I could recite Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by heart after the first week my girls insisted that should be the only book I read them. Since then, they’ve gone through phases of different favorite books; and as daunting as...
Homeschooling continues to grow in popularity in the U.S. and with that rise in popularity comes an increase in resources available to those who choose home education.
Lucky for us, the Greater Dayton area has a lot to offer to...
Have you ever searched for a daycare? Man, it's rough. The relief I felt when we finally made a decision was incomparable, but it didn't last long.
I’d just returned to work from maternity leave. I was starting in a...
Mom! Mommy?! Mooooommmmmmm! Mum? Hey Mom?!
You go by many names and answer questions all day long. Do you ever feel like you're taking a test you didn't study for? Or you've somehow ended up in a class that is...
I LOVE our Library.
I should restate; I love our Libraries. And I don’t just mean the branches of one system. I have a warm place in my heart for Dayton Metro, Washington-Centerville, Greene County, and Wright Memorial Library.
I’m...
Kids love dogs. Every time my little ones see a pup going by they immediately want to interact/pet/love on the ball of fluffy cuteness walking by. To be fair, I’m usually right there with them oohing and awing over...
A very important person had a birthday this week. Theodore Gueisel…one of the most well-known authors in the world. What? You don’t know him? Oh…wait, maybe you will recognize him by his pen name: Dr. Seuss. He chose a...
When my daughter was two months old, it was pointed out to me that I was putting her into her carseat incorrectly. Like, ALL wrong. Nobody had ever shown me how to correctly put her in so, honestly, I...
For many parents, before we have children, we just assume that things will go smoothly and according to plan. We will teach them and prepare them and all will be well. Of course, once those children arrive in this...
The current recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics is no television viewing at all for kids under 2. Zero. Nada. Zilch.
This is a tough subject, and there are lots of opinions here, but don't follow the crowd just...
Gotcha! I don't really want you to avoid them, I want you to understand them - and hopefully join or otherwise support them. Wink. Wink.
(Some groups are called a PTA- Parent Teacher Association, and some are called PTO- Parent Teacher...
According to the National Coalition on Domestic Violence, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime. This statistic is staggering. The world of teen...
I’m a TCK, and if you haven’t heard that word before, it means that I’m a Totally Confused Kid.
Just kidding. It actually means that I am a Third Culture Kid. Most people have never heard this term because it...
Many years ago, as an undergraduate student the University of South Carolina, I wrote a research paper about baby sign. From a high level, my paper looked at the developmental benefits of learning manual and verbal language in tandem,...
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Summer Camps
Check out these amazing local offerings to keep your kiddos busy (and happy!) this summer.
