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5 Healthy Homework Habits Recommended by Teachers

Teachers know that the best time to develop healthy homework habits for your family is before homework becomes a problem. Parents who approach their children’s ...

Empathy: Teaching Kids to Value Others

Empathy is one of those strange qualities – something almost everyone wants, but few know how to truly give or receive it. In a world ...

10 Ways to Keep Your Family Safe Online

by Kari Ann Fallon While it may seem harmless, the Internet poses plenty of financial and security dangers to the average family. 1. Watermark ...

6 Sneaky Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthier

Getting kids to eat healthily can be an exercise in frustration and the source of much family discord. Many kids are picky eaters, to ...

5 Things You Need to Know About Your Child’s Report Card

Twenty-first-century report cards look nothing like their twentieth-century predecessors. Sometimes it feels like you need a master’s degree in education to decipher all the “eduspeak” ...

Get Moving! Toddler Activities to Encourage Physical Development

There are countless activities to keep a toddler happy and occupied on a rainy day. The challenge is uncovering the ones that help develop their ...

How to Survive Traveling with Your Kids This Holiday Season

Just the thought of traveling with kids over the holiday break can be enough to make you scream, and the reality can be just ...

Outdoor Winter Activities for the Whole Family

Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean the outdoor activities have to stop! Help the family stay fit and have fun with winter activities for ...

Top Tips to Avoid the Winter Blues for Stay-at-Home Parents

How many new parents would love nothing more than to stay at home with their newborn? While many people may have the ability to do ...

How to Avoid Post-Holiday Debt This Year

The holiday season can be a wonderful time of year. Chances are, it’s a special occasion for your family where you spend time together, share ...

Keeping Your Kids Entertained During a Road Trip

The decision to take a road trip with your family is an exciting one. Maybe you remember taking road trips during your own childhood and ...

9 Tips on Saying “No” to Your Child

It’s not easy to discipline a child. It can even be heartbreaking. As a parent, you want to see a bright smile on your child’s ...

3 Ways to Stick to Your Diet During the Holidays

Are you looking forward to celebrating the holidays this year? Are you planning which parties you’ll attend and which ones you’ll skip? Are you choosing ...

Tips to Keep Kids Safe While Trick or Treating

Halloween is supposed to be a fun time for kids, when they get to dress up, go trick or treating, receive candy and simply have ...

7 Wet Day Activities to Do with Your Bouncy Kids

If you have lively children with lots of energy to burn off, it can be tricky keeping them calm and happy on a wet day. ...

How To Make School Mornings Easier

For parents, school mornings can pack in all the stress of a normal day into just a couple of hours. Here are five ways you ...

How to Get Involved with Your Child’s School

Getting involved in your child’s school activities is an excellent way to further develop a bond with your child. Getting involved also helps your ...

5 Ways to Deal with Your Kid’s Homework Challenges

Homework can be very challenging, especially for high-energy kids who have a hard time sitting still at school, much less at home. As a parent, ...

Why Your Child Should Learn How to Code

Computers are an important part of the world we live in. Technology is everywhere and it is advancing at a rapid rate, which means children ...

3 Quick Ways to Get Fit as a Family

Getting in shape is tough. Whether you join a gym or choose to exercise at home, it’s difficult to lose weight on your own. If ...

3 Ways to Use Pokemon Go to Connect with Your Kids

Pokemon Go is one of the most interesting games available. This app might be free, but it’s worth its weight in gold when it comes ...

Why Back-to-School Nutrition Is Important

Nutrition is one of the single most important factors when it comes to a child’s development. Proper nutrition is essential for children to succeed in ...

Our Top Tips for Preparing for Back to School

Maybe last year, you got a little tired of books and papers all over the place. And perhaps the kids weren’t getting their homework done ...

How to Create a Homework Space

RELATED: Download Our Free Homework Charts! If your child is like most, doing homework can be a chore. Completing homework is often the last thought ...

How to Keep Up with Learning and Make it Fun During Summer

It is hard enough to keep up with learning during the school year, much less make it any fun for your child or teen. Of ...

Family Water Sports 101

As research and experience shows more and more that we need more exercise, emphasis is being placed on incorporating physical activity into our leisure ...

5 Family-Friendly Backyard Activities That Are Literally Cool

As a parent, you probably don’t want your kids to while away summer break glued to their iPads and smartphones. But on days when the ...

Is Your Teenager Experiencing Summer Boredom?

Have you ever heard your teen remark that they are bored? It can be like a broken record by summer’s end. Here are some ...

4 Crafting Ideas for Kids

Most children love to do crafts and it’s a fun way to teach them new things. There are endless possibilities when it comes to ...

How to Keep Your Child Active During Summer Break

Remember when you were a kid dreaming of summer days spent hiking, fishing, and playing outdoors? Childhood looks a lot different today than it ...

Protect Your Kids From the Summer Sun With These Easy Tips

Everybody loves summertime activities with the kids splashing in the pool, outdoor adventures and maybe some time at the beach or the lake. Beware, though: ...