Parenting Articles

It's always a fun time when your family goes to visit friends and relatives. Show them how much you appreciate them by bringing a hostess gift along. They will love a homemade gift made by you and you [ ... ]

Back-to-school means many classes and lots of books, but luckily there is a way to avoid teachers’ dirty looks. And it’s by coming up with outside-of-the-box fundraising ideas for your child’s s [ ... ]

Does your child have a code word? Ours does. Let me explain. When I was growing up I had a code word that I could use when I called home to let my mom know that something was wrong. It was a word tha [ ... ]

I think we all have begun to see a disturbing trend in recent years. More and more often we are seeing girls bullying girls, but not like it used to be. Historically, girls have not been immune to bul [ ... ]

There has been a lot of talk lately, thanks to Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution, about teaching kids where their food comes from. All I think a parent really needs is a taste for adventure and a willing [ ... ]

Between 25-30 percent of children and teens in the United States are obese and studies indicate that childhood obesity is on the increase. Sufferers often have to deal with many physical, emotional an [ ... ]

We’ve all seen it. And perhaps, before we had kids, we even judged it. The temper tantrum. An almost certainly frustrated mom, and a small child doing their best impression of someone undergoing an  [ ... ]

Learning to tie one’s shoes can be a developmental milestone, a personal goal or a school-ready skill. It can also be a source of frustration for child and parent (“I can’t tie my shoes!” “I [ ... ]

My daughter walks a fine line between 'a normal four year old' and hyperactivity. A.D.D. runs rampant in my family, so I'm on the lookout for signs other than the ones she already exhibits, but even m [ ... ]

With the recent crisis in Haiti, helping others in need is in the forefront of the minds of many people, including our children. In our “me-oriented” society, how can we help our children learn to [ ... ]

The morning rush can not only make you behind schedule, it can also tank your mood for the whole day (and that of your kids). Keep things positive and moving by being morning-ready the night before.  [ ... ]

My daughter had a new friend in elementary school. She’d been struggling with “mean girls” and so she was very ecstatic (to say the least) to have someone to be girly with, to giggle with, and t [ ... ]

By: Vered DeLeeuw You probably know that you should childproof your home before you bring your baby back from the hospital. While your baby won’t be able to get into much mischief the first few mon [ ... ]

Fostering a life long love of gardening in kids starts with creating fond memories of sun, dirt, and growing things. There’s plenty of time for teaching techniques and assigning weeding chores once  [ ... ]

I love our family game nights.

I don’t know how things are for you, but I never spend as much time with my kids as I would like to. Between working part time, managing the house, driving them to pla [ ... ]

By: Vered DeLeeuw When we think about kids’ bedtime, we almost always think about bedtime struggles. I’m not sure why kids do this – fight sleep as if their lives depended on it - but I can rem [ ... ]

Despair. Personally devastated. Alone, without hope. An empty shell. Ask a mother who has lost custody how she really feels and the above list would illustrate some of the tragedy in her heart. No [ ... ]

Kids sure do a lot of stuff these days. Gone are those of coming home from school to a plate of cookies and a glass of milk, then running outside to play until Mom calls you in for dinner and homework [ ... ]

Top 10 tips to limit your child’s screen time without scream time! Eight year old Kyle received no less then 9 new computer and video games for the holidays and his parents are wondering how to kee [ ... ]

The last precious weeks of summer are upon us… time for a final dip in the pool, a last popsicle in the park, and some eleventh hour speed reading of assigned summer books. The excitement of returni [ ... ]