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The Power of Grandma

Who knew your monster-in-law could actually serve a positive purpose in life aside from birthing your spouse? Ahem… How well do you get along with your mother-in-law? The answer could have a major impact on your children’s lives. According to a new study, married couples, who live with or nearby their mother-in-law, are more likely to have healthier babies than those who don’t. In addition, researchers say children born to said couples are also less likely to die in infancy. Finally, the study also found that when grandma is a driving force in a family, mom and dad tend to … Continue reading →

Are You Beyond the Bump?

You know you are done having children if… the only way you would welcome another baby into your family is if a stork delivered it. If… holding a deliciously cute 6-month-old doesn’t make your ovaries ache. If… coming across a bunch of onesies doesn’t trigger the ugly cry. While fellow blogger Angela is contemplating adding to her family, many other moms are anticipating the end of the childbirth era. So when do you really know when your family is complete? My friend always jokes that only one of her six kids was planned–the twin who is the better listener. After … Continue reading →

Mommy Crushes

Grown women go gaga over 16-year-old pop star Justin Bieber… there’s just something inherently wrong with that scenario. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. Did you see the episode of “Saturday Night Live” where Tina Fey played a high school teacher smitten with a student played by Bieber? “I don’t know whether I want to marry him or put him in a stroller and push him around the mall,’’ Fey’s character ponders in a dreamy baby girl voice-over. So much for motherhood being connected with adulthood… and completely disconnected to youth culture. These days moms are getting … Continue reading →

Technology: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em

When it comes to technology and teenagers I have decided that if you can’t beat ‘em, then join ‘em. I know that some parents feel very strongly about the advances in technology and that they are messing some kids up. Not only are there the bigger issues with the dangers that can be found in technology (pedophiles accessing our children, sexting, and so on) but there are other smaller concerns that are just as important. Some critics of technology feel that our children are lacking in social skills because there is less face-to-face interacting and more technological interacting. Some teachers … Continue reading →

Are Internet Mom’s Neglecting Their kids

Could moms who blog and tweet neglecting their children? This is the question everyone is asking since a Florida mom tweeted for prayer while her son was fighting for his life. According to the timeline as reported by the Huffington Post, she was also tweeting around the time that her son could have been drowning. For a bit of background information, this mom also has an very popular blog followed by over 5000 people. As her last post says, those who do not have the facts should not be reporting on the story should not… so I will stop there. … Continue reading →

Why I Keep My Teens on a Short Leash

After reading No Free-Range Kids for Me? by Mary Ann Romans, I have to agree wholeheartedly. The idea of having free range kids is well, just a little nutty from me and coming from one of those crazy homeschoolers, that’s saying alot. In our entire neighborhood, we have one “free range” child, and I have been tempted to call child protection several times. I have seen him wandering both in and out of the subdivision in all types of weather, and there have been times that he came to my house for shelter as his mother locked him out of … Continue reading →