tips for moms

Family Activities

How to enjoy the rest of Thanksgiving weekend

After you've cleared away the dishes and put away the leftovers after Thanksgiving dinner, you have plenty time left to enjoy the...

More Food & Recipes

Smart snack tips for busy moms

Being a mom is a full-time job. If it seems like you spend every spare moment getting the kids ready to go somewhere, or shuttling...

School Tips for Moms

Planning a less hectic schedule

Aside from your other duties as Mom, you have to keep a clean house, do the laundry, do the grocery shopping and make sure everyone...

Child Development & Health

5 Snacking tips for the multi-tasking mom

We all know that a healthy diet full of wholesome, unprocessed foods is the best way to keep our bodies running in top condition....

Organizing & Cleaning

Real women speak: Cleaning tricks from busy moms

A mother’s job is never done. Between late-night feedings, long days at the office, and playing chauffeur, cook and maid to your...

Pregnancy, Labor & Birth

5 Things every new mom needs

Let's be honest -- shopping for a new baby can be really fun. So much fun, in fact, that it's easy to get carried away buying bibs,...

Super Mom Tips

10 Secrets of real life super moms

They make it look so easy. They juggle work, kids and a hubby with ease, and still have time to volunteer at the women's shelter,...

Parenting Advice & Columns

Monday Mom challenge: Start preparing for the holidays now

OK, so you're just through the start of school stuff, Halloween is rapidly approaching and Thanksgiving follows Halloween. You're...

Children's Health

Lunches that give your kids energy at school

Kids need energy and brain power to perform well in school. However, despite your efforts of picking out fresh fruits and veggies...

Organizing & Cleaning

Top 10 laundry blunders

Tissue in the washer? Check. White socks turned pink? Been there, done that. Orphaned socks? Yup. Even laundry veterans have to deal...

Organizing & Cleaning

Ways to make laundry fun for the family

The words “laundry” and “fun” don’t typically go in the same sentence. For most of us, laundry is just another chore on...

Organizing & Cleaning

Teaching kids to do laundry

Your children are never too young to learn laundry basics. Not only will they learn responsibility, but it’ll also prepare them...

Organizing & Cleaning

7 Stubborn stains and how to remove them

Too many of our favorite shirts, pants and dresses have fallen victim to spills, overzealous eating, and other accidents. Don’t...

Organizing & Cleaning

Real moms share their tips for laundry

Let’s face it—keeping up with a household full of dirty laundry is no simple task. Moms are expected to battle the toughest...

School Food

5 Ways to get kids to eat breakfast

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but an estimated 40 percen of children do not eat any, or an adequate,...

School Food

5 Quick math lessons for the breakfast table

Nutritionally speaking, breakfast gets your body off to a good start for the day. Use breakfast to stimulate the brain too with 5...

School Food

5 Tips to help moms get breakfast on the table

You've heard it before, and it still holds true: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And getting a healthy breakfast on...

Cooking Tips & Trends

Giada De Laurentiis' food tips for moms

Best-selling author, chef, television host, business mogul, wife, mother. Giada De Laurentiis is one busy lady. Here are some of her...

School Tips for Moms

How to find the best school district for your child

If you are moving to a new area, it's important to check out the school district before purchasing your new home. With a little...

School Tips for Moms

How to make life easier on school mornings

It's back-to-school time! With school back in session, the lazy, carefree mornings of summertime are gone. If schoolday mornings are...