Do you purchase Valentine’s gifts for your child? Valentine’s Day is a fun and festive day to celebrate love and friendship. It is also a great time for parents to break up the long cold winter days with a little fun that makes their children feel loved. This year you can use one of these…
Thanks to my daughter I have become “The Lunch Box Notes Queen”! In kindergarten she quickly realized that the school lunch was not her cup of tea. We started packing her lunch each evening. One night she mentioned in passing that she had already packed it. That “mom instinct” kicked in and I double checked…
We can easily find volunteer opportunities for teens within our local communities and there is a need for their time, talent and thoughts. Encouraging and teaching my teen son to give back to our community is a priority for me. We live in a society that seems to focus on material items – having more, getting…
How to be present in my children’s day is a question I sometimes find myself thinking about. Especially now that we have two in college, a middle schooler (oh the tween years!) and our youngest is getting more and more independent. As a busy mom, your time gets spread thin across a number of tasks…
Every parent wants their kids to succeed in school, whether they’re 8 or 18. I tell my sons on a regular basis, the habits and behaviors they are establishing now will impact their lives for years to come. The only issue is that kids don’t realize this while they are young. Many think that they…
