Minimizing Data Usage 101: Avoid going broke from your tween’s phone!
My daughter just got her first smartphone. Approximately six minutes after she received said phone, I received a text message from AT&T letting me know...Read More
Explaining 9/11. How to talk to your kids about tragedy.
The day we all changed was 15 years ago today. We suffered death on that day, all of us. A death of a loved one,...Read More
Where’s the remote? Great TV shows to watch together as a family!
“Are those TV shows Survivor and The Amazing Race still a thing? Why??” questioned an acquaintance of mine earlier this week in a not-so-subtle Facebook...Read More
Don’t miss a single thing! Summer Bucket List Must-Do’s!
It never fails. Every August 20th or so I start crying in my soup about all the stuff I *wanted* to do during the summer...Read More
Pokemon Go: Why parents can get behind this game!
Written by Sarah Lefebvre of WorcesterCentralKidsCalendar.com Unless you have been living under a rock over the past week, no doubt you have heard of the...Read More
No babysitter? A Date Night-In can be fun, too. (And, a lot cheaper to boot.)
Babysitters are tricky business. First, finding someone you can trust who has a fair amount of availability isn’t easy, to say the least. Second, they...Read More
Need a break? Parent “time out” tricks that are wonderful.
Once you become a parent, doing everything for others (and all at once) becomes woven into our DNA. But it’s important that we keep an...Read More
Families First. The best (free) parenting resource you didn’t know even about.
One of the many great perks of my job is the opportunity to discover activities and services that I didn’t know previously existed. When I...Read More
Teaching gratitude: 7 tips for writing thank-you notes with kids.
This article was originally published in the Portsmouth Herald 7/31/15. No more than 36 hours after giving my grandmother her birthday gift did I receive...Read More
The Last Hurrah: Great ideas for family fun before the summer ends!
This article was originally published in the Back to School supplement of the Portsmouth Herald on August 14, 2015. School may be starting soon,...Read More
Get ready for your closeup. Tips for nailing the Family Portrait.
The long, golden days of summer are firmly in place on the Seacoast, with picturesque sunsets that may have you considering an outdoor portrait session...Read More
8 Discipline mistakes parents make– and solutions to fix them!
Guilty as charged! I’m not going to admit to how many of these parenting no-no’s I’ve committed, but let’s just say a fair share...Read More
Get active! Outdoor family games that are just plain f.u.n.
If you’re the person who gets up at 5:30am and goes for a jog before the kids get up, this article is not aimed at...Read More
Dinner table apps (the phone kind) that make eating out fun again. Parent approved.
Waiting patiently at a restaurant for food just isn’t in a kid’s wheelhouse. And answering the, “When’s the food gonna be hereeeeee?” for the tenth...Read More
Photography 101. Finally learn what all those buttons mean.
It used to be, back when I photographed weddings, that I carried the largest camera in the room by at least several pounds. As I...Read More
How to cure a bad day. Tips for keeping your head on straight.
Maybe it’s the incessant freezing temps or the fact that my house seems to clutter just by looking at it, but I’ve been hard-pressed to...Read More
Procrastination busters. Start your day by eating a frog.
Everybody wakes in the morning with a list of things to do. If you’re like me, some of those tasks persistently show up day after...Read More
5 Things parents should never say to their kids. Come aboard, there’s room on my guilt wagon.
Article courtesy of Charlene Prince Birkeland, Team Mom on Yahoo.com. It’s no secret that parents should pay attention to how they communicate with their children....Read More
The “Good Enough” Parent: Kicking the Martha Stewart Syndrome in the pants.
In an age where so many of us are twisting ourselves into balloon animals over everything concerning our children, I’m feeling an intervention is in...Read More
Teaching kids (and yourself!) about hurtful words.
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” – a familiar mantra we all used at one point or another...Read More
From Spices to Slurping: Making authentic global connections at home.
The world is so vast and glorious and colorful it’s no wonder kids are drawn to its enchanting diversity. Children’s curiosity naturally leads their charge,...Read More
5 Fun (and free) ways to get the family active in the winter!
With childhood obesity on the rise it is important that kids stay active and to encourage a lifelong love of exercise and fitness. The American...Read More
Tips on creating Active Families for the Lazy Person.
Everyone in my family, particularly in their youth, has always been thin. We were able to eat a lot, exercise rarely and diet never. But...Read More
Hey kid, I got your back.
I’ve only been sequestered to detention once in my life. I was 16 and in high school. I was driving my fancy little RX7 that...Read More
5 Best Apps for paranoid (*cautious*) parents. You know who you are.
Just as there are apps to help your children avoid being bullied, there are apps that can calm even the most paranoid parent. Many of...Read More
Eating out? Best and worst Kids’ Menus.
Between tricky restaurant choices, finicky eaters, and the desire to provide healthy, nourishing food, taking the kids out to eat can drive any parent crazy!...Read More
Creating the easiest (online) family scrapbook ever. How cool!
How are you doing with those scrapbooks? You know, the ones you have a thousand clippings for, but just can’t find the time to assemble...Read More
Finding new friends in a new town. This ain’t as easy as it used to be.
A few weeks ago I wrote on my personal blog about the difficult time I was having finding friends locally. My husband, I, and three...Read More
Guilt be gone! Let’s give ourselves a break, Because we’re pretty great.
I’ve been following a weight loss program for the past 17 weeks, 2 days and 3.5 hours — that’s just a rough estimate. I’m doing...Read More
Is McDonald’s to blame for making our kids fat? Here’s your chance to weigh in (No Scale Required).
Everyone knows that fast food chain restaurants aren’t winning any awards for being nutritionally responsible. But one public interest group is taking it a step...Read More
