Baby Proofing Your Home – Let Us Help!

Baby Proofing Your Home – Let Us Help!

Moms / Parenting

Parenting can be a fun and exciting journey for anyone that wants to have kids. Along the path, they discover the bumps and bruises that parenting is all about. One of the first things a parent thinks about when having a baby is making sure that it is protected. Baby…

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Making Reading to Your Child a Habit

Making Reading to Your Child a Habit

Moms / Parenting

Words can open up a world of knowledge and adventure for your children, and reading to them is so important in their development. Here are 5 ways to make reading to your child a habit. Read your child’s favorite book over and over… and over… (you know the drill). Choose…

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10 Ways to Know if Your Child is Ready for College

10 Ways to Know if Your Child is Ready for College

Moms / Parenting

Spring is the time of year when high school juniors are learning about different colleges and high school seniors are receiving their acceptance letters. Yes, and a great many high school seniors will receive those other kinds of letters as well: You’ve been waitlisted, or even worse, the rejection letter….

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Web Tools to Keep Kids Safe Online

Web Tools to Keep Kids Safe Online

Moms / Parenting

When the Internet first came on the scene way back when, most of us were amazed at the way the new technology would bring so many people and ideas together. We may not have considered that having the Internet in your home was a bit like having an open house…

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How To Reduce Childcare Costs

How To Reduce Childcare Costs

Moms / Parenting

Next to rent or mortgage payments, childcare often ranks as the second-highest expenditure in a household budget. Working couples can pay a whopping 10-20% of their incomes on childcare while their children are small. Seeing the high cost needed to be expensed for their children’s care, some couples decided to…

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How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex, Drugs & Alcohol

How To Talk To Your Kids About Sex, Drugs & Alcohol

Moms / Parenting

Sex, drugs and alcohol — these are subjects you’ll want to talk about with your children before there is a problem. As a family, you can establish boundaries and consequences and come to a common understanding of what is acceptable. Sex: According to Advocates for Youth, statistics indicate that children…

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How to Recognize Signs of an Eating Disorder

How to Recognize Signs of an Eating Disorder

Moms / Parenting

Eating disorders are on the rise, which raises serious concern for parents. Although eating disorders normally appear during adolescence or in early adulthood, children as young as 4 have also been susceptible to body image issues that can help to trigger eating disorders. Parents should understand the signs of an…

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