Activities

While it is certainly important to engage children in activities, and to give them skills and confidence, it is also possible to overbook your child. Today, children are often scheduled in after-school activities well into the late...

Read about being a mother of 12 as our resident 'Supermom' shares her wise parenting advice.    Sometimes I get annoyed with my mother in-law, but I have to say that she's really good at her...

Recycling is an excellent way to teach your kids about environmental awareness and understanding. Implementing recycling programs for kids also teaches children about the importance of respecting their environment. Because the environment is central...

Everybody knows there are risks involved in using the internet. For kids, who don’t necessarily have the best judgment all of the time, the risk is higher. When children are young, it’s easy to...

Your school-age child is crazy about playing games. So why not use this love of games to their educational advantage? Enter educational games—your child doesn’t have to know that it’s good for them. Educational games...

It's so important to give your school age child an outlet for all that budding creativity. Experts all agree on the restorative power of art-it blocks out the sometimes stressful world and lets the...

School age kids love art! It allows them the opportunity to unwind after a hard day's work at school, and it's a very important outlet for their creativity! But how many parents consider cooking...

We all know that kids love to play - it's good for their social, mental, physical and emotional growth. But sometimes, play isn't just about monkeying around the house or playing a game of...