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| Archived Since: | September 29, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Thank You For Helping Street Children
Dear Parenting Help Me Readers: Last year we started a MyGFA Giving Campaign to help Asian street kids through this blog, our Facebook page and our @ParentingMaven Twitter site. Although the giving hasn’t been that much considering our large following, we have been able to make steady contributions towards rescuing the neglected. The following [...]
Bad Tooth, No Money, No Dental Insurance Equals
Bad Tooth, No Money, No Dental Insurance Equals … One very unhappy Mommy, One of the many problems with living on a tight budget is the extreme cuts that need to be made. Often it’s a gamble. Do I cut the insurance to pay for the cell phone? Do I cut the heat down to [...]
It’s A Flat Stanley World
It’s A Flat Stanley World Every parent of elementary school aged children is familiar with the adventures of Flat Stanley. Part of the joy of Flat Stanley is getting him to appear with famous people or in famous locations I was first introduced to Flat Stanley when my son was a wee little one. As [...]
Top Ways To Keep Your Kids Safe At Home
Top Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe at Home It’s not a foregone conclusion that your children are safe just because you’re in the comfort of your own home. It’s still up to you as a parent to ensure that you childproof your residence and do everything in your power to make it a safe [...]Show More Summary
Going Green While Cleaning Your Carpet
If you’ve got kids and you’ve got carpet, than you know that getting and keeping your carpet clean can be a real trial. Of course every Mom wants her carpet free of potentially dangerous chemicals that can harm our little tots. Taking care of the environment is also very important to me. This is [...]Show More Summary
How to talk to your kids about drugs and alcohol
Children are naturally curious, so it is very important that you be honest with them and start talking to you children about the dangers of abusing drugs and alcohol at a young age. There are many different resources that you can take advantage of if you need help deciding type of information you need to [...]Show More Summary
How To Get A Toddler To Sleep
How to Get a Toddler to Sleep There are times when it can be extremely difficult for a parent to put his or her toddler to sleep. Even though it may seem incredibly hard, there are ways to help your child go to sleep. Most toddlers will respond to a consistent routine. Consistent routines are [...]Show More Summary
How I Save Money – Car Insurance
Like many families, we are living on a tight budget. My husband is a teacher, and I work part-time while staying home with our children. We are always looking for ways to save money on our fixed expenses, so I have compared car insurance quotes among companies several times. I have found that The Hartford [...]Show More Summary
Another Dad Gone
Another Dad Gone! Here we go again! Just this past Friday, I heard of another Dad about to leave his family. This time it wasn’t because he wanted to his beautiful wife and adoring children. It wasn’t even because he was going off to defend the country or for some great income opportunity. It certainly [...]
Is Someone’s Reputation Worth The Abuse Of A Child?
Is someone’s reputation worth the abuse of a child? I often wonder how many people suspected a neighbor, friend, family member, teacher or favorite coach might be abusing a child, but didn’t want to say anything because it might damage the abuser’s reputation. You might think … “What if I’m wrong?”. A false [...]Show More Summary
How To Protect Your Family’s Online Reputation
How To Protect Your Family’s Online Reputation There was a time when the biggest threat to a family’s reputation was the neighborhood “gossip” living next door. Her loose lips could wreck havoc, causing a chain reaction of phone calls throughout the community in a matter of minutes. However, unlike the gossip that spreads on the [...]Show More Summary
Is Child Abuse YOUR Problem?
As parents we want to believe the child abuse could never effect someone we love. Not OUR child, not OUR children’s friends and certainly not in our safe little neighborhood. We want to believe that ALL the teachers, little league coaches and babysitters we entrust OUR children to would never abuse a child. However, as [...]
Is Your House Making Your Baby Sick?
Is Your House Making Your Baby Sick? I read an article on a national news website this morning about how often people change their bedsheets. Mine get changed every week so I thought I was in the clear. Boy, was I wrong! The article creeped me out so bad, I went on a Google search [...]Show More Summary
Stop The Teething Pain NOW
Stop The Teething Pain NOW! What’s a Mom to do? Suddenly, somewhere around that four to seven month mark, your perfect little bundle of joy turns into the spawn of Satan. All those cute little gurglie sounds and happy smiles have turned into ear-piercing banshee screams that could wake the dead. According the Western Dental [...]
Favorite Family-Friendly Dish Network Channels
Favorite Family-Friendly Dish Network Channels Over the past few years, I have noticed a positive trend in programming for kids on Dish Network. Channels like BabyTV provide age appropriate TV for babies, toddlers and their parents. With friendly animated characters, bright colors and the music babies love and respond to, Baby TV is Dish’s answer [...]Show More Summary
Great Apps Your Kid’s Will Love This Spring
Great Apps Your Kid’s Will Love This Spring There are some really great apps for kids in the marketplace today. Some of them offer a fun, engaging learning experience that help kids learn to read and keep them engaged in thoughtful stories with unique, patented technology that either reads aloud to them, allows them to [...]Show More Summary
Quick and Easy Way To Keep Your Kids Safe On Facebook
Quick and Easy Way To Keep Your Kids Safe On Facebook As parents, we all know the dangers of Social Media, and have heard the numerous stories of cyber-bullying and worse. According to the rules of most social media sites, including Facebook, you must be 13 years old to register, however according to this survey [...]Show More Summary
Wanted New Home for 90 Member Lego Family
Wanted! New Home for 90 Member Lego Family This lovely Mini-Figure Lego Family and a few of their Mega-Bloc cousins are about to be evicted from their home of over twenty years. The family will also need room for their various space ship, boat, battle gear and weapons parts collection, as well as over 90 [...]Show More Summary
Ten Years A Herd Of Kids And NO TV
Ten Years A Herd Of Kids And NO TV! It’s been ten whole years since we made the decision not to hook-up the cable, mount-up the antennae or set-up the dish. At first I was horrified when my then eleven year old son suggested we get rid of TV. Like most of America I had [...]Show More Summary
Gifts For Siblings For Mother’s Day
Gifts for Siblings for Mother’s Day Mother’s Day is the one-day set aside to show moms around the world how much we care and appreciate all they do throughout the year. Finding, that perfect gift for Mother’s Day for siblings is not always easy, but with some gifts suggestions, anyone can impress their sweet, loving [...]Show More Summary