Key Areas Where Your Daughter Will Need You the Most

You may be reading this, and your daughter is at an age where she’s not a little girl anymore, but she’s not a teenager either. She still needs your help with lots of things, but she’s also very independent. As a mother, you’re proud that she’s grown up and matured to be at that stage in her young life, but you’re still waiting for those moments where she will genuinely need you, because you are the only one who can help her.   That time certainly does come for all mothers and daughters. It may not come when you want,…
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Safe Driving Tips to Pass onto Your Kids

Every parent wants their child to be safe when they are on the road. When they’re young we take care of them the best we can – driving safe, making sure they have their seatbelt on, etc – but they aren’t going to remain young forever. Eventually the time is going to come when they are out on their own and responsible for their own safety, and the road is a dangerous place. According to experts like a car accident lawyer such as MyPhillyLawyer, “Every year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports around 1,500 fatalities in Pennsylvania due to…
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Should Your Teen Take Driver’s Ed Or Consult an Outside Driving Class?

At one time, attending driver’s ed in high school was practically a rite of passage rather than a driving education option they could choose from. Driver’s ed classes in high schools typically consist of several hours of classroom training in which students are taught the rules of the road and the rationale behind them before they get behind the driver’s seat of their parents’ car. Of course, school-offered courses aren’t the only option. Parents can opt to send their teen to an independent driving school outside of what is offered by the high school they attend. The birth of the…
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Teens and Social Media Safety

Parents are forever concerned about online predators luring unsuspecting tweens and teens into their grasp, and while predators are a very real danger, they aren't the only unsafe thing online. Social media, while an awesome tool to connect with friends and family, can be misused like any other tool. This is especially true where young people are involved. Online you can be whoever you want to be. You can choose your username and hide behind whatever photo you want and that's adult people even use dating apps where you can meet women online to date or have intimate relationships like…
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Helping Your Child Handle Toxic Friendships

Cultivating healthy friendships in the adolescent and teenage years is vital to stable mental well being. It's important for kids to have healthy friendships, when kids are constantly surrounded by negativity, there is no room for growth or even happiness. As a parent, be aware of who your child's friends are. Especially if your children are younger. When a relationship is toxic there are signs that will show. Such as a child seeming more withdrawn or with a lower self esteem than usual. If a child has gotten increasingly quiet and even jumpy or fearful, these can all be signs…
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Homecoming 2014

Ry & Ky - Homecoming 2014 Here's a peek at her hair.  It was pretty easy.  Low ponytail, flipped through itself, and a really quick sponge hair bun clip.  We added a few bobby pins and a little bling. Kylie's homecoming date, this year, was the same friend who took her to the 8th grade dance a couple of years ago!  They're so cute, and so sweet!  Here's a pic from 2 years ago.  They have most definitely grown up!
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Helping Your Child Prepare for the SAT this Fall

The SAT, the big, bad scary test that no high school student wants to face. Not only do colleges rely on this test for determining applicants, but they also use SAT scores to determine financial aid packages. Here are four things you can do to help your child prepare for the SAT this fall. Read, read, read- Encouraging your high school student to read over this summer is one of the best things that you can do for them. The SAT verbal score (and college itself!) heavily relies on your child's reading ability. Encouraging them to read classics and magazines during…
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Social Media and Kids | #socialmedia

We live in a technology driven area, everything runs by technology and everyone uses technology. However, social media and kids can be a tricky subject for most parents to handle. How young is too young to have a social media account? Should kids even be allowed to use social media at all? These questions are ones that many parents face. Letting your kids use educational apps, and letting them see the horrors that social media can contain, are two completely different things. Even as someone who developed tools for linkedin automation, it never ceases to surprise me at how many…
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Summer Mornings for Moms Confession

I think it's time for a little heart to heart!  Summer mornings, for ok wait, let me start this over.  Summer mornings, for most of the moms I know, isn't all about sleeping in, catching rays at the beach, and lounging around the house sipping on lemonade or eating the cliche bonbons - whatever those may be. Let me tell you about summer mornings for moms. (Most of this story is based on true events that may or may not happen every. single. day. when the babysitter is not available for summer vacation.) When dad gets up to go to…
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Mother of the Year Award… Again. | #parenting

SO another mom of the year award goes to none other me. Back in December, The Teenager decided while playing Ultimate Frisbee with the youth group, that she'd be awesome and jump hurdles on the track.  I have absolutely no idea why she thought this was a good idea.  She's a klutz.  If there's a crack in the sidewalk she's going to trip on it.  If there's a brick wall in the area, she's going to run into it.  If there's a bike around, she's going to fall off of it. I wasn't there, but according to witnesses, she jumped,…
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