Recent Parents Blog PostsDo You Have a Mommy Uniform?by Michele Cheplic04 Feb 2010 12:58 AMWhat do you wear to drop off your kids at school in the morning? Is it the same outfit you wear to the supermarket, the pet store or the gas station? I tend to dress in the same outfit to do all of the aforementioned tasks--jeans or khakis with a plain button-down shirt or sweater. An Answer for Everythingby Michele Cheplic01 Feb 2010 12:58 AMShe may not be old enough to cross the street by herself or cut her own meat. Heck, she can't even reach the bathroom faucet without the help of a stool, but my 5-year-old daughter is never short on answers. The kid has a retort for everything. They Will Do What You Doby Andrea Hermitt31 Jan 2010 04:45 PMThis is my last word on raising teens. I have been writing on the teens blog for a while now, but am reducing my work here at Families.com, where I will be writing mostly in the frugal blog. How Much Did You Spend on Your Child's Last Birthday Party?by Michele Cheplic31 Jan 2010 12:54 AMI know it wasn't more than $360,000. We can't all roll like Daddy Diddy, but as parents we do want to make our children happy, and celebrating a milestone like a birthday with a big party, often means digging deep. Technology Makes it Hard to Relateby Andrea Hermitt30 Jan 2010 09:30 PMBetween the ages of 13 and 15, I read books, took walks to the park, and watched a fair amount of TV. Sometimes I talked to my friends on the phone, but it was only long enough to make plans to meet at the corner or in our usual place in the park or library. Kids' Birthday Parties-How Much Is Too Much?by Michele Cheplic30 Jan 2010 06:29 AMRecession? What recession? The economic crisis, which has battered and bruised many Americans, is apparently a non-issue if your name is Diddy. The rapper with 1,000 names--he was born Sean Combs, but later morphed into "Puff Daddy," then "P. Your Kids are Ready for Sleep-Away Camp. Are You?by Andrea Hermitt29 Jan 2010 06:50 PMReading a recent article at Huffington Post about sleep away camp has me in a bit of a tizzy. The writer (Tina Traster) described a camp information session she was recently at where parents worried about peanuts, and junk food, and socializing with other kids. "Hey, Stupid!"by Michele Cheplic29 Jan 2010 03:55 AM"Mommy, am I stupid?" When those words came out of my five-year-old daughter's mouth the other day while I preparing lunch, I almost dropped the knife I was using to cut strawberries. "Stupid" is a banned word in our home, so I knew my daughter's query was not joke. Does Abstinence Only Education Equal More Teen Pregnancies?by Andrea Hermitt28 Jan 2010 06:58 PMAccording the Guttmacher Institute, a research facility tied to Planned Parenthood, pregnancy among girls aged 15 to 19 rose 3% in 2005 and 2006. This is the first increase since 1990 as pregnancy rates among teen girls dropped 35% between 1991 and 2005. Getting Kids to Listenby Michele Cheplic28 Jan 2010 12:57 AMRecently overheard "conversation" between a mother juggling her 6-month-old baby and 2-year-old toddler, while her 4-year-old happily frolicked around the parking lot of my daughter's school: "Lily, get into the van. LILY! Get into the van now. Recent Blog Comments drjrifkin says... "My experience is that children pay far more attention to what we do than what we say." |
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