This Zucchini Spaghetti Recipe is one of Four things parents can do to kick start the best year of their children's lives! is a sponsored post. As a new year unfolds there's a mantra we all repeat: I can't believe Fall 2021 is already underway-wasn't it just the beginning of summer vacation?! This year feels so monumental as it has already held a few life-altering … [Read more...]
No one tells you that the hardest part of motherhood is when your kids grow up
I really believed when I was smack in the trenches of arguing with my husband about not wanting him to buy the no-frills diapers- since my kids ALWAYS leaked through them- that once the stage of them being completely dependent on me for their basic needs was done- I'd be in the homestretch. But No one tells you that the hardest part of motherhood is when your kids grow up. I … [Read more...]
5 Tips To Get the Family Outdoors and Unplugged
5 Tips To Get the Family Outdoors and Unplugged was written in partnership with Shopstyle 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 … [Read more...]
10 great PLAYDATES for parents and their kids
I know scheduling 10 great PLAYDATES for parents and their kids is a lot easier said than done and even when I get that time in; my son is a bit hard to impress. It feels like it is increasingly getting that much tougher for us parents to compete for our kids' attention having to keep up with the excitement of a fast-paced movie or television show for their affections. And of course it … [Read more...]
8 Tips to Raising a Self-Confident Daughter
8 Tips to Raising a Self-Confident Daughter BEST OF FRENEMIES: MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AND WEIGHT Barbie gets a bad rap. She’s has been the prime suspect in crimes against girls’ and women’s self-esteem, followed closely by fashion designers and photoshop artists. But is she solely to blame? It’s complicated. Yes, society’s expectations and pop culture play a role, but for many women, our … [Read more...]