4 Ways Helicopter Parenting Can Negatively Impact Your Child
By Laine Morris Helicopter parenting is an overprotective style of raising children. A helicopter parent will prevent their child from trying new activities if…
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Screen Free Family Time
By Dina Zeldon Technology is here to stay—like it or not! Families must learn to navigate in a world filled with screens and digital…
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Teaching Kids the Art of Being a Good Listener
By Juliane Morris Becoming a genuinely good listener is a common human lifelong goal — with areas for ever-improvement, right? As a relationship building…
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Think Outside The Box
By Rebecca Gutknecht Summer is here, warm nights have settled in, wind chimes glitter in the air. Your first thought might be to jump…
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How To Talk To Your Child About Emotions
By Stefanie Ady Dealing with emotions is a part of everyone’s skill set. Parents, teachers and other caregivers have an added challenge of helping…
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Teen Vaping
By Ann Jarema Teen vaping has become a serious epidemic across the country. There are many cases of severe lung disease among teenagers and…
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Teaching Your Children the True Meaning of Charity
By Ann Jarema According to a study by UCLA, it is believed that 3.1 percent of the world’s children live in America, but they…
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Finding a Balance Between School and Activities
By Elizabeth Madrie Hardin The average American child’s day doesn’t end when school lets out. About 42 percent of school-aged children play sports, 28…
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How to Raise Independent Children
By Elizabeth Hardin Modern parents get labeled free-range, helicopter, lawnmower. But all parents have one goal in common: raising resilient, confident adults. To get…
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Helping Your Child Cope Naturally
By Kai Bragg Think of any four children or adolescents you know—be it your own, family or friends. Do you have them in your…
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Emotional Bubble-Wrap For Young People Changing Homes
By Julie Etter Moving can be hectic. It’s a contact sport. It’s physically and emotionally demanding at a time when you are supposed to…
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Stress Relievers For Kids
By Dina Zelden Childhood was once a time of unstructured afternoons, hours of imaginative play, and even the occasional boredom. Today’s children have nearly…
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Cyber Free Sunday
By Dina Zeldon Technology is here to stay—like it or not! Families must learn to navigate in a world filled with screens and digital…
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All-Natural Ways To Prevent Head Lice
By Michele Robert Poche Share a hug, Share a ride. Share the feelings deep inside. But never share a hat or comb. Or lice could make…
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Create Your Own Fairy Garden With Your Children
By Michele Robert Poche What do you get when you mix equal parts creativity, imagination, miniature vegetation and just a little pinch of magic? …
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DISTRACTED DRIVING
By Liz McGehee According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), distracted driving claimed 3,477 lives and caused 391,000 injuries in 2015 with…
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5 Apps That Track & Protect Teens
By Liz McGehee Just like the training wheels you place on your child’s bike, phone monitoring apps help you protect and guide your child…
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Mighty Kids Feature: Sleeping Tips for Kids
By Liz McGehee Even children suffer from insomnia every once in a while. The world often seems like a big, scary place to someone…
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Nurturing a Reader
By Michele Robert Poche Reading, writing and arithmetic … these skills represent the foundation of all learning. Is any one more important than another? …
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Fun for Kids in Your Neck of the Woods
These days, parent and kids both need to break away from technology to seek fresh air and wide open green space, and it may…
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