routines

Family Activities

How to survive the weekend (with no routine)

Do you notice how crazy the family gets on the weekend without their usual weekly routines? Or do you wish the mornings and bedtimes...

Parenting Tips & Advice

How to simplify the family's morning and bedtime routine

Are your kids having a hard time with mornings and there isn’t enough coffee in the world to fix it? Do you dread bedtime with a...

Mom & Dad

Getting back into family routines after the holidays

There’s no better way to get your family off to a fresh start in the New Year (and actually stick to those New Year's resolutions!)...

Family Activities

Weekly rituals that keep the family connected

While the early childhood years are often taken over with the need just to get through the day -- and what long, long days they are!...

Parenting Advice & Columns

The importance of bedtime routines

When you first bring your infant home from the hospital, there may seem to be no rhyme or reason to how you get him to fall asleep....

Teen Health & Wellness

Sleep and your older child

The change may be gradual or it may seem sudden. You adolescent starts having trouble falling sleep at night (even though you’ve...

Time Management

Time management: Reap the rewards of the routine

Rut and a routine are not synonymous terms. In fact, there are great mental, emotional and physical rewards to being a little...