parenting tips

First baby care

When should I use baby powder?

When preparing for the arrival of a new baby, parents have a million questions running through their minds. When it comes to...

Teen School & Education

Teens & makeup: What's OK for school?

Though many young teens wear makeup on special occasions, your daughter may want to start experimenting and wearing makeup every day...

Family Activities

How to encourage conversation at dinner

“What did you do today?” It’s a common dinnertime question that’s often met with responses like “I dunno” or “Nothing,” if not light...

Family Activities

How to be the cool mom

You would think that being an adult and a parent would preclude you from silly high school social games and issues, but many mothers...

Mom & Dad

How to temper your Type-A parenting style

If you’ve always been a Type-A neurotic worrier, can you become a different kind of parent? Perhaps the more important question...

School Tips for Moms

5 Tips for beating back-to-school blues

Kids everywhere are feeling the back-to-school blues right about now, but going back to class doesn't have to be a drag. Help your...

Super Mom Tips

Parenting resources we love

The web offers a wealth of parenting advice, humor, mom-tested product reviews, and many other tips and tricks. Here's a list of our...

School Tips for Moms

Secrets of smooth school mornings

Imagine a school morning like this: You're running around, trying to find your child's other...

Super Mom Tips

5 Secrets of supermoms

Supermoms juggle the responsibilities of work, kids and husbands without batting an eye. Somehow, they still have time to host...

Parenting Tips & Advice

Secrets of encouraging kids to eat healthy

Fruits, vegetables and whole grains are not always the most popular items on the plate. It is difficult for items like oatmeal to...

Children's Health

Kids fitness: The power of positive thinking

Kids are naturally active and want to expend energy. You can help foster a lifestyle of fitness and happiness to last their...

School Age Kids

Tips for adjusting kids routine for school

You've got the school supplies, you've been carefully talking up the start of school and acknowledging the mixed emotions that come...

Family Activities

Family vacations: Dealing with the unexpected

For all the planning and anticipation, sometimes vacations don't go quite as planned. Maybe it's the weather, the hotel, a stomach...

Mom & Dad

No, life is not fair

The other day, I overheard my five-year-old son tell my seven-year-old daughter that, “Life is not fair.” While the heated...

Child Development & Health

Should you let your child quit sports?

You have an athletically gifted child who has a passion for a particular sport. You've invested years of time, money, and emotional...

Mom & Dad

5 Steps to being a more laid-back parent

It's no lie: The stress of being a parent can sometimes be overwhelming. This can transmit itself -- whether you want it to or not...

Baby & Toddler

4 Things to expect while raising two toddlers

Got toddlers? Then you know that these little people, while only 2 or 3 years old, are thoroughly convinced they rule the roost....

Family Activities

10 Frugal family fun ideas

As parents, we can easily get wrapped up planning big, elaborate and expensive outings with our children to places like the circus...

Parenting Advice & Columns

5 tips for stress-less parenting

Are your kids driving you batty? Feeling mommy guilt about anything and everything to do with your children? Whether you have a...

Special Needs

10 Blogs for special needs parents

Connecting with other parents is a great way to feel less alone and more connected. And if you’re the parent of a child with special...

Gadgets, Electronics & Automotive

GPS tracking on your child's phone: Intelligent or invasive?

It’s getting close to curfew. Do you know where your kids are? Some of the latest innovations in GPS tracking allow you to know...