Mealtime Battles: How to Keep Your Toddler at the Table
A mom is ready to face her toddler’s picky eating habits but her first challenge is keeping her in her high chair. How does she do that successfully?
A mom is ready to face her toddler’s picky eating habits but her first challenge is keeping her in her high chair. How does she do that successfully?
Am I crazy for shopping for my kid’s college dorm room nearly a year ahead of time? Crazy like a fox, maybe. I have my reasons.
Raising teenagers is hard enough; finding clothes that fit them properly shouldn’t be another fight. Here’s a few tips for a couple of common challenges.
A lifetime of nagging my children in the name of “helping” is coming to a close, because we all need me to back off. It’s hard, but I’m working on it.
A couple of life lessons I have (not) learned and want to pass on to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, before she enters high school about basic life preparedness.
A dry, itchy, flakey scalp is even less fun when it’s attached to your preschooler.
An expectant mom is trying anticipate the balance between her need and wanting of help from her own mom and her husband’s need to private family time on the second time around.
I’ve volunteered to teach personal finance classes to teens. This is what I want teens to know about how credit cards work before they go off to college:
When potty-training isn’t going well, is there ever a point where you should just pack it in and go back to diapers?
When should my toddler move from a crib to a toddler or big-kid bed?
Tired of “expert” advice on readying your high schooler to get into a top college? Me, too. I like realism, and a non-stressed kid. Here’s my take.
A mom of three is having a very hard time deciphering her 8 month old’s sleep schedule after several months of trying. There’s no pattern and she needs help establishing a routine that is predictable for her family.
Is talking about the Internet the new Sex Talk? I think about this a lot already, ESPECIALLY as a parent who blogs and uses an array of social networks and shares quite a bit about my life online.
My nine year old daughter is a perfectionist.
This past six week marking period she got her first ever B. She stomped up to her room and slammed the door. It hadn’t occurred to me before this that perhaps being a perfectionist had a negative side.
A first-time mom (FTM) needs some general newborn sleep advice but more specifically wants to know about our love for the magic that is the crib soother.
Parents have gone back to work after their paternity and maternity leaves and are concerned that their older toddler daughter is too aggressive with her new sibling and has been generally too defiant. Is this new behavior something to be concerned about or typical given the changes at home?
Honesty is the best policy, but I routine lie to my teenagers on one very important point… and I’m going to keep doing it, too.
The latest in our ongoing series of Can This Grandparent Be Trusted To Babysit? Communication is key– voicing your concerns and having an honest conversation may be the key for building a healthy babysitting relationship.
Need ideas for what to get Dad for Father’s Day? How about an old school mix CD of his favorite songs? We have some great free printable CD covers just for dad.
I enrolled my daughter in a kindergarten class that she hates. How can I make the transition easier for both of us?