Parenting Advice

Social norms may have shifted in the digital age, but in a time when it is easier to simply email or text, what “people” skills should children still need to learn?Plenty, particularly for tweens…

Area Kids Spread Awareness & Live Dreams Through EnTREPreneurship
Jelani JonesBuilding her business and inspiring othersNine year old Jelani Jones, owner of Lani Boo Bath, a company that…

6 Steps to Getting Rid of Your Unused, Unnecessary, Useless Stuff The first day of spring is just a few weeks away and after months of being holed up inside looking at all the stuff you’ve…

by James Noll
How to take a hands-off approach so your child can grow
A lot has been written about millennials, young men and women who, throughout school, were so dependent on parents, praise and…

CHRISTA MELNYK HINES5 Ways to Manage the Madness
The moment your child utters her first word, you’ll probably want to announce it to the world, while quickly marking the occasion in her baby book….

This has been such an intense flu season. Everywhere you turn, someone else is sick! Have the cooties gotten to you, yet? If you do find yourself in the unfortunate position of being so sick…

Now, I can’t even pretend to be an expert here… I can write about being more neighborly, and why it is important to know my neighbors and how it can benefit me, my neighborhood, my community…

There always seems to be a great debate around the choice of cloth versus disposable diapers. Many proponents of cloth diapering advocate that cloth diapering is cheaper, healthier for baby and…

by James NollWhen I first started teaching 15 years ago, I thought that teaching gifted students would be easy. All I’d have to do was create assignments and sit back and watch my students shine….

In today’s blogging and social media world, there are so many catchy “headlines” to indicate how families can live on astronomically low grocery budgets. “How I feed my family of 5 for $150 a…