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…
20 Awesome Random Acts of Kindness for Kids
It began when our oldest daughter was in third grade. She got into the car after school one day, and she immediately began crying. Before she said a word, I could already feel the anger…
20 Tips for Mothers of Teenagers to Stay Calm
There’s a saying that being a mother essentially means spending the rest of your life with your heart walking around outside of your chest while also really sucking sometimes. I don’t know where I heard…
20 Ways to Get Your Kids to Behave in a Restaurant
Kids ruin everything. I say it (mostly jokingly) all the time. Kids are the light of our lives, yet they are also the darkness that descends upon a good time in a matter of seconds…
20 Things to Do on a Car Trip With a Teenager
Road trips…yuck. Car trips…also yuck. There is nothing worse than traveling in a vehicle for more than two hours, yet my husband insists any travel destination we can reach by car in under 8 hours…
20 Things Parents Should Never Say to Their Teenager
“I’m a cool mom, sweetheart,” may or may not be a repeat phrase in our household. Rest assured, however, that it always elicits a slightly raised eyebrow from our teenage daughter and a not-so-subtle side-eye…
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 Great Gifts for Homeschool Moms
No more coffee cups. Or slippers. Or robes, wine bottle toppers or Yeti cups or stemless wineglasses with cute sayings. Please. I am begging you. I’m not a homeschool mom – but I was a…
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…