When it comes to moving through life and living through the grand beliefs that help schedule and influence our behavior, it’s extremely easy to adopt attitudes that are less healthy than they could be. For instance, in order to avoid coming across as a terminal moaner, we often try to handle the hardships of life […]
Entertaining Your Kids During Holidays
Children- lovable, darling, sweet, little individuals who bring joy to your life. But when the holidays roll around, you start to remember just have much work it is to keep them entertained (and safe) while you juggle work and/or caring for them as a full-time parent. See for many years, I was a working mama […]
Entertaining Your Kids During The Holidays
Children- loveable, darling, sweet, little individuals who bring joy to your life. But when the holidays roll around, you start to remember just have much work it is to keep them entertained (and safe) while you juggle work and/or caring for them as a full-time parent. When school is out, your children will need to […]
Can You Beat An Illness On Vacation?
Has this ever happened to you? You plan for months or even years for your dream vacation. Then, two days after you get there, you start to develop the dreaded bug or virus. It’s worth noting that this is more common than most people think and it’s not hard to understand why. I’ve had it […]
Camping For The First Time? Tips To Make It Easier
How do you feel about camping? Maybe it’s something you’ve always wanted to try, but never found the time? Maybe you’re an avid camper who loves to get back to nature? Or maybe you hate the idea altogether, and would rarely think of booking a camping trip to go on with your loved ones? I’m […]
5 Popular Family Board Games With Educational Benefits
Many of us view board games as nothing more than light entertainment. However, what if they could also boost brainpower and teach vital life skills? Here are just several popular family board games that have been found to have educational benefits. Chess We’ll start with one of the oldest board games in the world. Chess […]
Should You Be Concerned About Rising Maternal Mortality Rates in the US?
Maternal mortality is, unfortunately, at an unacceptable level in the United States. Between 2000 and 2015, it rose by a staggering 16.6% while the global maternal mortality rate actually decreased by 36.6%. In fact, out of the six countries that saw an increase during those 15 years, the United States was the only developed country […]
Keeping Teens Motivated Through School
As your children reach their teenage years, you might notice their motivation and joy for school or education start to dwindle. With puberty in full swing energy and concentration levels are bound to be all over the place, and there will no doubt be other important things occupying their minds or grabbing their attention too. […]
Can Your Relationship Survive Christmas?
The run-up to Christmas can be tricky for relationships, both long and short term. The two weeks before Christmas Day are the most popular weeks of the year for marriages and other long term relationships to breakdown. Some attribute this to the stress of the season, and others think that it’s because all of the […]
A Quick Guide To Raising Your Kids To Stand Up For Themselves
Raising your kids to stand up for themselves doesn’t mean raising them to be bullies or mean to other kids. It simply means raising them to not be pushovers – so that they can articulate what it is they want to do and what it is they don’t want to do without being swayed. There’s […]
