Category: Parenting
Growing Up Online: Preserving Memories that Matter
Children grow up fast, so it’s natural that parents want to capture the good times, especially during the holidays. Digital devices make it easier than ever to record memorable moments in family life. Some
Calling for a Little Peace and Quiet
How time spent alone can foster creativity and independence among children. Ever felt the need for a peaceful retreat if for no other reason than to collect your thoughts? Your kids might need to do the same. Some experts fear that in a world muddied with thousands of distractions, structured activities and constant entertainment options, [...]
Parenting Your Children’s Children
In 2002, Karen Best Wright, mother to eight grown children and grandmother to 12, received a phone call from her daughter. Two days later she was driving home with a 2-month-old premature infant, a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. Wright had been married only four months to her husband and was embarking on a new career [...]
The Thinking Mom’s Guide to Eating
Whether you’re trying to help your kids with their homework, divvy up the dinner tab at your moms’ night out, or multitask several major projects at work, your brain works better when you feed it well. In fact, scientists in the pioneering field of nutritional neuroscience are finding that specific nutrients may be able to [...]
Growing Up Online: 6 Educational Trends Parents Should Know About
Sending children off to school is an act of faith. How can you be sure they will learn what they need to know, especially in a world where technology is so important and changes so quickly?
The Art of Apology: Teaching Kids the Power of “I’m Sorry”
“I’m sorry.” Such lovely syllables requiring so little of us, yet so HUGE in their impact. Lately I feel as if I am a broken record with my teen son. No matter what daily dramatic social dilemma he comes home and recounts after school, I hear my stressed voice whispering “If you had just apologized [...]
Whose Rules Rule?
by Brette McWhorter Sember “But Dad always lets me stay up this late.” “At Mom’s house we don’t have to take the garbage out.” Sound familiar? Separation and divorce means two homes for your child, and too often that means two completely different sets of rules. It’s hard enough for a kid to comply with [...]
Stranger Danger? Ten Smart Strategies to Help Keep Your Child Safe
By Christa Hines With the parade sounds of blaring horns and beating drums marching off into the distance, Angie Worth, along with her newborn daughter Ella, her 2-year-old son Todd, and her elderly grandmother, began to head back to the car. The exciting morning turned into panicked chaos when Worth lost sight of her energetic [...]
Growing Up Online: Keeping Vacation Photos G-Rated
Summer vacation photos used to mean snapshots of kids posed in front of landmarks or goofing around with cousins at a family reunion. Only a decade ago, parents knew exactly what photos their kids took if only because the camera was family property and parents had to pay to have the photos developed. Now that [...]
The Power of Gratitude
By Tara Patricia, author of The Road You Were Meant to Travel Being thankful is an easy enough concept. Someone does something nice for you and you show gratitude toward them in return, right? We are taught this polite way of interaction as young children and as adults understand its importance in life. We have [...]
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