Helping Your Kids with Math Homework

Helping Your Kids with Math Homework

Moms / Mom Tips

You’ve got the reading and ‘riting down – but what about that last R, ‘rithmetic? Math has changed since those days when future moms completed worksheet after worksheet and worked out addition, subtraction, multiplication and division tables – without the aid of a calculator. Math, thankfully, has become more hands-on…

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June Is National Child Safety Awareness Month

June Is National Child Safety Awareness Month

Moms / Mom Tips

For most parents, the days of letting their kids run around the neighborhood from sunup to sundown went out with the lax attitude about bike helmets. These days, summer is all about structure for most kids. Whether it’s camp, daycare, summer school or other activity, it’s important for kids to…

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Is Your Kid a Crybaby?

Is Your Kid a Crybaby?

Moms / Mom Tips

It could be at a playgroup, in a restaurant or at school – your child cries at the drop of a hat. What makes some kids more sensitive than others? Kids have vastly different temperaments, and there are pros and cons for each. A stubborn child might carry that streak…

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Public Breastfeeding: Yea or Nay?

Public Breastfeeding: Yea or Nay?

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Every so often, a story will surface in the news about women who are rebuked for breastfeeding their babies in public. Whether it’s shop owners or their patrons who complain, it’s an embarrassing situation for moms who are just trying to feed their children. Most people wouldn’t want to take…

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Better Sleep Month: Eliminate Energy Sappers

Better Sleep Month: Eliminate Energy Sappers

Moms / Mom Tips

May is National Better Sleep Month, and for moms, better sleep – and more sleep – may feel like an unattainable goal. But if you’re sleep-deprived, life goes on; your kids still need you and all your usual obligations still loom. How do you deal with not being well-rested and…

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Regular Bedtime a Smart Choice

Regular Bedtime a Smart Choice

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Getting the kids to bed at around the same time each night not only minimizes tantrums, but also can make your child smarter, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. In a recent study, the AASM found that toddlers and preschoolers whose parents enforced a pre-bedtime routine and the…

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5 Steps for Successful Resolution Making

5 Steps for Successful Resolution Making

Moms / Mom Tips

January 1 is just two days away. A new year means a new you, right? Not so fast. How many times have you made a laundry list of New Year’s resolutions only to fall off the wagon within days? Whether it’s losing weight, quitting smoking or becoming more organized, we…

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Perfect Your Parenting Skills

Perfect Your Parenting Skills

Moms / Mom Tips

Whoever said parenting is easy never had children. Like anything else in life, expertise comes with experience, and raising kids is no different. Proper parenting takes practice, and our skills develop with time. Of course, there are steps you can take to improve your technique. The first step is to…

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