Three Simply Perfect Holiday Cookie Recipes
Baking cookies for the holidays? These three crowd-pleasing cookie recipes are simple, delicious, and easy to churn out in large quantities.
Baking cookies for the holidays? These three crowd-pleasing cookie recipes are simple, delicious, and easy to churn out in large quantities.
After two and a half years of homeschooling, my autistic teen is embarking on a new adventure. Here’s why, and how we’re hoping to make it work.
A mother’s frustration at being the target of her 9 year old’s anger. Some advice on how to best handle this explosive, sensitive situation.
One mom needs help making sure she’s not reinforcing gender messages in toys and not limiting her son given her sudden allergy to pink toys.
I vowed never to become an overprotective parent like my mother. Then I had a child.
Tidings of comfort and joy can feel like a tall order in a household with children who are no longer truly children… but I think it’s still there if you look.
Many homeschooling families are not as concerned with offering their children a well-rounded education as they are with walking alongside them as they find their place in the world.
My mother is an addict. I gave her a chance to be part of my daughter’s life but she keeps breaking the rules and I can’t trust her. Now what?
We have some great holiday gift ideas of active toys for older kids. We tested them out and have interesting picks to get the kids moving.
We recommend 50 Toys and Games that we feel you can trust. The selections range from infant to tween with varying price points.
Every year the big-box retailers announce their lists of the top toys for the holiday season. You know, the ones on the “hot lists” that promise to make your kids the happiest on the planet. Do they deserve those honors? Are those toys worth the money? We take a look at some toys found on many of the 2013 lists.
Drowning in Thanksgiving leftovers, and tired of your standard recipes? Here’s my go-to trio of post-Thanksgiving foods.
Deciding whether to get your child(ren) a learning tablet? We review the LeapPad Ultra and the Tabeo e2.
Advent Calendars are fun for kids to countdown the days until Christmas. Here’s a super easy and fun lollipop advent calendar wreath one to make with the kids.
This Thanksgiving and beyond, I am grateful that we are “The House” for my teens and their friends. What does that look like?
A mother-in-law writes in for advice about a daughter-in-law who plays favorites and keeps her from spending enough time with her grandchild.
There are a ton of baby monitors out there. We review some of the top-selling ones – from simple audio to digital, video, Wi-Fi based, and baby monitors controlled by fancy apps.
What’s the best way to deal with separation anxiety in an 8-month-old? Should I give in and hold him all the time or should I be keeping my distance?
In the excitement of adding a second dog to our household, I may have forgotten how hard it can be for everyone involved, even when it’s a good thing.
The holidays are around the corner and my relationship with my husband’s family is a mess. How can I fix this? Should I fix this?