Protective Parenting and the People Watching
A very good friend of mine sent me a salon.com article titled "The Day I Left My Son in the Car." Her comment: This is a good one. Of course I clicked for a read. The story begins of a…
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My Complete Transformation
It's been a good while since I have blogged about my single mommy life and I have a good reason for it. See, I went to the grocery store bathroom one day after shopping and could not believe what I…
The Coming of. . . FrankenDad!
Building the better dad requires more than six million dollars.Finding the ingredients necessary to do all the things we dads do around the house, with the kids and uh. . . well. . . I mean. . . you know,…
Safety First: Pool Rules for Parents
Pool season is here. Dips in cool pools are a summer rite of passage for all ages, but pools can be a dangerous playground. At the start of pool season, there were three reports of near drowings across the Carolinas.…
Summer Vacation Countdown Has Begun!
This time of year is usually busy for us with all of the end of year school events and wrapping up the extracurricular activities. Time seems to be just flying by! The end of the organized Spring sports didn't slow…
Understanding a Child’s Capacity to Be Bored and Alone
Understanding boredom and how to respond to it.
Ain’t No Fairy Like The Paci Fairy
When my youngest son Chase turned 3, my wife and I had two major goals for him. We were going to say goodbye once and for all to his pacifiers and diapers. For almost a year the pacifier had only…
Lessons My Kids Learned from the Lemonade Stand
Why a lemonade stand is more than just a simple venture.
Disney Dream Cruise: Magic for the Whole Family
Magic awaits aboard the Disney Dream.
It's EOG Time
Students throughout North Carolina are taking end-of-grade tests this week. Aligned with the Common Core standards, students will need to be on their A game to make their best scores, especially third graders who are up against the latest standards…
Building The Bionic Dad
Col. Steve Austin wouldn't have lasted a week in my war.Way back in the deep, dark reaches of time, back in the dim horror we all survived (as opposed to enjoyed. Or lived.) called 1973, when bell-bottom pants were a…
The Duggars Want More Children
I think many parents sometimes ponder how many children make their family complete. Some are happy with one, others want big families and have three, four or more. Then there is the Duggars who have 19 children ... and want…
Balance Brings Zen to Life
This past week I finally had the pleasure to meet with Balance Expert, Kim Jacobs. The one thing that we both have in common is knowing the importance of managing your time effective, especially with having young children! However, Kim…
Bad Art?
Two years ago around this time, I wrote a post about our annual Mother's Day paver project. Each year, Amelia and I paint paving stones together which conveniently cover a muddy spot in the yard. Most years some combination of…
5 Things Moms Can Learn From Stay-At-Home Dads
Stay-at-home dads share a couple tips for moms.
2014 Spotlight Families: Powered Up for Success
The wrap-up and results for our Fit Family Challenge spotlight families.
Professional Parenting Pessimist
Becoming a parent means eternal warfare between your eternal optimist and your darkest pessimist.The thing of it is, though, there's good reasons to take both sides. Which, of course, makes no one happy.Whenever I would look at any of my…
Keep On Moving!
Another busy week! We enjoyed a weekend filled with soccer, lacrosse, running, and hockey! One of the key things we've been reminded of during this challenge is how much fun we are able to have as a family while staying…
The Cram Family: Summer, Here We Come!
The Cram family continues to enjoy the Fit Family Challenge. One of the children has been (like many of us!) struggling a bit with seasonal allergies. As many parents know, this can be a real challenge when trying to enjoy…
Young Or Old? Yes
As I sit here typing this, my youngest son, known to many as Hyper Lad1, is standing at my right shoulder and whining.Sorry. Excuse me. I've been informed that it's not whining. He's presenting a cogent, coherent, reasoned, fact-filled argument…
Happy Parents
Being a mom/parent come with its challenges. Anyone who is a parent knows that and will be sure to tell those that are expecting that "life is about to change." It's true, but overall isn't it for the better?That's what…
Time to Share Some Strategies!
Wow! The Family Fit Challenge is already half way over! The time is flying by! Through trial and error we have developed some great strategies to stay on track with both healthy eating and fitness. Time to share some of…
Time to Share Some Strategies!
Wow! The Family Fit Challenge is already half way over! The time is flying by! Through trial and error we have developed some great strategies to stay on track with both healthy eating and fitness. Time to share some of…
Spit-Cleaning a Baby's Pacifier for Better Health
I remember laughing with a friend one day about how a certain older family member thought it was OK to pop her grandchild's pacifier in her own mouth to make sure it was clean. This usually happened after it was…
