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When it comes to mastering the art of parental discipline I am still a work in progress…what about you?

July 3, 2016 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

Growing up I feared my mother's anger.  Her wrath, when incurred, could produce a hailstorm of slapping, hair pulling and guttural screams that if I close my ears and really concentrate I can still hear today. Of course now that she's an elderly grandmother that saucy side of her personality- and even the mere thought of her doing anything but raising her hand to give anything other than a hug to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Motherhood Musings, Parenting Tips Tagged With: disciplined kids, mastering the art of parental discipline, parenthood, raising kids

The Sunday Swoon: Tips and Tricks for Cooking with your kids and a MasterChef Jr. Viewing Kit Giveaway!

January 11, 2015 by Melissa Chapman 54 Comments

Congrats to our winner Leigh Anne! I am a major fan of finance guru Suze Orman, host of CNBC's "The Suze Orman Show." A few years ago, she appeared on "Oprah," imploring us financially strapped parents to scale back on the spending we've been doing in respect to our kids (and her advice has and continues to resonate with me). One thing Ms. Orman said that really hit home: Parents shouldn't be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Delicious Recipes, Family Fun Tagged With: Bonding with your kids, Fox, MasterChef Junior, Melissa Chapman, parenthood, raising kids, Staten Island Family fun

When it Comes to Your Kids Does Letting go ever get any easier?

November 25, 2013 by Melissa Chapman 1 Comment

I'll be the first to admit this- I am a pushover when it comes to my kids. I don't ever want to spoil them and yet I find it so hard to keep myself from giving them everything and anything. I want them to be strong and self sufficient and yet I can usually be found hovering over them if it is at all humanely possible to do so. I am full of contradictions and yet I know I need to present a united … [Read more...]

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The last people my kids emulate are celebrities and athletes aka I don’t care what MILEY CYRUS DOES

August 26, 2013 by Melissa Chapman 1 Comment

Miley Cyrus is hell-bent on making one thing perfectly clear- she is NOT HANNAH MONTANA.   In fact, she is doing everything in her power short of starring in a TRIPLE X porno flick to let everyone and their mother know that SHE. IS. A Full-fledged adult. She has shaken off that saccharine sweet Disnified image- long, flowing highlighted curls sheared off- replaced by a shock of platinum blonde … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Disney child actors, http://heydoyou.com, Melissa Chapman, Miley Cyrus, parenthood, parenting your kids, real role models for our children, the Staten Island Family, VMA's

As mothers are we responsible for the early sexualization of our girls?

March 18, 2013 by Melissa Chapman 2 Comments

There's been a hailstorm of controversy brewing over photo shoots involving underage girls essentially blaming them for the early sexualization of our little girls. To be honest -- the images of these little girls, with their lips parted ever so slightly, and a come hither looks in their body language and facial expressions is a little off-putting to say the least. But honestly, I think the entire … [Read more...]

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