Backyard water play
A family’s backyard can be a year-round haven for outdoor fun. During those summer months, there will be days when the heat is unbearable and your kids will want to have nothing to do with being outside.
Redefining family
The definition of family is not with the nuclear family, not even with the biological family. It spills into all those who are willing to be family to each other.
No place like home school
One foot in the home school door, the other in the public is a looming possibility for this family as September approaches and kids make choices.
Tips for Coping with the Loss of a Baby
These creative self-care tips helped the author move through her grief, and eventually led her to healing and transformation.
Technologically advanced kids
Today’s children grow up in a world filled with electronics, gadgets, multi-media entertainment. Televisions, computers, video games, tablets, smart phones have all contributed to how a child’s brain absorbs new information.
Dates with dad: 5 ways to reconnect with your daughter
One of the best ways to begin to reconnect with your daughter is to spend time with her. Find time once a week to do something with your daughter. Here are some ideas to get you started.
Breastfeeding for the long haul
How I rose above the shame of long-term breastfeeding and managed to continue to nurse my baby after going back to work.
True friends
Some friends will come and go and others will be around through the test of time.
Camp Erin
Camp Erin is a free week-end Bereavement Camp for children ages six to seventeen where normal camp activities are blended with special programs designed for children coping with death.
Crybaby cafe
Breastfeeding has amazing benefits for both mom and baby. But when a happily breastfed baby starts putting up a fight at every feeding, it brings anxiety and drama into an otherwise peaceful relationship.
Relationship travel truth tips
No matter what the stage of your relationship, a vacation with your partner might be just what the doctor ordered.
Doing it for the kids is a done deal for parents
The things we do for our kids. Most recently, the thing had my husband and I careening down an extremely steep, narrow mountain bike trail, bumping over logs, dodging trees, navigating roots and streams and evading bees.
No snow required for fun at Horseshoe Resort
The slopes at Horseshoe Resort are open for an entirely different brand of fun in the summer.
Wolf Your World Tour
Kicking off Memorial Day weekend, the lovable characters will embark on the first-ever Wolf Your World Tour throughout North America, sharing “random acts of wolfiness” with everyone they meet. In celebration of Great Wolf Resorts’ largest expansion ever, Wiley the Wolf
First tooth equals first dental visit
Traditionally, the age that most children go to the dentist for their first visit is at three years old or unfortunately, when a child feels pain.
Christmas in July? Start Planning Now for Stress Free Holidays
It seems silly to think about the stress of the upcoming holiday season while you are relaxing by the pool this summer. As you flip through your favorite magazines and sip a cool drink, December is the last thing on your
Mommy Ink
For Mother’s Day, I wanted to get a tattoo that symbolized my kids. In my young and carefree days, I got my first tattoo on my lower back (a tree of life) and I always wanted to get another one.
Kids are messy
As a parent, you tend to resign yourself to having a bit of a mess in your house. Okay, maybe more than a bit.