Do your kids tend to gravitate toward your ankles while you cook dinner? Or -- do you frequently get frazzled trying to keep your kids occupied while you wait for the food at restaurants? Eat & Play to the rescue! This nifty kit from Chronicle Books is the perfect...
'Tis the season. The days are growing shorter, the weather is growing colder, and cold and flu germs are ramping up their rounds. It's inevitable; kids come down with at least one terrible cold/cough every year. With our two, it's interesting how differently they handle the...
If you love to label things, Mabel's Labels is for you. If you have kids that go here and there and everywhere during the week, Mabel's Labels is for you. If you love cute things, Mabel's Labels is also for you. Mabel's Labels is a mom-founded company that creates...
From the founder and director of Green Ivy Educational Consulting comes a book for parents and educators of boys who are disorganized and easily dissuaded from their tasks. That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and...
(This book was read and reviewed by my husband.) As a daddy of a beautiful, adorable, totally charming almost-5-year-old daughter, I was more than happy with the chance to read Daddy Dates by Greg Wright. Sure, things for the most part are smooth right now. I'm good at...
I'm sure you'll agree: Most of us want to help our children know how they can chip in with household duties. I wholeheartedly believe that age-appropriate chores and responsibilities help to build their self-esteem and allow them to feel a part of the family. I also think that...
Do you feel as if your house is overrun with pink? When you have a gift to buy, is a trip down the toy store aisles an overwhelming onslaught of girl-geared marketing? Then you might just want to read Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New...
Though we have been out of diapers in our house for almost two years now, the memories of potty training are still fresh in my mind. Daytime accidents can be caught and dealt with immediately, but it's the nighttime accidents that can cause the most frustration and...
Your child may be young, but I'm betting you can already see his or her passions and interests, likes and dislikes, strengths and weaknesses -- forming and peeking through -- amid the chronological developmental stages. And another thing: Parenting isn't just about dealing...
If you're a mom, listen up. Let's admit it. We've all had those days. Those desperate days. Those days when we begin to feel like we're drowning in daily duties and if anything can go wrong, it will. Wendy Hagen understands that there are "those days." She...
