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Staying Grounded in the High Stakes World of Youth Sports

Staying Grounded in the High-Stakes World of Youth Sports

On a breezy fall morning, I strolled onto the soccer field to meet my daughter, whose team had just finished a close game. Immediately, I noticed her expression was downcast. […]

Mom to Mom OCTOBER RRP

Mom to Mom with Tenesha Carter

How do you balance being a 12-year business owner for Aqualime Skincare and being a busy mom? Tenesha: To be very transparent, it’s hard, and something I’m still working on […]

More Magic and Fewer Meltdowns Tips for Trick Or Treating Parents

More Magic and Fewer Meltdowns: Tips for Trick-Or-Treating Parents

Blisters abound, sugar levels soar, dehydration ensues, and next thing you know, what started as a fun, festive night feels more like a ghoulish nightmare. Before you turn into a […]

Pilgrimage to the Pumpkin Patch Make It An Annual Family Tradition

Pilgrimage to the Pumpkin Patch: Make It An Annual Family Tradition

Every year, weeks before Halloween, we take a half-day pilgrimage to the pumpkin patch. Our local pumpkin patch is so festive that we usually go twice each season, once as […]

How to Connect With a Teen When They're Never at Home

How to Connect With a Teen When They’re Never at Home

Ken Ginsburg, MD, the founding director of The Center for Parent and Teen Communication in Philadelphia and author of Congrats…You’re Having a Teen!: Strengthen Your Family and Raise a Good […]

Five Kid Behaviors Adult Can Learn to Do Better

Five Kid Behaviors Adult Can Learn to Do Better

Please use your inside voice.Eat your broccoli.It’s bedtime.Wear your jacket. As a parent, you have probably said at least one of these statements more than a hundred times to your […]

Ways to Support Families with Special Needs

10 Ways to Support Families with Special Needs

“I don’t know how you do it!” It was a simple statement. There was no ill-will behind it, just an honest thought from one mom to another. Something I’ve thought […]

How Creativity Shapes Successful Children

How Creativity Shapes Successful Children

How much time do your children spend dabbling in the arts—to freely express themselves in creative ways? Creativity is the ability to think in unusual, divergent ways. It does not […]

How to Communicate With Your Middle Schooler

How to Communicate With Your Middle Schooler

Around the time my twins turned 13, they stopped talking to me. After a mumbled “Hello” when they got home from school, they would scamper off to their rooms and […]

Banish Back To School Blues Ways To Build Better Student Teacher Relationships

Banish Back-To-School Blues: 10 Ways To Build Better Student-Teacher Relationships

Teacher-student cooperation is an important alliance that starts at home and affects a child’s entire academic career. Having positive relationships with teachers throughout twelve years of school can make the […]

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