What Do You Do When Your Teen Lies?
If there is one thing I will not tolerate from my children, it’s lying. The number one rule in our household is the truth is spoken at all times. Lying is unacceptable. I remember growing…
How To Make Potholders: DIY Potholder Tutorial
DIY potholders make a great gift, especially for tweens or teens to make when they are learning to sew! My mom actually showed me the ones I made back in middle school when I visited…
Easy To Build Outdoor Projects
An empty backyard can be intimidating, especially if it’s a large one, but there are so many fun ideas you can incorporate into your backyard to make it more functional and exciting. Think of it…
10 Safe Phone Alternatives for Kids
Middle school is the rule in our home. When you go to middle school, you can have a cell phone. Not a moment before, and we will have full and complete access to your phone…
10 Tips to Get the Most out of a Small Garden
10 tips to get the most out of a small garden As a gardener, it can be very frustrating when you have great ideas on the plants, herbs, and flowers you want to grow but…
20 Tips For Raising Money-Smart Children
Kids are, like they saying goes, little broke best friends who think you are wealthy. Our kids certainly have no problem sending us links, filling their online carts and asking us to click the order…
21 Awesome Fundraising Ideas for Kids
“I’ll write you a check, but don’t ask me for my time,” is what I said to our oldest daughter’s Assistant Principal when we met the summer before she entered high school. I already serve…
20 Signs You Need to Send Your Child to a Boot Camp for Teens
Boarding school. Boot camp. Parents joke about sending their teens to one or the other – or both – when they’re acting up, and then we all laugh about it. My parents joked with me…
20 Awesome Outdoor Toys for Kids That Bring Endless Fun
“I’m just an outside boy,” my son (now eight) said to my husband and I years ago on he and his twin sister’s fifth birthday. Their grandmother gifted them many things, but among them was…
