Activities
A French Baking Party With Secret Agent Josephine
Inspired by my fellow contributor Brenda Ponnay’s new children’s book, Secret Agent Josephine in Paris, Chef Ezra and I bake some french baguettes, a great cooking craft for kids.
Parenting
Alpha Mom Must List: Read “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio
Wonder, the novel about a boy with severe craniofacial deformities who starts middle school, by R.J. Palacio is a must-read for children and their parents.
Baby
Alpha Mom Book Club: The Whole-Brain Child Book Review & Discussion
We’re discussing The Whole-Brain Child for our parenting book club this month. It’s an engaging and informative read on how the brain develops and offers practical solutions for the most typical misbehaving issues, while explaining what is most likely going on in their brains that’s causing them to “lose their mind.”
Big Kid
Summer Reading Book Recommendations From My Teens
A summer recommended book reading list from my teenagers; they love sci-fi, fantasy, coming-of-age teen drama, and (of course) manga.
Resources
Vote on Our June Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club Pick
Vote between “Daring Greatly,” “The Whole-Brain Child” and “Sticks and Stones” for our next Alpha Mom parenting book selection.
Resources
April’s Parenting Book Club Pick: Minimalist Parenting
We’re making a special exception this month and have chosen Minimalist Parenting as our next parenting book club choice.
Young Child
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: Kids Are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
The way to get your kids to behave is to give them the gift of self discipline. But exactly how do you do that? That is what author Barbara Coloroso outlines in her book, Kids Are Worth It!
Products & Services
Vote for our March Parenting Book Club Pick
It is time to choose our next book for our book club. I am so excited. Every single one of these books touches on a parenting issue near and dear to my heart.
Baby
Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club: Far From the Tree
You know the old adage, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree? Well, sometimes it does. Andrew Solomon explores in his new book what happens in families when the apple doesn’t just fall from the tree, it rolls far, far away.
Baby
Vote For Our February Parenting Book Club Pick
It’s time to vote for our February parenting book club selection. I hope a lot of you made it your New Year resolution to read more and will be joining us.
Baby
Alpha Mom Book Club: NurtureShock… A New Way to Think About Children, or Not?
We discuss the science of parenting book, NurtureShock, which promises to turn all of our long held assumptions about parenting on their head.
Toddler
Alpha Mom Book Club: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
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?
Baby
The Alpha Mom Parenting Book Club
Want to read some new books about parenting and then discuss them with other parents? We are going to do just that!
Baby
Alpha Mom Must List: Sh*tty Mom Book
Chelsea Handler of the future is pissed. When she sits down to write her parenting book, she’ll realize the book she wants to write has already been written.
Parenting
Alpha Mom Must List: Read “Happier at Home”
In Happier at Home, Gretchen Rubin’s follow-up to the best-selling The Happiness Project, I find more inspiration for projects that put a smile on my face.
Big Kid
Books Boys Love
Get your boys reading this summer with our awesome list of Books Boys Love! (And we’re pretty sure girls will love it, too!)
Baby
My Favorite Children’s Books for Young Ones
It’s no secret that my favorite baby gift is a bundle of my favorite children’s books. Here are some (or seventy) of my favorite books for babies and young children.
Big Kid
How I Get My Reluctant Son to Read Books
I wasn’t an eager reader at 9 years old and neither is my son right now. So, here’s what I do.
Young Child
Free Bookmarks (Printables) to celebrate D.E.A.R Day
Here are some free bookmarks for you and your family to use. It’s a gift from us to you to celebrate Drop Everything And Read Day.
Baby
Must List: Baby Literature Board Books
This new series of board books will have you all excited even if you weren’t an English Lit major.