky things to their teeth… but given [...]

 
Twitter Users React to Controversial ‘Time’ Breastfeeding Cover – Have Any of These Women Ever Heard of a Breast Pump?

Twitter Users React to Controversial ‘Time’ Breastfeeding Cover – Have Any of These Women Ever Heard of a Breast Pump?

May 10, 2012 3:07 pm/ Development, Parenting, The Kidz

Time unveiled a very revealing cover for its latest issue, and Twitter has had plenty to say about it. The cover features Jamie Lynne Grumet, a 26-year-old California mom, shown breast-feeding her son Aram, who [...]

 
Parenting To Do #25: Teach the Kids How to Use Eating Utensils | [Video]

Parenting To Do #25: Teach the Kids How to Use Eating Utensils | [Video]

April 13, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz, Toddlers (Ages 1 - 3)

I have to admit that I’ve been quite lax in my efforts to teach my twins how to properly use utensils. Maybe lax isn’t the best word… My efforts have been more along the lines [...]

 
Amusing Things My Kids Have Said

Amusing Things My Kids Have Said

April 6, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz

  Guest blogger Kieron Casey shares some of the hilarious things that his children have said.   Children’s use of language is a constant source of amusement as they learn what phrases mean and what [...]

 
Facts That Prove That One-Year-Olds Are Cold Calculating Heartless Creatures… That You Can’t Help But To Love

Facts That Prove That One-Year-Olds Are Cold Calculating Heartless Creatures… That You Can’t Help But To Love

March 27, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz, Toddlers (Ages 1 - 3)

  We have what I’d like to call a “reading corner” in the living room of our home. In that reading corner stands an old hand-me-down bookshelf. The bottom two shelves of this bookshelf are [...]

 
Fun Games You Can Play With A One Year Old

Fun Games You Can Play With A One Year Old

January 31, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz, Toddlers (Ages 1 - 3)

Although everyone may not acknowledge it, being a stay at home mom is a tough full time job. I put in overtime every week cooking every day, washing clothes, picking up toys, and most importantly… [...]

 
Oooooh, I’m Telling!

Oooooh, I’m Telling!

January 10, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz

by Rox Fontaine- Watching children grow up is so awesome. There are so many milestones and transitions to mark. Their first steps, first words, first day of school and so forth. At every marker, you [...]

 
Style Wars

Style Wars

January 3, 2012 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz

Rox Fontaine I made a conscious effort to allow my son to define his own style. I always found it ridiculous and juvenile when parents dressed their children in miniaturized adult fashions. For one, it [...]

 
Tampons & Cheeto Bags

Tampons & Cheeto Bags

October 3, 2011 10:00 am/ Development, The Kidz

As a child, I heard tell from my parents of how they’d spend their hard-earned money on some extravagant toy only to find that most of my fun and enjoyment was provided to me by [...]