Tag: parenting

  • 5 Healthy Parenting Tips

    Every parent wishes there was a “Parenting Handbook” at some point in their parenting duties. From knowing what to say in the right situation to knowing how to correctly discipline, it is true that parenting is not for the weak hearted. Since children are each so vastly unique in how they view the world having… Read more

  • The Benefits of Stroller Walking Group

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    Motherhood can often be challenging for new and experienced moms alike.  For new moms, the stresses of their newborn often lead to a tendency to have a very restricted social life. It’s rare to have the opportunity to meet up with friends or coworkers for a social event since most of your time is spent… Read more

  • 5 Ugly Lies Moms Tell Themselves

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    Motherhood can be anything but direct and straightforward. Multifaceted and challenging, motherhood is an expedition for only the most resilient women among us. Very often moms are untruthful to themselves to make motherhood appear much easier and less challenging. Time and again we don’t even recognize we are doing it. Here are five lies you might… Read more

  • Book Review: How to Raise an Adult

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      Parenting can be a tough gig sometimes. The world that our children are growing up in now is different than the one that we grew up. From cyber bullies to real life bullies, we have so much more to protect our children. Every parent wants what is best for their children, but sometimes moms… Read more

  • Toddler Backyard Water Play

    Summertime is here. I remember as a kid spending most of the summer playing outside with your brothers in the backyard. We had a pool, toys, trees and our imaginations to keep us occupied for hours on end. As a mom, I want my kids to remain active throughout the summer months. I certainly don’t… Read more

  • What Type of Parent Are You? Quiz

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    We have all had friends who had super cool, laid back  parents. Equally, we have all known someone who had super-strict parents.  Parenting is not for the faint-at-heart. Parenting involved love, strength, and guts! Everything that we have learned about being a parent we learned from the parental figures we were around growing up–good or… Read more

  • Swimming for Youth

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    Swimming is fun and lifesaving sport and an excellent form of exercise. As a form of exercise, swimming has many advantages. According to the CDC, swimming works the lungs, heart, joints and the muscles of the whole body. It is fun fitness activity that is primarily a summer sport but can be extended to year-round,… Read more

  • Homemade Teething Biscuits

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    My little girl is trying to cut her first two teeth. Some babies, like my oldest child, did great with teething, but my middle guy and baby girl, not so much. Baby girl is constantly chewing on her hands, or anything she could get a hold of. She is persistently irritable, refuses to sleep, gets… Read more

  • 7 Nelson Mandela Quotes to Help Our Children Become Strong Adults

    Every parent knows that raising children is a very important job. We raise them with the hopes that they will be honest, hardworking, compassionate human beings. With patience and love, we teach them about morals and manners, joy and justice, safety and security with the hopes that they mature into adults that carry themselves with… Read more

  • Quick Funny

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    I have three children: a teenager, a 19-month old, and a 4-month old. I found this joke to be more than true in this household. Even with the 2nd child being more like a 1st child (due to the age gap between my actual 1st and 2nd born), the poor baby really does have 3rd… Read more