Weighty Matters: Should Your Child Strength Train?

Weighty Matters: Should Your Child Strength Train?

Moms / Mom Tips

With such scrutiny on childhood obesity, you may be wondering if your child should be lifting weights in order to stay fit. Some kids who are involved in athletics and team sports might feel pressured to start lifting weights in order to improve performance. But it’s important to make the…

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November Is National Diabetes Awareness Month

November Is National Diabetes Awareness Month

Moms / Mom Tips

This year, the American Diabetes Association is making an ambitious commitment to eradicating diabetes, and they are calling on all Americans to help. Twenty-four million children and adults live with the devastating disease every day, and an additional 57 million are at risk of developing it. One in three children…

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Is Your Child a Lost Cause?

Is Your Child a Lost Cause?

Moms / Mom Tips

From jackets to lunchboxes to hair clips, does it seem like your child is constantly losing things? Unfortunately, you child’s carelessness can come at a price for you. No matter how angry you get it’s not going to bring the lost item back from whatever abyss it was lost in….

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How to Get Your Husband Into Couples Counseling

How to Get Your Husband Into Couples Counseling

Moms / Mom Time

A relationship has its ups and downs and problems may crop up along the way. It is normal for couples to try and patch up things by themselves. However, there may be times that a couple may need help in resolving their conflicts, so they go to couples counseling. Couples…

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Teaching Kids Sportsmanship

Teaching Kids Sportsmanship

Moms / Activities

Let’s face it; we live in a pretty competitive world. Because of that, children may not understand the importance of sportsmanship when involved in competition. Winning can easily become the sole focus of a game, so children may not think much about the importance of good sportsmanship. Parents and coaches…

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How to Take Care of Yourself Postpartum

How to Take Care of Yourself Postpartum

Moms / Mom Tips

Whether you had a Caesarean section or a natural birth, it’s important to take care of your own body after giving birth. While a C-section, which is major abdominal surgery, is the more invasive and traumatic procedure, women who deliver naturally still need to care for themselves postpartum. Expect to…

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How to Succeed as a Stay-at-Home Mom

How to Succeed as a Stay-at-Home Mom

Moms / Mom Time

Stay-at-home moms are no longer just the co-stars from Leave It To Beaver, The Brady Bunch, and other television shows from a bygone era. Taking care of the kids has become the cool thing to do again for women in their 20s and 30s. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,…

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Making Dining Out Affordable

Making Dining Out Affordable

Moms / Nutrition

The average American eats out more than once per week. Give yourself a break from cooking but don’t break the bank by using these money-saving strategies. Pre-plan and take advantage of these great deals for the family. You can make dining out affordable and fun with a little economic ingenuity….

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Introducing Solid Foods to Your Infant

Introducing Solid Foods to Your Infant

Moms / Mom Tips

It seems like new babies reach milestones faster than new parents can keep up, so you might be wondering when your baby will be ready to start eating solid foods, like rice cereal and baby food. There are a few characteristics to look for in your baby around 3 or…

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