If you want your children to adjust to a new baby, there are some specific areas you have to be careful about, and some specific things you can do. The following are five tips for helping older siblings adjust to life with baby: 1. Plan for baby. The more you plan the better … [Read more...] about I’m A Big Brother! Adjusting to a New Baby
Parenting Kids
10 Ways to Stop A Bully
While bullying is a normal part of life, it is not something that anyone should have to put up with. Bullies are not going to disappear on their own, you have to take the steps to get rid of the bully.There are ten ways to stop a bully. 1. Put on a brave face. When you let a … [Read more...] about 10 Ways to Stop A Bully
Your Guide to Choosing Great Colors for Girls’ Rooms
When you are painting a room you want the perfect color. Not too bright, not too dull, not too gross, and not too weird. There are tons of options. When you paint a girl's room, you cut the list down a little bit, but there are still tons of options. Here are some of the best … [Read more...] about Your Guide to Choosing Great Colors for Girls’ Rooms
Home Alone Tragedy: Five-Year-Old Left Alone
In late June five-year-old Brandajah Smith was taken off life-support machines after she was declared brain dead in New Orleans. Little Brandajah was left home alone by her mother who went to a neighborhood store to buy a few things. While playing alone, Brandajah found a loaded … [Read more...] about Home Alone Tragedy: Five-Year-Old Left Alone
Support Group Wisdom
The Parents Anonymous Group was a wealth of information; I wonder how I could ever have managed without it and the members. Here are a few quick tips that I learned in group that helped me many times: Nothing lasts forever. Change is inevitable… except when you have a … [Read more...] about Support Group Wisdom
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to