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How to Raise Multi-Lingual Children

Lots of people are interested in raising multilingual children, for many great reasons. Speaking six languages myself, and four fluently, I know that being multilingual can come in pretty handy. Speaking several languages fluently increases job opportunities, makes...

Win a Copy of When Did I Get Like This

When I was at BlissDom this January I met Amy Wilson, the author of When Did I Get Like This? The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget Buyer & Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be. Here’s Amy herself talking about the book: Amy was kind...

5 Dangerous Car Seat Mistakes Parents Commonly Make

(Editor’s note: please welcome Davian Masters with some important information for parents of newborn and infants. Thanks, Davian!) Baby car seats have been created and especially designed to increase the safety of the youngest travelers in a vehicle. According...

FFYF: End of a Trilogy Edition

Hulllo, Heroes! Funny story: the older boys got it into their heads that we should let them watch The Matrix movies. We saw episode one several weeks ago and episode two shortly thereafter. It took a while to get to episode 3, which we finally played tonight. At the...

How to Be a Good Adoptive Parent

(Editor’s note: Today’s guest post is courtesy of Tim Dalton with some solid advice for adoptive parents. Thanks Tim!) Parenting is not the easiest of jobs in the world – the title of parent may come very easily, but doing the job is a lifelong struggle,...