Activities
Tooth Fairy Traditions
Where does the idea of the tooth fairy come from? And how does she leave treats at your house? A quick look at the origins of the tooth fairy, and at some cute DIY crafts to hold the teeth and the money.
Parenting
How to Best Manage Your Child’s Caregiver
Managing the relationship between your child and their caregiver requires finesse and work. We have advice for you.
Activities
6 Rules For Family Night
Family night should be easy, but trust me, what you think is fun and what your children think is fun are often worlds apart. So, we thought up some rules.
Young Child
The Line in the Sand
What has happened for me as parent is redefining what actually matters, not getting as caught up in the small things, and choosing my battles wisely.
Parenting
16 Things I Have Learned About Being a Mother
Mothering isn’t about the big issues, it’s about the small lessons we pick up along the way. They are the things our children will remember us for, good or bad.
Big Kid
Caught, Not Taught
I’ve been thinking about the qualities that people most often comment about in my children and how they learned those things.
Young Child
The Lies We Tell
Lying is a necessary part of parenting. Any parent that tells me they never lie to their kids, well, I think they are lying.
Family Fun
Ten Parenting Resolutions for All of Us
I don’t think perfection in parenting exists, but every day I try, not to reach perfection, but to do the best I can and to learn to appreciate the imperfect.
Young Child
So, You Want to Garden With Your Children
How hard can gardening with young children really be? Follow along while I take you through these 36 steps.
Parenting
Does Every Parent Have a Favorite Child?
We should just remember to treat our children as individuals, celebrate their differences, and not worry much about everything being perfectly even or equal.
Toddler
23 Exceedingly Helpful Tips For Maintaining Your Sanity While Living With Children
“Do not paint any walls in your house with flat paint” is just one of our many helpful tips for staying sane while raising children.
Baby
Lessons You Learn From Motherhood
Motherhood is full of opportunities to learn important, and not so important, lessons. You might as well laugh through them all.