Big Kid
Is Your College Kid Vaccinated for Meningitis B?
Most parents are unaware or confused about the vaccines available for meningitis. Here is more information about the important and potentially life-saving Meningitis B vaccination.
Holidays
How to Make Snow-Globe Soap
Does your hectic holiday schedule have you looking for a last minute craft you can pull off easily in a single afternoon? These mini snow-globes soaps are for you. They won’t add to the over-flowing toy box and they don’t cause cavities!
Resources
What Parents and College Kids Need to Know About Absentee Voting
How can college students make sure they get their ballot and their vote counted? What college kids (and their parents) need to know about voting in 2020.
Activities
50 Things to Do with Kids in Nashville Before They Grow Up
Nashville was made for children. Read our insider’s guide of the events, exhibitions, playgrounds, shops, and restaurants– all created with kids in mind– to visit whether you are a resident or a visitor.
Big Kid
Learning for Fun (and Not Just Gaming) During Coronavirus
Help! My autistic young teen loves these stay-at-home orders for COVID and just wants to play video games. How do I keep him interested in learning?
Young Child
How to Keep Your Kids From Killing Each Other
Mom of four boys– and soon a brood of five — shares her secrets to keeping the peace between her kids and bringing out the best in them.
Food & Home
The Avocado Toast Bar Party for Teens
Teens looking to keep busy in the afternoon? Know what is amazing to keep them occupied AND fed? Or are the kids hosting friends for a sleepover? Need a fun breakfast or brunch activity the next morning? An Avocado Toast Bar. It’s definitely a winner…
Activities
Five Goals For Summer Break with the Family
I want this summer to be like the summers I remember as a kid. I want to do things with them, and I want them to remember this summer as one of the best ever.
Big Kid
Bring On the Commencement Speeches
It’s graduation season which means the commencement speeches are starting to roll in on YouTube. Which means we all get to hear them now. Here are two recent ones that blew me away.
Big Kid
Thoughts From An Almost-Empty Nest
I never felt like the years were flying by until now, and with my kids finishing up high school, we’re thinking about what comes next after they go.
Big Kid
What You Didn’t Expect When You Were Expecting (The Missing Chapter on Teens)
Once your kid hits the teenage years every day brings a new development that you were definitely not expecting. Here are just a few.
Parenting
Let’s Talk Underage Drinking (Mom vs. College Student)
I invited my 20-year-old to sound off with me on the issue of drinking before reaching legal age. This was a hard, but good, talk.
Party & Play
The No-Technology Sleepover (Yes, It’s Really Possible!)
Tired of watching kids always on their phones during a sleepover or playdate? Here are some ideas that are fun for kids and tech free.
Health & Safety
How to Talk About Sexual Consent with Your Kids (Educating and Empowering Children)
Why it’s important to educate and empower your children and talk to them about “enthusiastic consent.”
Big Kid
Anxiety, My Reluctant Teen Driver, and Me
I spent the better part of two years trying to get my son comfortable behind the steering wheel, but I never could’ve predicted how he finally worked it out.
Big Kid
Five Great Tips to Help Older Kids Share a Room
Got tweens or teens siblings sharing a bedroom? Five great tips to make living together more peaceful and enjoyable!
Holidays
Thanksgiving Table Talk: Graces, Jokes and Holiday Trivia
Wondering what to talk about at the Thanksgiving table this year? We’re sharing our favorite graces and jokes, as well as some fun holiday trivia.
Health & Safety
Would You Let Your Teen Have Cosmetic Surgery? I Wouldn’t… Until I Did
I would never, ever encourage or condone my (already perfect) teen-aged children having elective cosmetic surgery… except that, I did, and I’m glad.
Parenting
To Bra or not to Bra: With Sons, That Is The Question
A reader says her husband thinks she can no longer go braless at home because their sons are growing up. I have a few things to say about that.
Big Kid
Help! Teenage Dating Drama
A mom asks how she can help her teen son in the wake of a bungle and subsequent blow-up with his girlfriend.