Category: Parenting Resources

  • Skin Care Tips For The Busy Mommy

    Skin Care Tips For The Busy Mommy

    When it comes to beauty and self-confidence, no look is complete without great skin. Even when we’re wearing our best outfits, and our hair is perfect, a less-than-stellar complexion can totally dampen our attitude and style. And for so many women, and especially mothers, great skin seems ever elusive. Most of us try all the…

  • Top 10 Air Purifiers for Families – Reduce Indoor Allergy and Asthma Symptoms

    Top 10 Air Purifiers for Families – Reduce Indoor Allergy and Asthma Symptoms

    Do you suffer from indoor allergies or asthma? If so, you aren’t alone. An air purifier can help clean the air in your home making it easier for you to breath. An air purifier is designed to help reduce the amount of small particles near the unit. Depending on the unit that you choose, the…

  • Why Your Family Benefits When You Spend a Little More Upfront on These Items

    Why Your Family Benefits When You Spend a Little More Upfront on These Items

    Photo Credit: Free Digital Photos Every penny counts. That’s why you buy the bulk breakfast cereal in a bag instead of the small box with a picture of a cartoon animal on the front. You’re not cheap, you’re responsible. After all, there is the savings account and the college fund to consider. But sometimes the…

  • 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…

  • 3 Ways Larger Families Can Start Saving Money Today

    3 Ways Larger Families Can Start Saving Money Today

    Whether you have several children or you find that you are taking care of your elderly parents, increasing the size of your household, there are some money saving tips to keep in mind for larger families. They are easy to follow, and there is a possibility that you can save a large amount of money…

  • 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…

  • How to Help Your Teen Cope with Divorce

    How to Help Your Teen Cope with Divorce

    Teenagers have a lot to deal with on a daily basis. Aside from the pressure they may feel to fit in at school, they are also learning how to handle their bodies’ changes, get a handle on their emotions, and still learn what is needed to become an adult. Because your teen will experience so…

  • How Your Child’s Senior Year in High School Could Cost You a Small Fortune

    How Your Child’s Senior Year in High School Could Cost You a Small Fortune

    My daughter just celebrated a birthday a few weeks ago. I can’t believe how quickly time has flown by and that she is almost a grown woman. It has been an amazing journey. As she is nearing the second half of her junior year in high school, she has already started coming home with information…

  • Tips on How to Deal with Aging Parents

    Tips on How to Deal with Aging Parents

    In 2005, I decided to make the move from North Carolina back to Texas and I was fortunate to have my mom fly o ut to help me make the trek cross-country with my kids. When she arrived at the airport, I was excited to see her but after spending a few minutes with her…