children
Be a Costume Wizard This Halloween
What will your kids be this year? Halloween fever starts as soon as the first pumpkin appears. The children will jump up and down in anticipation. Be a wizard and make a costume! That's how memories are made.
Encourage Positive Connections Between Siblings
From the start, treat each of your children in a special way. With new additions to the family, continue to make your other children feel special and give them extra time and attention.
Best Known Cat Breeds for Kids
Over the years, cats have been notoriously (and unfairly) pegged as unfriendly toward children. While there are certainly breeds that are less comfortable with active children, there are a large number of breeds that are very kid-friendly.
Dogs: Best Known Breeds for Kids
The most common mistake parents make when buying a family dog is choosing a dog that is cute or the right size rather than considering breed and temperament. Dogs should be solidly built - able to take roughhousing by children, patient and gentle in nature.
Mother Muse: Moms Need Girlfriends. Here's How to Keep 'Em Close.
Understand that your children are not her children. More than likely, your friends will adore your children. However, you cannot expect that they'll love your offspring quite as passionately as you. My friend Ashley puts it like this: "While I may love your children and want to know about what happened at preschool, I don't need to know everything."
Mother Muse: "Zilch, Zero, and Nada"
My fourteen-month-old enjoys dancing in the dining room to my favorite CDs. I call this "Music and Movement with Mama" and consider it a private lesson that I don't have to pay or change out of my pajamas for. My three-year-old enjoys cooking, so we make a lot of blueberry muffins and pita pizza.
Encourage Positive Connections Between Siblings
From the start, treat each of your children in a special way. With new additions to the family, continue to make your other children feel special and give them extra time and attention.
Be a Costume Wizard This Halloween
What will your kids be this year? Halloween fever starts as soon as the first pumpkin appears. The children will jump up and down in anticipation. Be a wizard and make a costume! That's how memories are made.
Mother Muse: "Zilch, Zero, and Nada"
My fourteen-month-old enjoys dancing in the dining room to my favorite CDs. I call this "Music and Movement with Mama" and consider it a private lesson that I don't have to pay or change out of my pajamas for. My three-year-old enjoys cooking, so we make a lot of blueberry muffins and pita pizza.
Mother Muse: Moms Need Girlfriends. Here's How to Keep 'Em Close.
Understand that your children are not her children. More than likely, your friends will adore your children. However, you cannot expect that they'll love your offspring quite as passionately as you. My friend Ashley puts it like this: "While I may love your children and want to know about what happened at preschool, I don't need to know everything."
Best Known Cat Breeds for Kids
Over the years, cats have been notoriously (and unfairly) pegged as unfriendly toward children. While there are certainly breeds that are less comfortable with active children, there are a large number of breeds that are very kid-friendly.
Dogs: Best Known Breeds for Kids
The most common mistake parents make when buying a family dog is choosing a dog that is cute or the right size rather than considering breed and temperament. Dogs should be solidly built - able to take roughhousing by children, patient and gentle in nature.
