The most common thing people use to fill Easter eggs is usually candy. While candy is great, I usually like to only fill about fifty percent of the eggs with candy and fill the rest with little toys and nicknacks. My kids always get so excited about the little toys I put inside their eggs. […]
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Do Women Find the “Dad Bod” More Attractive?
Between the change of seasons keeping us indoors more and the various holiday feasts and parties we gorge at, this time of year it’s even easier than usual to put on a few extra pounds around the old equator. But according to Richard G. Bribiescas, Professor of Anthropology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale and author […]
Read MoreFood or Phone: The Importance of Eating Dinners Phone...
Dinner can sometimes be the only part of the day when a family can sit down and have quality time together. Everyone is busy – you are running errands all day and working, dad is constantly answering emails and the kids are catching up on homework and sports after school. Finding time each day to […]
Read MorePositive Strategies to Use When Your Child Isn’t Listening
Parenting gets really hard when your kids can start deciding not to listen to you. The routine of eating, sleeping and pooping are a lot more complicated now, and boy do kids love practicing free will. While we want to raise strong, independent children, we still need to hold the authority in the house. Nothing […]
Read More15 Hilarious Times Kids Embarrassed Their Parents
Children, particularly small children, have an innocent talent for saying or doing exactly the wrong thing at exactly the wrong time—just to embarrass their parents. Here is a collection of 15 stories where exactly that has happened: Shopping 1. A small boy took the customer service ticket from his mother in the deli counter line […]
Read MoreImproving Your Children’s Self-Esteem in a World of Social...
Whether you’re young or old, people of all ages are constantly being bombarded with images daily. Not all of these images are negative, obviously, but many of them are. First of all, the media plays a major role in what we see. When you’re watching the latest celebrity show, for example, you may see a […]
Read MoreSummertime Survival: Top 11 Tips for Parent Entrepreneurs
I am a work-from-home parent and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. However, there is one time of the year that every work-at-home parent is concerned with: summer. We both want to be the awesome parent spending tons of time with out kids out in the sun, going on many family vacations and adventures, […]
Read MoreTop 10 Things to Know About Meatless Diets for...
There are a lot of vegetarians among teenagers in the United States According to the data from the nonprofit Vegetarian Resource Group, between 2% and 3% of American children ages 8 to 18 never eat meat, including poultry or seafood, including fish. Among girls ages 13 to 15, the percentage of vegetarians is much higher […]
Read More18 Unique Easter Egg Ideas
Once your excitement for dying Easter eggs wears off and you’re faced with a dozen hard-boiled eggs, a problem can arise: “How am I going to decorate these eggs, actually?” To help you answer that question, here are 18 excellent ideas for dying and decorating Easter eggs. P.s. Check out this awesome article about great […]
Read MoreSome of the Best Easter Toys That Will Make...
1. Outdoor Toys I live in an area that has all four seasons, which means by the time Easter comes around I’m dying to get outside after being locked up inside during our cold, snowy winter. Because of this, my go-to toys for Easter are always things that get us playing out of the house. […]
Read MoreThese Hilarious Things Sleep Deprived Moms Did By Accident...
Being a parent is a beautiful thing. but it also involves countless sleepless nights. Let’s face it – you’re not getting much sleep the first few years. If you need more proof, check out these 25 hilarious confessions from real, sleep-deprived moms. 25 Relatable Confessions from Sleep-Deprived Moms 1. “I walked out to my car […]
Read MoreWhen do Kids Stop Believing in Santa Claus? 150...
Believing in Santa Claus is a sensitive topic. Even today, when I posted this question to our mommy group, “What age were your kids when they stopped believing in Santa?”, I was scolded very heavily by some parents for ruining the magic for them. They never stopped believing and I should probably stop being a […]
Read More6 Reasons Why Moms Make Exceptional Leaders in the...
We manage so successfully to run a household filled with little people, who happen to be the most difficult people to manage at times. It is then a no-brainer that moms make exceptional, effective leaders in the workplace. Taking what comes naturally in mothering; we apply ourselves with the same tactics in the workplace and […]
Read More10 Creative Cupcakes for Saint Patrick’s Day
The tricky part of making St. Patrick’s Day desserts is figuring out which flavors go with the color green. If green isn’t an option, then you have to figure out how to make something look ‘Irish’ to someone who isn’t Irish. Cupcakes are a good option because they’re small and flexible; you can try a […]
Read MoreWhat’s the Going Rate for the Tooth Fairy These...
When your kids get to that delightful age where their teeth start falling out and you’re blessed with their gap-toothed grins, you suddenly realize that you have no idea what the Tooth Fairy has been up to since you lost your own teeth years and years ago. As a kid, it seemed like a quarter […]
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