Studies show that time spent on entertainment media by today's children averages more than 7 hours a day.* (*Kaiser Family Foundation Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8-to 18-Year-Olds.) That's pretty close to every minute a child isn't in school or sleeping! Are your kids starting to look like glassy eyed zombies? Are they constantly begging to watch TV or play with your phone? If this … [Read more...]
When it comes to mastering the art of parental discipline I am still a work in progress…what about you?
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...]
The Sunday Swoon: Tips and Tricks for Cooking with your kids and a MasterChef Jr. Viewing Kit Giveaway!
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...]
When it Comes to Your Kids Does Letting go ever get any easier?
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...]
The last people my kids emulate are celebrities and athletes aka I don’t care what MILEY CYRUS DOES
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...]