Archive for 'Teen'
Holiday Food Safety
How to ensure your family doesn’t come down with food poisoning over the holiday season. Holiday Food Safety There are a lot of gatherings over the holiday season, from office parties, to neighborhood drop-ins. Most of [...]
Divorce and the Holiday Season
Ideas on how to balance divorce, children and the holidays. Divorce & Holidays The holiday season can be difficult for children whose parents are divorced. Usually children spend important holidays like Christmas with one parent one [...]
Putting Kids Ahead of the Holiday Rush
Why it’s important to make the holiday season chaos a family affair. Kids & the Holiday Rush From holiday shopping, to kids concerts, to decorating, baking and more, this time of year is chaotic. From Hanukkah [...]
Creating Holiday Rituals
Why creating holiday rituals and traditions keeps families close Creating Holiday Rituals What’s more fun to a child, getting gifts or creating a wish list? Probably the wish list…an annual ritual kids love. In fact, it’s [...]
Teen Driving
How teaching our teens to drive can bring us closer to our kids. Teen Driving If there is one thing most teens long to do, it’s learn to drive. And since learning to drive requires the [...]
Teaching Kids the Value of Nature
Teaching our kids to value more than just the material things in life. Gifts vs Nature Particularly at this time of year, it’s difficult to convince kids that there’s more to life than just stuff, after [...]
Tweens, Teens & Social Media
Why Facebook and other social media is so important to tweens and teens. The Culture of Technology If you want to make life tough on your child, just ban them from using social media. For kids, [...]
The Importance of Family Vacations
Why taking a summer vacation with your children is so important. Family Vacations Well, it’s about that time of year again, when our thoughts turn to vacations. Summer vacations can provide some of the best memories [...]
Are You Too Strict with Your Teen or Preteen?
How many times have you said “no” to your children today? There’s good reason to consider a few alternatives to the word “no”. When it comes to parenting, one of the most overused words in the [...]
Bedtime Routines
Why parents may want to create a bedtime routine for their babies. Bedtime Routines In the first year of a child’s life babies need anywhere from 13 to 15 hours of sleep each day, including naptime. [...]
