Category: Tweens

  • A Fun Guide to Having a Blast with Your Kids

    A Fun Guide to Having a Blast with Your Kids

    Let’s be honest, playing with your children counts only if both of you are having fun. We live in a time when playing with our children is often pushed aside. However, it is an important part of parenting and a good way to show that you always have time for them. Experts give a lot…

  • 10 Quick Tips About Teaching Kids About Soccer

    10 Quick Tips About Teaching Kids About Soccer

    I started playing soccer when I was 12 and enjoyed it very much. After high school, I stopped playing because there wasn’t a league or a place for adults to play when I was living in North Carolina. I was ecstatic when I moved back to Fort Worth, in 2005, because that meant that I…

  • 5 Ways to Keep Your Child Healthy This Fall

    5 Ways to Keep Your Child Healthy This Fall

    Fall brings changing leaves, colder weather, football games, and warmer dinners. But fall can also bring more diseases to your home. While in school, your children are interacting with other kids on a daily basis, and this interaction leads to the spreading of germs. In order for you to keep your little one healthy during…

  • Top Video Game Recommendations for the Whole Family

    Top Video Game Recommendations for the Whole Family

    Parents who want to spend more time with the kids should invest in video games for the whole family. The market is packed with entertaining games meant to keep your household engaged for quite a few hours, however it’s often challenging to make a choice. Nowadays, it’s more difficult than ever for parents to connect…

  • Fall 2014 Fashion Trends for Your Teenage Daughter That Won’t Break the Bank

    Fall 2014 Fashion Trends for Your Teenage Daughter That Won’t Break the Bank

    My daughter is a fashionista and is constantly following the top trends according to magazines like Teen Vouge, Seventeen, Girl’s Life and other popular magazines for teen girls. Finding a promo code is one of the best ways to shop

  • Easy, Low Cost Ideas for Kids Room

    Easy, Low Cost Ideas for Kids Room

    When you think about redecorating, suddenly all the costs, handymen around the house, days and weeks without proper use of your home and constant work tend to suck out all the fun and joy out of it. By the time the redecoration is done, you are tired, stressed and unable to enjoy it. Well, this…

  • Top 8 Halloween Kids Costumes for 2014

    Top 8 Halloween Kids Costumes for 2014

    Halloween is less than a month away. Usually by now my kids have an idea of what they want to dress up on Halloween night. However, they haven’t decided yet. I was browsing the Internet today looking for costumes for my youngest son and I found some very cute costumes. Here are some of my…

  • 12 Ways to Get Your Child to Engage in Handwriting + Infographic

    12 Ways to Get Your Child to Engage in Handwriting + Infographic

    Technology is causing a big hindrance for our children. They are no longer writing nearly as much as I did when I was in school. I remember writing a ton of papers by hand because computers weren’t in every home and were considered a luxury until the Internet became popular. As technology continues to evolve,…

  • 14 Family Friendly Games to Play on National UnPlug Night  #UnPlugwithCarrom

    14 Family Friendly Games to Play on National UnPlug Night #UnPlugwithCarrom

    Do your children spend too much time using technology such as their cell phone, tablets, video games, watching television, or using the computer? I remember when I was growing up, I spent a ton of time playing outside with my friends and I wasn’t consumed with technology unlike today’s generation. As a blogger, I am…

  • Easy Lunch Time Meals with Applegate Half Time #lunchingawesome

    Easy Lunch Time Meals with Applegate Half Time #lunchingawesome

    My kids have been packing their lunch for several years; however, they get tired of eating the same things on a daily basis. I always try to find some new and fresh ideas to put into their lunch box so that I make sure that they are getting a nutritious lunch. As a mom, nutrition…