Category: Teens

  • How to Choose the Perfect Rug for Your Kid’s Room

    How to Choose the Perfect Rug for Your Kid’s Room

    Decorating children’s room happens to be more challenging than decorating an adult space. After all, kids are the toughest crowd since forever and you need to decorate their space just right to make them happy. Naturally, decorating a child’s space depends on their age, interests, type of personality and the purpose they are going to…

  • Five Fun and Fast Ways to Get Kids to Eat Their Veggies, No Bribing Necessary

    Five Fun and Fast Ways to Get Kids to Eat Their Veggies, No Bribing Necessary

    Children can be picky eaters, especially when it comes to healthy foods like vegetables. Explanations on the benefits of vegetables are lost on children, leaving creativity and consistency as a better approach. With some persistence, the following five tips will get children to eat and enjoy their vegetables. Set a Fun Example Kids learn best…

  • How to Create a Mindful Student

    How to Create a Mindful Student

    My daughter started taking education courses during her freshman year of high school. Her teacher was impressed with my daughter’s work in the childhood education class and encouraged my daughter to start the teacher intern program her junior year. At the beginning of school, my daughter started her teacher intern program. This program allows her…

  • Our Pop-Secret Pillow Fort – A Perfect Rainy Day Activity #PopSecretForts

    Our Pop-Secret Pillow Fort – A Perfect Rainy Day Activity #PopSecretForts

    Disclosure:  Thank you to Pop Secret for sponsoring today’s post and inspiring me to try building a pillow fort! All opinions are 100% my own. Join me in remembering one of my favorite childhood memories as I share it with my children today. Does your child enjoy building forts? If not, check out our pop…

  • Top 5 Tablets Under $150 for Kids

    Top 5 Tablets Under $150 for Kids

    My youngest son has always enjoyed playing games on my phone since he was 2 years old. However, I was always worried that he would accidentally dial 911. So far I have been lucky, he hasn’t done that but he will still grab my phone when I am not looking and pick it up. I…

  • Sticking With Your Kids Physicals and Dental Care

    Sticking With Your Kids Physicals and Dental Care

    One of the most important things any new parents can do is make sure that their child is healthy. This means not only taking care of them when they are sick, but also going for regular checkups to make sure that they are developing properly. The CDC has stated that it is not only important…

  • Smaller Pets Can Entertain Your Children and Help Teach Them Responsibility

    Smaller Pets Can Entertain Your Children and Help Teach Them Responsibility

    It’s never too early to start teaching your child about responsibility. As they get older, we want them to value cleaning up after themselves, helping out around the house, and even using their manners. To this end, it is important to instill values into their core at a young age. One of the best ways…

  • 5 Make-Up Essentials for Teenagers

    5 Make-Up Essentials for Teenagers

    I have never been much of a girly girl when it comes to wearing make up. I will wear make-up occasionally but I have always believed in natural beauty. Plus, I don’t like spending hours upon hours in front of the mirror primping. My daughter on the other hand started wearing make-up around the age…

  • Children and Allergies – Preventing and Treating Allergies

    Children and Allergies – Preventing and Treating Allergies

    This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Holmes Products. All opinions are 100% mine. Do you or your children suffer from indoor or outdoor allergens? According to Kid’s Health, up to 50 million Americans including kids suffer from allergies including indoor, outdoor, food, and drugs. Many people treat their allergies using…

  • Your Child’s Higher Education – an Increasing Parental Concern

    Your Child’s Higher Education – an Increasing Parental Concern

    Families are struggling to pay for the ever increasing costs of higher education. The increasing college costs and the loans they take for financing their child’s education gets them worried about their own retirement. Parents are feeling more and more burdened by the constantly increasing tuition costs and it’s starting to affect their life financially…