Use Fall Sports to Teach Healthy Competition

By Jody Pawel www.parentstoolshop.com Tis the season for Fall sports — when parents spend more time at playing fields or driving to games than they spend at home. At the game, parents enthusiastically cheer their child’s team and discuss the game on the car ride home. While most parents have good intentions, they can inadvertently [...]

Ten Ways to Save Big on Baby Gear

Sandra Gordon www.babyproductsmom.com Baby products are an 8.9 billion dollar industry in this country. There’s a lot to choose from—and a lot of stuff you can live without. A typical middle-income family with one child in the U.S. will spend an average of $13,590 on baby’s first year alone. But you get better value, and [...]

The Bully in Pigtails: Girls & Bullying

By Erik Fisher, PhD, AKA Dr. E www.erikfisher.com I think we all have begun to see a disturbing trend in recent years. More and more often we are seeing girls bullying girls, but not like it used to be. Historically, girls have not been immune to bullying, but the way they approached it was through [...]

Redefining “Enough”

Pavel Somov www.eatingthemoment.com Shifting from Unpleasant Fullness of the Body to the Pleasant Expansion of the Mind Portion control, the good ol’ divide (the portion) and conquer (overeating) approach, is not without merit. But what if you redefine the portion size from how many mouthfuls you can have to how many mindfuls you need to [...]

Exercising While Pregnant

By Tasha Lawton www.pregalates.com To drag your body up to do anything when you’re pregnant is hard enough, but to be motivated to exercise – get outta here!! Pregnancy is a time for sitting comfortably on the sofa with your feet firmly OFF the ground and your hand firmly IN a bag of chocolates…is it [...]

What You Need to Know When Your Teens and Tweens Put Up a Fight

Sharon M. Rivkin, M.F.T. www.sharonrivkin.com Never forget that our children are not our enemies.  They need our guidance, support, and a feeling that we’re on their side…even when they’re wrong!  Many parents do not understand the importance of keeping the lines of communication open with their teen or tween no matter what.  NO fight is [...]