More people are turning to work at home opportunities. Some prefer the flexibility that a home business offers. Others, like me, want to be home with the children. Working at home with children is not just a job, it is truly and adventure (to quote another famous job opportunity) and is not something for the [...]
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Homeschooling is something we have done since our children were just barely old enough to talk. As they got older, we were coming into our own in the school arena when I found out I was pregnant. That makes a seven year difference between the middle child and the new baby.
Now, school is even more [...]
Potty training can take the fight out of the best parent. It takes constant patience, attention, and a consistency known no where else in the galaxy. I guess that’s one of the reasons that so many parents in “modern” society tend to put off potty training as long as possible.
I’ve read stories about how some [...]
It is never too early to learn about money. Unlike my parents, and probably their parents before them, my husband and I talk about finances in front of and with our children.
There is a time and place for these discussions. We don’t burden the children with the difficulties we have put ourselves in by borrowing [...]
Being a new mother can be unnerving enough. Finding out you have given your child poison can leave you completely distraught. It’s not like there aren’t enough threats on your child already, but now the Chinese are attacking through the toys. What is a mom to do?
Recently, Mattel has recalled a [...]