How to Grow a Family Garden
Teach your kids that food doesn’t just magically appear at the grocery store by growing it together as a family....
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15 Conversation Starters for Children
Here’s some conversation starters for children that you, as parents, can use as to learn more about your child’s day....
Cooking Games for Kids: Inspire your Little Chefs
Getting your children involved in the kitchen teaches them some valuable life skills. Inspire them and get them started with...
6 Addictive and Fun Indoor Game Ideas for Your Dog
Most dog owners leave their home early in the morning only to return after dark. They usually don’t get much...
Easy Tips for Finding Your Zen
Weekdays can be manic…getting children up and off to school, heading off for another day at work and getting home...
Kids’ Exercise 101: How to Keep Kids Healthy
Get your little ones moving with these kids’ exercise tips from the experts. You’ve heard the statistics – nearly one...
Find the Right Exam Tutor
If your child is undergoing a Higher School Certificate, or is university bound, it all comes down to those crazy...
Grandparents and Grandkids: 15 Reasons This Relationship Is Awesome
What makes grandparents and grandkids so special? From the general silliness to the extra source of love, this bond is...
Work-From-Home Parents: the Pros and Cons
Whether you’ve been working full time in the office or if you’ve been a stay-at-home parent, becoming a work-from-home parent...
Establishing a Bedtime Routine for Children
Even when they’re tired, children are master procrastinators when it comes to going to bed. Whether they want another glass...
How to Hire a Sitter for New Year’s Eve
Heading to a New Year’s Eve party? Use these tips to book a babysitter for your kids. The year is...
Christmas Card Making for all the Family
Nothing beats a handmade card from a child – everyone loves to receive them and it will keep your children...
Getting Children To Help With Christmas Dinner
When it comes to Christmas lunch or dinner, it can feel chaotic as you try to get the timings right,...
Cutting Out the Back-to-School Chaos
The six weeks of summer holidays have promised us an extra hour in bed each morning, barbeques whenever the sun...
Business Travel When You Have Kids: 6 Tips
Whether you’re gone for a night or a week, being away from your children can be difficult. However, sometimes business...
How Tutors Can Talk to High-Pressure Parents
Tips on reducing stress in yourself and in the children you tutor. Parents who want high-performance children will demand high-performance...
Encouraging Kids to Participate
No parent wants to see her kid cooped up inside all weekend while others are out riding their bikes and...
14 Ways to Save Money on Child Care
Think you can’t afford child care? Think again. You may believe child care is too expensive for your family, but...
14 Easy Recipes for Kids to Make on Their Own
Cooking is much more than preparing food. Easy recipes for kids target a great many important skills — math (counting,...
8 Tips for Raising the Perfect Puppy
The second you looked at your little fur ball, you were smitten. But while your new puppy may be all...
5 Tutoring Challenges
Each student comes to tutoring sessions with prior knowledge and skill sets. It’s up to the tutor to find out...
9 Tips for Teaching Kids Responsibility
Your best friend has a teenager who scrapes ice off the car windshield without being asked. Your cousin has a...
8 Easy Baking Recipes to Get You in the Kitchen With Your Kids
Your kids want to play pastry chef, but you’re not so sure. You’re envisioning frosting on the walls, sugar on...
Things to Do with Pumpkin Seeds
After the fun of pumpkin carving, you’re probably left with a bunch of gooey innards and pumpkin seeds. It seems...
Home Tips for a Cozy Autumn Season
From: Vikki in Northampton, PA After the hot, lazy days of summer, I’m more than ready to experience the refreshing...
18 of the Best Gender-Neutral Toys for Kids
Having PLAY-DOH handy has always saved the day for Liz Weirshousky, mom of three in Bethesda, Md. When she hosts...
How to Interview an Au Pair
An au pair is a foreign national who moves to a different country to provide child care, while taking language classes and...
101 Cheap Date Night Ideas
Remember when you and your partner used to go on date nights? It used to be so easy — and...
What Is the Difference Between an Au Pair and A Nanny?
Part-time nanny, full-time nanny, live-in nanny or au pair – there are so many caregiver names posted all over the internet that you may find...
All about Au Pairs
More and more, families across the country are using au pairs to help provide in-home child care for their kids. This unique...
When to Teach Kids about Money?
As a parent you should teach your child financial lessons. If kids develop good financial skills from an early age...
25 Reasons Dogs Are the Best Things on Earth
If you’re a dog owner, you probably already know just how awesome dogs are. They fill your life with love,...
How to Get Poop Out of Everything
This is one of those things you never expected to Google: “How to remove poop from ____[fill in the blank]___.”...
100 Questions to get to know your teenager
One thing that my wife and I discussed recently, was that we don’t talk to our child enough about some...
Teaching Your Child About Peers With Special Needs
According to her mother, 8-year-old J. is “really sweet and loves attention.” She goes to her friend’s house, does horseback...
15 Best Dog Training Books
If you recently got a dog, you’re probably overwhelmed with information to read. But what are the best dog training...
Interview with an Expert: Herpes Eye Infections in Cats
Fiona, a Scottish Fold and one of our five cats, has had eye problems since she was a kitten. She...
14 Symptoms of Distemper in Cats
Feline panleukopenia, also known as distemper, is a highly contagious but often curable disease. Not sure how to tell if...
Why Is My Dog Shivering? 7 Reasons and Remedies
It’s common to see a dog shivering playfully, but involuntary shaking may be a sign of something other than excitement....
What to Do if You See Blood in Dog Urine
Blood in dog urine is often difficult to detect, especially if your pet eliminates outside in the grass or dirt....