20 Things You Should Stop Doing For Your Teenager
Unpopular Opinion: You don’t need to stop doing anything for your teenager that you don’t want to stop doing. I’m not talking about the important things, such as continuing to treat them like a baby…
A Parent’s Guide to Baby Monitor Sleep Settings
Parents will do just about anything for a few extra hours or even minutes of sleep at night. Gadgets like baby monitors? Lifesavers. Some folks even go the extra mile with a fancy video baby…
20 Awesome Kids Birthday Party Food Ideas on a Budget
Birthdays are the sweetest. They’re also the worst and literally the most annoying. No? Just me? I am not a mom who loves a birthday party for my kids. I just don’t care for them….
20 Awesome Ice Breaker Questions for Kids
Confession: I am super awkward around kids. I say the F word a lot. Sometimes, I don’t know what to say. I don’t have a lot in common with them. Yet, here I am, the…
The Benefits of Sweating and Exercises To Help You Stay Healthy
There are many benefits of sweating and a variety of different exercises to help you stay healthy. Sweating is a way that our body regulates its own temperature. When we exercise or do a lot…
20 Suggestions For When Your Grumpy Teenager Doesn’t Want to Talk
No one in a mood wants to talk to anyone else. Plain and simple, leave them alone, let the grumpiness fade, and try again later. This is especially true for teenagers who don’t quite have…
Should Your Teenager Be Seeing a Therapist?
A better question is, “Why shouldn’t my teenager see a therapist?” According to the National Alliance on Mental Health’s statistics listed in a Good Therapy article, the number of people living with mental health conditions…
20 Holiday Traditions that Won’t Break the Bank
Do you decorate for Christmas before or after Thanksgiving? And do people really wait until just a few days before Christmas to put up their trees and decorate? I see it all the time in…
What is Power Assertion Parenting and Should You Consider It?
Everything we do as parents affects the way our children feel, and we cannot always predict how they might react to our actions. For example, when I tell any of our three daughters I love…
