Does your child come home on Friday with half a ream of paper in his backpack? So many worksheets, projects, artsy pages, spelling test, math homework, etc. I have seven ideas on how to cut down on the piles of paper. After all, aren’t piles of paper hoovering in tall towers a fire hazard? 1: […]

It just kills me when my son wants to wear his red t-shirt, green sweat pants with an orange hoodie. I almost can’t let him walk out the door. But, then I remember that he’s just showing his new independent side and let him go. I used to convince him to wear matching clothes pretty […]

So far we have covered the fun parts of school vacation: Playdates Get Outside! and Educational Games Today I must ramble on the things that are lower on the “fun scale” for school vacation activities. You probably think I will mention clean their bedroom, catch up on chores or walk the dog. But I have […]

Technology surrounds us and our children everyday. My 8 year-old son has been extremely well rounded in today’s modern technologies. He has used computer with a mouse, a laptop with the touch pad, Nintendo DSi, Wii gaming system, and is the only one who can figure out how to use the remotes for the new […]

I chose to find a parenting blog to analyze, even though I blog about writing also. There were many blogs written by writers of children’s books, but their blogs were not where near as popular. http://www.parenting.com/blogs/parenting-post Parenting woes, journeys, stories all with a punch of humor that makes the reader come back for more. They […]

Get outside! No matter what the weather, being outside frees your body, mind and spirit of all the indoor dust bunnies that reside in your brain, lungs and pockets. Up here in the most snow in Jan and Feb since the 80’s, we have too much snow. But, instead of letting that get us down, […]