Ah, homework. It can be the bane of your existence. It may be your nightly battle. Here we tackle finding the balance between helping your children accomplish their responsibilities and fostering independence.
Back-to-school ideas for items that you might not even realize you need until you really need them! These are time-saving, must-have items for your family!
A mom needs help teaching her child effective homework skills, especially when there are younger ones around whose homework is to distract their older sibling.
How do you help your middle schoolers deal with their roller coaster of emotions and experiences?
There is a misconception that homeschooling is only for the privileged few, but homeschooling is an educational option for single-income, as well as dual-income households.
Apparently I’m not the only parent alone in my sentiment of being mystified by grade school math. Here’s how to help your grade schooler without having to go back-to-school yourself.
It is the time of year when you begin to hear complaints from the kids about their teachers. “My teacher hates me!” Do you step in or let them work it out?
I enrolled my daughter in a kindergarten class that she hates. How can I make the transition easier for both of us?
The most attractive asset available for homeschooling families is flexibility. Not just the freedom to change what is not working, but releasing the notion that learning, in and of itself, has a “face.”
It is possible to make the first week back to school go off without a hitch! Make the first week back to school easier for everyone by following these tips.
Back to school means it’s time to start recording all those important dates in your new school year calendar. Make it fun for the kids with these stickers!
Make back-to-school season a little easier this year! Help your child keep school papers organized with these free school papers organization labels.
My sons and I love spending time playing The Game of Life. And, though obvious that they’ve updated LIFE through the decades, I’ve noticed that the board game still a bit behind the times on a few things. Therefore, I’ve put together some suggestions as to how to make The Game of Life current for 2013.
Get your kids thinking and writing during summer vacation with fill-in-the-blank word games inspired by Mad Libs! It’s also perfect for your young camper to send from sleepaway camp.
Every year at this time, our elementary school holds individual ceremonies for the third, fourth and fifth grades. Anyway, that part of the event is all fine and good and it’s great to see the kids get their little medals and certificates. But then? Then things take a very obnoxious turn. Because that’s when the principal thanks everyone for coming, makes some closing remarks and opens up the mic. To the audience. Of parents….
We finally had The Sex Talk with our firth grade son. A long talk. A couple of talks, in fact. And throughout the process, we all learned a few things about the best way to handle discussing sex at this age and stage.
Our family is most definitely composed of omnivores, with a heavy carnivore bent when it comes to cheeseburgers. However, my teen daughter is a vegetarian. This is how we make it work.
School mornings can be very stressful. Here are some great tried-and-true mom tips on reducing stress in the morning and getting your kids to school without yelling.
A couple of my children have lice and nits. That’s it. There is nothing to do but shave our heads and burn down the house. Just kidding. This is how I got rid of it and cared for my home after the lice discovery.
Last week, my my 11-year-old son asked if he could sign up for an Instagram account. This was definitely an eye-opening experience for me and my husband and taught us an important lesson about our kids online.
