Mom = Wow! Read the Article!
"Wow!" One of the best three letter words there is! It's easy to spell! It can save you from unnecessary conflict. And "Wow!" is fun to do!
Written by Carwin Dover

Winter Blahs Become Family Fun Read the Article!
After spending another dreary winter Sunday with not much to do I decided our family needed an exciting activity.
Written by Sarah Zanger

Teaching Kids the Value of Money Read the Article!
My husband and I have a 12-year-old daughter who wanted to go toa winter retreat with her church youth group last year. Price oftrip -- $45. The retreat was a church activity. So we should have forkedover the money for her to go, right? Well, maybe.
Written by Rachel Paxton

Families That Play Together, Stay Together Read the Article!
Sharing common experiences is one way of helping to keep families close. With our busy lives pulling us in so many directions and our children growing up so quickly, finding new ways to connect to our partners and our children is extremely important.
Written by T.W. Winslow

How To Make Next Christmas Even Better Than This One Read the Article!
With the decorations still up and the Christmas successes or disasters fresh in your mind this can be the perfect time to make plans for next Christmas.
Written by Colleen Moulding

What Every Parent Must Know About Babysitters! Read the Article!
Selecting a babysitter is an important decision that requires a great amount of caution. Here are 5 things you should consider when choosing a babysitter:
Written by Victoria Walker

Volunteering With Teens Read the Article!
As your children mature it is very important to instill the importance of service to others deep inside them, so that it becomes a part of them.
Written by Patti Chadwick

Frugal Family Fun Read the Article!
These days, getting the whole family together is hard enough, let alone getting the family to have fun together.
Written by Debra Vaughn

The Lesson Read the Article!
Don't forget to find the time to enjoy your family and life.
Written by Rita Wood

Ten Ways for the whole Family to enjoy Winter on a Budget! Read the Article!
The days are shorter and it takes layers of clothing to be comfortable when going outside! There are compensations for winter's shortcomings.
Written by Pond Market

Baby Naming Tips and Considerations Read the Article!
Choosing the name for your baby will probably be one of the most important, exciting and fun things you will do during your pregnancy. Throughout the pregnancy, many hours will be spent on choosing the baby's name. Friends, relatives, and even strangers will give you their opinions. You will probably consider many names and name combinations before you finally come to a decision. The following are considerations and tips that will help to get you started to find the perfect name for your baby.
Written by Teri Hanson

Help Kids Get Rid of the Gimme's This Holiday Season Read the Article!
Once children discover the truth about Santa Claus, they often seem less involved in the magic of Christmas and more caught up by its commercialism. If reliable Mom and Dad are the source of all good things under the tree and not some iffy "he knows when I've been good or bad" character, wish lists actually get longer, not shorter. A grade school student's growing maturity is an opportunity to understand the season more deeply. Too often it becomes an opportunity to whine and wheedle even more than the rest of the year.
Written by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe

A Day in the Life of SuperWoman aka The Great Balancing Act Read the Article!
Up early, waiting to hear those birds start chirping. They have to wake up, too, don't they?Pounding coffee with extra cream and sugar (for nourishment, of course) while I toil away at my computer. I have, hopefully, at least one more hour before my day has to really begin.
Written by Mari Peckham

If I Knew Then What I Know Now, Part I — I would have slept more Read the Article!
There's an eerie quiet that surrounds the initiation process into the sisterhood of motherhood. It's a quiet, anxious ritual that the previously inducted sisters of Motherhood wearily maintain partly out of tradition and partly out of fear that we might scare potential sisters away from our club.
Written by Kristine Roberson

Working to Work from Home Read the Article!
As long as I can remember, I have wanted to be my own boss. I have never been able to truly get excited about working for someone else. And, with my vast array of interests and talents, I have also never been able to find a position that is that perfect match for me.
Written by Kristine Roberson

Why Do We Feel the Need To Bring Each Other Down? Read the Article!
We women have a peculiar habit that, in general, is pretty exclusive to the estrogen-powered gender. We look at other women we perceive to be different (or, perhaps the same as us?) and knock them down as much as we can. Mothers, unfortunately, are no different.
Written by Kristine Roberson

Re-Engineer Your Life! Tips for Simplifying Daily Living Read the Article!
In the business world, "re-engineering" is the analysis and redesign of existing processes to improve performance. Often, it includes identifying unnecessary tasks or processes and eliminating them. Apply the concept of re-engineering to your personal life to achieve simplicity and focus AND save time and money. Try some or all of these tips; you'll be amazed at the results!
Written by Kelly Cullison

It's Never Too Late For New Traditions Read the Article!
Some of my clients dread the holiday season because it often represents stress, pressure, expectations, guilt, disappointment, pain, loneliness, exhaustion... and the list goes on.
Written by Carol Cuoco

Family Game Night Read the Article!
When I was a child I loved to play board games. There was nothing better than gathering the family around the kitchen table for a rousing game of Monopoly. Playing games with my brothers and parents was great fun, but the best thing was it brought us all together as a family. In between rolls of the dice we talked and laughed about all kinds of things, and in doing so it helped us to bond.
Written by T.W. Winslow

The New Parent's Guide to Saving Memorabilia Read the Article!
A few years ago, I met some ladies at a friend's baby shower and at one point they discussed the items that they had saved from the little ones early years. It was an interesting conversation, but the more I listened, I found myself feeling a little sad because I had not saved many of the things they mentioned — like my baby's Band-Aid from her first immunization.
Written by Brandie Valenzuela

The Art of Listening Read the Article!
This past Mother's Day, I was recalling all of the things that make my own mom so wonderful and special. One of the things that came to mind was no matter what problem I had or predicament I got myself into growing up, I knew I could always turn to her for comfort and advice. There was, and still is, something almost therapeutic about going to her with my problems.
Written by T.W. Winslow

Revisiting Your Vows Read the Article!
One of my good friends got married over the weekend in a small outdoor ceremony. Admittedly, I’m a sucker for a wedding. There’s just something about watching two people in love commit the rest of their lives to each other that fills me with a sense of hope and joy.
Written by T.W. Winslow

Giving Our Children What They Need Read the Article!
As parents we all share one thing in common — we want to give our children every advantage possible. We all want better for our children than what we had. This is a wonderful ideal, but one which can cause significant turmoil and guilt for the parent, and perhaps unnecessarily so. We might do well to think back to our own childhoods and reflect upon what we consider to have been meaningful to us as children.
Written by T.W. Winslow

Family Matters Read the Article!
Recently I rented a movie — The Straight Story. It was about an old man whose brother suffered a stroke. The old man and his brother had not spoken in many years due to some long standing disagreement and hard feelings. The old man decided it was time to make peace between them, so he swallowed his pride and set off on a long journey to see his brother.
Written by T.W. Winslow

Boy or Girl? Old Wives Tales Read the Article!
Mums have always been curious about the sex of the child they are carrying. In the days before scans were available, women used all kinds of weird and wonderful methods of defining the sex of their child.
Written by Sharon Jacobsen