Parenting
3 Simple Tips For Getting Your Summer Parenting Groove Back
Are you feeling the crush of summer? Here are 3 simple tips to help you get your parenting summer groove back.
Relationships
First Birthday Family Drama
A new mom doesn’t want to her well-known family drama to bleed into and taint her daughter’s first birthday party. How can she maintain the peace?
Big Kid
May I Have This (Senior Year) Dance?
With just one (short) year left before college, I have to figure out how to give my oldest enough room to get ready to launch. We’re getting there.
Relationships
Help! We’re Moving & Driving Each Other Crazy!
Next month, my husband and I are moving our small family about an hour away from where we are now. My husband and I are taking very different packing approaches in how we’re preparing for his this move and we’re driving each other crazy because of it. How can we make this go smoother for our sanity?
Young Child
Frustrated No More (Except With Ourselves)
Amalah uses a celebratory Advice Smackdown update for some self-reflection on our own hard-earned parenting achievements, as imperfectly won as they may have come.
Family Fun
Fun Back-to-School Door Hanger Printables!
Began preparing for back-to-school with these fun Back-to-School door hangers. Help kids get into studying mode with these free printables!
Parenting
To Move or Not To Move (And What To Say To Your Kids)
Due to unusual job and housing circumstances, a family with young children is considering moving homes twice in a very short period of time. Is that crazy? What should these parents consider and do before the move?
Crafts
Totes Beachy! Paint Your Own Beach Tote
If you are looking for a simple and fun summer craft to keep your kids busy, this might be just the bag for you! It’s easy and you can use your masterpiece when you are done, my favorite kind of art!
Family Fun
DIY Unicorn Hair Tutorial
What’s more fun that a head of rainbow hair? I have no idea. Summer is the perfect time to go colorful, and you can do it at home.
Relationships
Super-Duper Belated Baby Shower Thank-You Notes
An expectant mom thinks that her friends are likely to throw her a baby shower for baby #2 but she hasn’t sent thank you notes from her one. What should she do?
Party & Play
Tried & True Playdate Packing Tips
Getting out of the house with a toddler in tow can be a challenge. Between packing up the stroller, toys, diapers, snacks, water bottle, change of clothes (along with my wallet and phone)… the must-haves of what you need when leaving the house with your active toddler can seem endless. Here are some tried and true tips that have worked for me when packing and preparing for playdates.
Young Child
Keeping Your Kids Awake In the Car
A mom is trying to keep her kids from napping in the car ride home after a busy and long day of summer activities so as not to mess up their sleep schedule. What is the most effective technique that Amalah has used with her sons?
Products & Services
Six Pairs of Kids’ Swim Goggles We Swear Won’t Leak
Tired of buying swim goggles that leak? Alpha Mom tested out six popular brands of kids swim goggles and masks so you don’t have to waste your money any longer.
Relationships
Dealing With the (Homeless) In-Laws
A young family’s house has been invaded by homeless in-laws who seem to have no motivation to leave and it’s disrupting her family’s life. The mother turns to Amalah for advice on how to manage this sticky situation with her husband and in-laws.
Health & Safety
How To Deal With Your Child’s Sadness, Anger, And Other Tough Feelings
Kids will experience a myriad emotions growing up and it’s our job as parents to help them learn how to cope.
Toddler
On Sleepovers & the Silent Treatment
Sleep deprived parents are divided on whether their young toddler is ready to sleep over at his grandparents’ and it’s led to marital strife.
Big Kid
Figuring Out Mental Health Care For Teens In Crisis
How does a parent navigate the health system to get a mentally ill teen the help they need? It’s hard, but not impossible. Get the support you need and keep going.
Food & Home
3 Easy Post-Pool Dinners for Hot Summer Evenings
Here are some of my favorite simple, kid-friendly, 15-minute dinners for those days you are burnt out from spending hours by the pool or at the beach.
Pregnancy
Is This My Last-Chance Baby?
What happens when you’re facing 40, staring at menopause and yelling, “Back off, sister, my uterus has more work to do!”
Big Kid
Confessions Of A Snapchat Convert
I don’t know if this has been obvious from my writing over the years, but… I am not exactly the hippest mother on the planet. Or the most permissive. This is why it comes as such a surprise to me that I absolutely love Snapchat.