Child rearing Category
What Is Your Parenting Style?
Stay at home mom? Work outside of the home mom? Gentle Parenting? Baby wearing? Exclusive breastfeeding mom? Bottle feeding? Organic mom? So many labels to today’s parenting styles that it’s hard to make sense of it all.
Read More3 Easy Tips for Making the Most of the End of the School Year
School days are winding down, but education does not stop over the summer. These 3 tips can help you get the most out of the end of the current school year and prepare for the next.
Read MoreNational Screen Free Week
This week is National Screen Free Week which we think is a fabulous idea. For many of us, media time has become part of our daily family living whether it’s computers, smartphones, DVDs, the Cloud or whatever is at our virtual fingertips.
Read More5 Easy Ways Parents Can Be More Eco – Friendly
It may seem that being Eco-friendly takes a lot of time and money, but it doesn’t have to! These 5 easy tips can help you and your little ones become more green and care for Mother Earth!
Read More3 Tips on Keeping Your Kids Healthy
Like most parts of the United States, Chicago has been hit with cold weather one day and balmy weather the next. This has lead to an increase of colds and other nasty infections. A few simple tips for keeping your kids healthy.
Read MoreTaking A Stand Against Bullying
Bullying – a parent and child’s worst nightmare that all too often becomes a reality. The reality of bullying cost the life of 12 year old Bailey O’Neill. It is not enough to read this news report and feel sad or disgusted. As parents we have to DO something. It is up to us to stop bullying – each and every parent has to take responsibility and say, “NO MORE.”
Read MoreBusy Mom ? Take Time To Breathe…
Being a parent is hard work. It really doesn’t matter if you are pregnant, have one child or 10, if you live in the city or on a farm, are young or more seasoned 
– parenting is hard work.
Tips for Raising a Toddler with Love
When your sweet, cooing baby becomes a toddler it can seem that overnight the battle of wills begins. Your toddler starts to explore a sense of self, a sense of independence and a sense of willfulness. We want the best for our children, but as adults it’s easy to read our own judgements, pain or hurt into their actions.
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