Dedicated sports fans are always game to try out new and exciting ways to show their teams how much they are loved. Getting the entire family involved is a special way of spending quality time with the kids and embracing the home team at the same time. Check out these ideas for … [Read more...] about 10 Creative Ways for Your Family to Support Your Favorite Sports Team
Parenting Teens
What Will Your Epitaph Say?
My family and I went to Emley’s Cemetery in Imlaystown, New Jersey to pursue our hobby of ‘graving.’ While we were there taking photos of the different stones I remembered a question from many years ago. “If you write your own epitaph, what would it say?” Think about it for a … [Read more...] about What Will Your Epitaph Say?
Weather Changes Affect Children’s Behavior
When my girls were school-age the topic of weather and our children’s behavior came up in my Parents Anonymous group. The facilitator said, “Any time there is a weather change you can expect the kids’ behavior to change.” Several teachers and daycare professionals … [Read more...] about Weather Changes Affect Children’s Behavior
Cheating and Kids: Use Teaching Moments
Last week found a dark cloud hanging over the educational establishment in Atlanta, Georgia. Caught up in the conspiracy to cheat were the former superintendent, executive administrators, principals, assistant principals, testing coordinators, teachers, school improvement … [Read more...] about Cheating and Kids: Use Teaching Moments
Your Child Wants to Get a Tattoo
Teenagers are curious creatures. When kids turn twelve many are already into adolescence, a time of great change in their brains, bodies and lives. Adolescence can be a trying time for parents as well; one day this cuddly, sweet boy does an about-face and utters profanities as he … [Read more...] about Your Child Wants to Get a Tattoo
Parenting viewpoints from parents in the trenches, because parenting doesn’t come with a manual. In addition to