Big Kid
Simplifying Laundry for our Busy Family
I’m raising responsible household managers who will stand on their own two feet one day; fully capable of the daily skills. independent adults need to know.
Big Kid
How Old is Too Old for Trick or Treating?
We are living in a time where people are constantly lamenting the fact that children are growing up too quickly, acting like adults long before their years. And yet, inexplicably, many people feel twelve is too old to act like a child.
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.
Activities
Best Jokes for Kids
Comedy is a difficult skill to teach your children, but I warn you a good joke depository is imperative to their growth and development.
Big Kid
A College Education, the Key to a Happy Life or Not?
A realistic look at the benefit of attending a private 4-year college education versus the amount of money it will cost.
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!
Education
12 Back-to-School Essentials You Didn’t Realize You Needed (…until now)
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!
Health & Safety
The HPV Vaccine: Separating Myth From Fact
A mom is trying to understand the information out there about the HPV vaccine and whether she should vaccinate her tween son.
Big Kid
Teenagers and Curfews
What do you think is an appropriate curfew for teenagers? Do you remember having a curfew when you were that age? Do you think it would be okay if I just locked my teenagers in a plastic bubble until they turn thirty?
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.
Big Kid
Has Feminism Killed Chivalry and Good Old Fashioned Manners?
I hear people talk about kids now-a-days and how they are rude, unhelpful, and reeking of self-entitlment. Here are 10 ways your kids can practice good manners.
Big Kid
Independence For Lunch, One Way Or Another
Challenging my teenager to manage her own school lunches is giving me palpitations, but it’s time and—one way or another—she can handle it.
Big Kid
Lunch Boxes Of The Teen And Quirky
Worried that your teen is the only one whose lunch isn’t Pinterest-worthy? Allow me to make you feel a lot better about your life (and lunch) choices.
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
Allowances, Chores, and the Bank of Mom
It appears to me that all of my son’s friends have unlimited budgets. Unfortunately for my son, the Bank of Mom does not.
Big Kid
College Planning: Mid-Junior-Year Check-In
Time marches on, and now that my kid is halfway through her junior year, college planning is beginning in earnest. There’s so much to think about!
Big Kid
Teens and Dating
Have teen girls become more aggressive in dating situations? Here is one mother’s experience with her teen son and dating.
Big Kid
When Smart Isn’t So Smart
Is being gifted all it’s cracked up to be? In some cases, it can be more of a hindrance to success than you might think.
Big Kid
My Kid Turned 18 And All I Got Was Grateful (and Some Ink)
While a child’s 18th birthday is a big deal no matter what, it’s especially meaningful to our family that our once-struggling kid is now, finally, thriving.
Big Kid
Rubber Bracelets, promoting Cancer Awareness one preteen boy at a time
Teen boys are wearing bracelets with the message I Love Boobies. Do these bracelets really raise awareness for breast cancer or are they promoting sexism?