Body confidence is something I imagine each of us have lacked during periods of our life. For some of us, maybe we’ve never had confidence and that’s really sad. I’m teaming up with the Dove Self-Esteem Project to bring you some tips to build body confidence. As women, we are known to beat ourselves up […]
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Signs Your Child Is Experiencing Toxic Stress
The past couple of months have been filled with a lot of stress and angst for Keith and me, which has gotten me thinking about how stress affects our kids. Our kids know when we’re stressed and whether they vocalize it or not, it affects them. I was recently contacted by Center for Youth Wellness […]
10 Big Tips for Saving Money with a Baby
Because I love shopping at Safeway and have a love and trust for Signature Care products, I am excited to partner with Signature Care diapers to bring you 10 big tips for saving money with a baby. Saving money at any stage never gets old but going from zero babies to having a baby can […]
Tips for Preparing for a Teenage Driver
Easing the minds of parents of teen drivers (or soon-to-be drivers) with this information and tips for preparing for a teenage driver. In a little over a year my oldest will have his driver’s license and life as we know it will be different. I’m excited, nervous and frankly just shocked that we’re to this […]
How to Create Comics Using Pentel POP Pens
Let your creativity run wild with Pentel Pop Pens, and create comics that are fun and clever, and full of color and imagination! This post is sponsored by The Brand Connection/Pentel, all ideas and opinions are my own. I’ve always been on the creative side, but I’ve only come to that realization in recent years. […]
How to Help Your Kids Make a Difference
Since I now have a high schooler and two more to come next year, I’ve been realizing that my parental influence is dwindling. I only have a few years left with my boys at home so I better make them count, right? Luckily I have more time with my daughter, but the pressure is on […]
Keeping Kids Safe Online with Gryphon: A Family Friendly Wireless Router
It’s official – school is in session and each of my kids have their own school-issued Chromebooks. Because homework is on the kids’ computer now, it can be a real challenge monitoring their time on the internet. I have my anxieties about so much internet access and isolation on a device so I’ve been doing […]
Why You Should Consider a Pre-Owned Phone for Your Child
This post is sponsored by Trademore. I was paid for this post. In this day and age cell phones and technology are a big part of our lives, and that of our kids’ lives. When we moved and switched schools it became just how much technology is involved in the education of our youth. My […]
Keeping Families Safe with T-Mobile FamilyMode
With 1 teenager, 2 soon-to-be teenagers (come October) and one pre-teen, electronic devices are running rampant in our household. Technology is huge in education and in the every day loves of our youth. As parents we can either fear this stage, ignore the issue at hand, or embrace it and arm ourselves with tools to […]
Why Choose Music Lessons at Guitar Center
If you’ve debating signing up for some type of music lessons, or you want your child to learn to play an instrument, I cover some great benefits of music lessons, in a previous post. As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’m a huge lover of music and believer in what it can do for the […]