Hard to believe (for me at least!) but school will be back in session soon. After a summer off, the transition at the beginning a new school year — specifically for younger children who are starting preschool — can be [...]
Keeping track of kids’ allowances can end up being a chore for the parent. In our house, we follow a 3-way split on allowance earned — my sons have to save 1/3 of their allowance, donate 1/3 of their allowance [...]
Screen time is not just TV, it includes watching DVD’s, playing video games or surfing the Internet. All that time in front of a screen limits physical activity – and experts say that kids need at least 60 minutes of [...]
A new study by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine finds that preschool aged kids who consistently get 11 hours of sleep each night score better in developmental tests than those who get varying amounts of sleep or less than [...]
Though we’d probably all love to don our Supermom capes 24/7, the simple fact is we’re human and we all get frustrated or tired from time to time. A new study found that parents who are aggressive with each other [...]
If you’re pregnant and trying to decide on a baby name, nameberry.com is the place to go. The website tracks the hottest trends in baby-naming and this week nameberry published a list of the Top Girls’ Names of 2010 and [...]
In some ways the definition of Modern Motherhood includes being good at multitasking. We’re juggling all the time: schedules, jobs, play dates, doctors appointments, birthday parties. But what if we don’t? What if we try to just do one thing at a time?
Parenting during the Tween or Pre-adolescence years is a challenge. This stage between middle childhood and adolescence usually hits hardest between the ages of 10 to 12 years old. The Tween years prepare you for the “3rd circle of hell” [...]
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