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Create Artful Drawings with Graph Paper

The younger boys have been enjoying their birthday gifts of Etch-a-Sketch. It quickly turned into a pretty fun (and easy) art project last week. Read all about it in my weekly post at GNMParents (now ForeverParenting.com) titled Graph Paper Pictures. Here’s an...

The New Bully on the Block…Cyber Bullying

(Editor here: This week our guest author is Michael Kovach with a clear look at an important topic. Thanks Michael!) What is Cyber Bullying? Cyber bullying has been defined by the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry as “the intentional aggressive behavior using...

Gut Check: Are We Too Busy?

When the older boys were just toddlers we were friends with a family that had three pre-teen children. The one message we heard from them constantly revolved around how busy they were keeping up with the kids’ schedules. They quickly became the anti-…. read the...

Vocabulary is Important in Parenting

I’ve long been fond of the Love and Logic approach to parenting, mainly because of its focus on putting responsibility on children instead of the parents. By that I mean that children get to learn naturally from their mistakes at a young age. One of the keys to...

7 Unique Baby Gift and Personalized Baby Names Gift Ideas

Babies usually aren’t too hard to buy for, but when it comes to baby showers and other gift events it can be difficult to pick something out that’s unique. Gifts can be as simple as diapers and wipes. It’s the parents who really need to appreciate them anyways. You...