Books Girls Love
Summer means outdoor fun, water play, and of course, reading time. Here are some great books and book series that are very popular with girls (and I’m sure boys, too!)
Summer means outdoor fun, water play, and of course, reading time. Here are some great books and book series that are very popular with girls (and I’m sure boys, too!)
Our favorite books for holiday gifting. Books for kids, adults, and cooks!
Watching teens wade into the dating pool is a special kind of agony. Mine may roll their eyes at me, but these are the things I think they need to know.
How do you help your middle schoolers deal with their roller coaster of emotions and experiences?
Recognizing my own negative body image issues and instilling a healthy self-image in my 13-year-old daughter.
It is inevitable. We all face disappointments in our lives, many times out of our direct control. How we handle those disappointments is up to us. Teaching our children to weather setbacks and failures is one of the more important jobs we face as parents.
As teens leave behind ever-widening digital footprints, do their interactions deserve privacy? I don’t think so, and my kids know where I stand.
Wonder, the novel about a boy with severe craniofacial deformities who starts middle school, by R.J. Palacio is a must-read for children and their parents.
A couple of life lessons I want to pass down to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, about the importance of a positive body image and the consequences of surrounding herself with people who hurt, not help, that image.
You’re nothing like me, in all the best ways possible. Where I am shy, you are confident. Where I am weak, you are strong. Where I am laid back, you are fierce.
A summer recommended book reading list from my teenagers; they love sci-fi, fantasy, coming-of-age teen drama, and (of course) manga.
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.
Solutions for when your child wants a name brand item that you simply can’t afford.
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.
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.
Your child is approaching or in preadolescence. This new phase of development may seem fairly natural and normal to you, but it’s probably the exact opposite to your child. Puberty can be embarrassing, awkward and scary. For that reason, any puberty advice or information you give your child now is only going to help their comfort level during this transitional time.
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.
This is the time of year when we all start to thinks about being thankful. It is the time when we reflect on the past year and consider where we want to go in our lives in the upcoming one. How have you helped your children be thankful for all they are blessed with?
All that said, the decision to leave your kids alone is obviously a very personal one and depends on factors such as their maturity, their environment and your basic comfort level. As well as other issues like whether you should put the oldest kid in charge and your kids’ ability to follow safety rules to the letter.
Several of my young children are competitive athletes. These are the lessons my children have learned over the years from involvement in youth sports.