Every kid doesn’t deserve a trophy. But they might deserve a merit badge.
Your kid may not be in Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts or the National Honor Society. But I still love this new take on old school merit badges by The Honor Society. It’s simply a collection of badges that encourage kids to do good, be good, and live good lives that...
8 important tips to help families store medicines safely from the kids | Sponsored Message
This is a sponsored message from the Consumer Healthcare Products Association Educational Foundation While medicines help families feel better and stay well, it’s important to keep those bottles safe from curious kids. Wherever you may be. Every year, about...
7 myths about lice that every parent should know. (And, apologies.)
Our household been through the dreaded lice (shudder) more times than I’d like to admit. The only good thing that’s come out of it — besides a wildly clean house — is enough knowledge about what works, what doesn’t, and which...
8 of the coolest summer water activities for your backyard. (Pool? What pool?)
Summer comes in two settings: Hotter and Hottest. That’s why we love these amazing summer water activities for the backyard that we found on some of our favorite sites around the web. I mean I know that for kids, a nice, cool pool is often the most...
5 of the very best road trip tips from a mom of 4, to keep kids happy and parents sane. Mostly.
With summer almost here (yay!) we’re looking forward to road trip season in which many families, like mine, are packing up our cars for short jaunts or long rides together. Of course if you’ve ever taken a road trip with kids, you know that even a quick...
After Manchester: Essential safety tips to discuss with your kids about crowds and separation
The second I saw those big pink balloons in early images flooding media from the Manchester Arena last night, without knowing a single other thing about the story, I thought, Oh my God…whatever happened, there are children there. It was a rough night for me, as...
You don’t know these 10 favorite household hacks of ours? Prepare for life to change!
As a busy parent, I rely heavily on household hacks. In fact, I would say just about everything I do around the house involves some sort of easy hack or trick or clever time-saver. But some tricks work better than others, and some you wouldn’t believe it until...
How to get started with yoga when you feel like the last person to try it: 6 easy tips to help
If you’ve never tried yoga, I get it. I was there once too. From the outside, it either looks like a torturous exercise regimen for slender, flexible folks in really expensive stretch pants…or, a hippie-dippy religion that will demand veganism and colon...
8 tips and tricks you can start now to help your kids avoid the summer slide. Because, it’s coming.
Summer break will be here in just a minute, but there are some things you can start planning now to help make sure your kids don’t hit the summer slide on their reading and math skills over the break. Research shows that most kids lose about two months’ of...
The quick-fix, natural bug bite remedy that really works. Really!
With the weather getting warming and my kids spending the afternoons playing outside, we’re starting to see a lot more bug bites on their tender, sensitive skin. Mean ones. The kind that turn bright red, itch like crazy, and keep them up at night. Ugh! But,...
The one small spring cleaning task that makes a big difference
Spring cleaning can be a beast. Just the thought of getting everything tidier and cleaner — whatever shape your home is in now — can be so overwhelming, it can be hard to know where to start. So we reached out to household cleaning expert Dana K. White for...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!
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