Five Great Ways Fathers Can Bond with their Kids
When children are born, they have an innate tendency to bond with their mothers. Mom is, after all, the one who has fed them and kept them warm and protected for nine months, and continues to do so outside the womb. That's great, but it can leave dads at a loss for...
Protecting Your Family: 7 Benefits to Having Life Insurance
While it can be difficult to think about what may happen to your family in the event of your untimely passing, making decisions about life insurance can insure that should something happen to you, your spouse and children will be protected financially. Read on for...
How to Talk with Your Child About the Death of a Loved One
Death as a part of life is a principle that most of us have had the benefit of many years to come to terms with. However, when a loved one dies, it can be challenging to try to explain death to a child. This is especially difficult when the person who dies is special...
Teaching Your Child to Conquer Their Fears: 5 Tips Every Parent Should Know
If your child has a specific fear, you may be wondering just what you can do to help. The good news is that there are five tips every parent should know about teaching a child to conquer his fears. Spiders, Bugs, and Other Insects If your child is afraid of spiders or...
Old vs New: An Infographic about Common Core
Having taught in various settings for more than 20 years now, I've seen education trends come and go. Anyone remember Outcomes Based Education in the late 90's? Yea. That's pretty much gone. There has been a lot of bad press generated by the Common Core Curriculum....
Teach Your Kids These Five Skills that Could Save Their Lives
As a parent, your most important job is to provide safety and security for your children. While there are many things you can personally do to ensure their well-being, it's what you teach them that could one day save their lives. There are five skills you should teach...
Monday Give Away Linky Warm Weather is Here Edition
Good Monday, Heroes! How are you? We're warming up here, thankyouverymuch. Of course, now that apparently means that we get to deal with mosquitoes. Already. Yay. Tomorrow's high is forecast to be 78 degrees. One week ago? 22 degrees. Oh yea. The weather in Michigan...
Parents Who Don’t Do Dishes Offers Advice, Recipes
I was given an ebook recently called Parents Who Don't Do Dishes by Richard Melnick. The divorced father of 2 boys, Melnick has much to say about parenting. I found several bits of advice that all parents could use. When his boys were 3 and 5 years old, Richard was...
Forget the Awful Winter with a Waterpark Vacation
In many areas of the country, the winter of 2013-2014 will go down as being one of the coldest and snowiest on record, according to Weather.com. At times, it seemed like the miserable weather was never going to end. But now that warmer weather is finally on the...
Outsmarting the Dealer: 5 Things a Car Salesman Will Not Point Out to You
Although it is a stereotype, it is true that most mothers aren't in charge of buying a car for the family. Men tend to know more about cars, pricing, and how to negotiate. Again, this is a generalization, but something that many families experience. However, not every...