Holidays
05.08.13
VIDEO – HAPPY THIRD ANNIVERSARY!
After three years of exploring our greatest parenting issues together, we’ve rounded up some of your comments in order to look back and celebrate our amazing community. Keep ‘em coming!
05.08.13
Share our Mother’s Day eCards and Win!
Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrate and share the joys of motherhood with our beautiful (and not to mention hilarious) new eCards. Share with your friends and enter for your chance to win prizes!
02.14.13
Teaching Kids to Love Themselves
Dr. Christine Carter offers us some tips on how to lay the foundation for the greatest love of all.
01.10.13
Teaching Manners to Kids
Did misbehavior drive you nuts over the Holidays? Many of our children clearly revealed their need for a little manners tune-up! Check-out what kinds of manners our 3-6 year-olds are capable of learning from Sheryl Eberly, author of “365 Manners Kids Should Know”.
12.19.12
Childhood Spirituality, Regardless of Religion
Religion, God and spirituality can pique the curiosity of our young ones – especially during the holiday season. For parents who are sometimes uneasy answering the questions lobbed, we have Dharmachari Nagaraja, psychotherapist and long-time Buddhist practitioner, to help us guide these meaningful discussions.
10.25.12
Halloween and the Importance of Make-Believe
Halloween lurks, and the excitement is tangible. Why do kids love getting dressed-up? Does this kind of make-believe serve our children on deeper levels beyond just the fun factor? Dorothy Singer, research scientist and author shrieks a blood-curdling, “Yes!”
04.05.12
Can the Easter Bunny Visit Jewish Kids?
What to do about a Jewish kid counting down the minutes until the Easter Bunny’s arrival — or a Catholic kid who wants to have a Passover Seder? Family therapist Suzanne Cooper tells us how to respond when children want to celebrate holiday customs outside their own family’s faith traditions.
12.28.11
6 Tips Toward a Happier New Year
As we give and give and give to our broods, our own happiness often feels like second fiddle. In part 1 of our series on Finding Happiness in the New Year, Dr. Aymee Coget offers 6 easy tips to instill into our daily routines to help increase the happiness quotient in our lives. Happy New Year to you and yours!
12.22.10
Ask The Experts: Is it OK to Lie About Santa?
The Great Santa Charade: healthy fodder for budding imaginations or the widespread promotion of untruth? A Universalist Unitarian Minister, a Rabbi and a Presbyterian Pastor pipe in on this cultural parenting dilemma. Join us in this thought-provoking conversation about what we hold dear for the Holidays.
12.21.10
In Search of the Holiday Spirit
A personal essay from parenting expert Jennifer Waldburger, who describes her journey to reclaim the Holiday magic of childhood.
12.02.10
Redirecting the Holiday “Gimmes”
PRESENTS! The children have been waiting all year. But how can parents give to their kids without nurturing a sense of entitlement? Parenting expert, Betsy Brown Braun kicks in some great tips and scripts to help parents counter the excessive expectations of the Holidays.
11.24.10
Pass the Gratitude, Please.
Thanks and giving. We know a lot of giving is imminent, but what about the thanks? Annie Zirkel, author of “You’ll Thank Me Later – A Guide to Raising Grateful Children (& Why That Matters)” shares her ideas about instilling gratitude in the next generation.
10.28.10
Halloween — Ban the Booty?
Robin Miller, best-selling cookbook author, nutritionist, and star of The Food Network television show “Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller”, shares her advice on how to deal with all the tootsie rolls, milky ways, and smarties coming our way.
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