Putting the Fun Back in School Fundraising
School fundraisers are a necessary evil — but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun. Here are five easy ways to raise money for your child’s school.
School fundraisers are a necessary evil — but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fun. Here are five easy ways to raise money for your child’s school.
How hard can gardening with young children really be? Follow along while I take you through these 36 steps.
As the Summer Olympics approach and the kids are talking about competition, here’s my nighttime ritual to talk to my kids about how amazing I think they are.
Are OTC cough and cold medicines effective? Are cough and cold medicine safe for children? Do natural cures even work? It’s hard to know which advice is best. That’s why we’ve put together the following cheat sheet of cough and cold medicine information for parents wondering just how to treat their sick child. Hopefully it’s advice that will not only help your kids feel better, but will help you feel better, too.
Practical ways to teach kids at each age about taking care of bills and the household budget.
Beyond sleeping and diapers, here’s my advice.
Mornings and bedtimes with the kids easier when they use a chart so I can give fewer reminders.
We tested many of the toys found on retailers’ Hot Toy Lists for 2015. And we’ll tell you the ones to buy, consider skipping and avoid all together!
Having said that, there is no magic formula for parenting kids (wouldn’t THAT be nice!), but I think that this book has helped me realize some areas where I can improve, especially when it comes to the way that I communicate with my children. I feel like this book gave me ideas to make things better. It is easy to get “stuck” in one way of doing something and not be able to see your way out of it, even when you know it isn’t the best way. How many of us have had the horrified realization of hearing our own parents’ voices coming out of our mouths?
On route to our first family vacation, we survived taxis and airports and transfers. But nothing prepared us for the wall-hitting boredom of the…customs line.
At what point can you hope to integrate bedtime routines between siblings? We have advice here.
Choreganizers are a way to organize chores for your kids and reward them once they complete the tasks. We’ve done a Family Experiment to see if it works for us.
Give your kids a break from technology and rediscover these old school toys.
A mom wants to start a behavior reward chart for her toddler with whom she’s been working on staying in her own bed all night. At what age do you start one and how do you begin?
With kids in activities and sports every single day of the week, there’s something to be said about just playing and being together.
Motherhood is full of opportunities to learn important, and not so important, lessons. You might as well laugh through them all.
Gardening can be a great family activity, and it’s an awesome way to expand your child’s food horizons, too!
I believe I’ve mentioned once or twice or fourteen-dozen times that my older son became…intensely challenging in the weeks and months right after we brought his baby brother home. He was three years old, and he was AWFUL. I feel like I can call him that because 1) he’s not, anymore, and 2) because he was objectively, literally, monumentally AWFUL.
My son throws a tantrum every morning about going to school! How do I make this transition easier for both of us?
Looking to make your bathroom more child-friendly? We test out some bath spout safety guards and a faucet extender for you.