Raising a Family
The Kind of Home Your Kids Deserve
One of the most important things that you can give a child is a safe and nurturing home when they are young. It sets the basis for their future and how they perceive the world. [read more]
parent/child relationships
Seniors
3 Tips On Looking After Your Ageing Parents
Your parents spent years of their lives raising you – so when the time comes for you to help them when they become elderly and need assistance, here are a few things that you can do. [read more]
Parenting
Love Isn’t All You Need to Be a Brilliant Mom
Love is a key ingredient to being a brilliant mom, but there are many other aspects of parenting that you need to juggle as well. We discuss a few today to help you become a brilliant mum! [read more]
Raising a Family
How To Cope With Family-Wide Emotion As A Single Parent
As parents, we want nothing more then to see our children happy. Here’s how you can deal with some of the emotions you’re bound to face as a parent. [read more]
Parenting
Help! My Teenager is Dating!
My teen is dating. Few things send shivers down the spine of a parent like those four words. We have some words of advice to help you through! [read more]
Raising a Family
When Your Care is Not Enough Any Longer: A No-Regrets Mini-Guide for Making the Nursing Home Decision
Life is full of tough decisions. One of the toughest is to judge whether it is time to find a nursing home for an elderly relative. It is a decision where emotional, practical, financial, and [read more]
Parenting
Giving Your Child the Car Keys: Ways to Find the Best Driving School for Your Teen
Many parents feel a mixed set of emotions when they see their teenage child sitting behind the wheel of a car, experiencing a sense of pride that they are becoming an adult by learning to [read more]
Relationships
Choosing Love: Life Lessons We Can All Learn From Blended Families
These days, many first-time marriages end in divorce. This doesn’t mean that ex-spouses plan to stay single for the rest of their lives. Most divorced people, especially those with children, fall in love with a [read more]
Parenting
Celebrating During a Divorce: Helping Children Get Through the Holiday Season «
The holiday season is eagerly anticipated by most of us and it is great opportunity for family gatherings, but it can also be a time where things can get a bit strained if you are [read more]
Parenting
Drowning in this Ocean Called Parenthood
I cannot even begin to explain the overwhelming feeling of drowning in the ocean that is called parenthood. Maybe it is because things work differently in our far-from-normal household. The way hubby and I do [read more]
Parenting
Remembering Elric: Our Forever 10 Angel
Many do not realize that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month – unless you happen to be the parent of a child with cancer. Today we are remembering and honoring the memory of Elric Ian [read more]
Education
The ADHD Teenager and Homework
I have talked with my teen for the past three months about high school. At least once a week, we would talk about what would be expected of him, how whatever he did in high [read more]
Men's Apparel
JORD Wood Watches and My Dad’s First Father’s Day in 47 Years
I am blessed to have two families. My biological family and my stepfather’s family. My mother remarried when I was just 5 years old and my brother was only 3 years old. We never knew [read more]
Raising a Family
A Family Circle Completed
On August 6, 1996, my niece was born. On August 9, 1996, she was given up for adoption. On March 3, 2013, mother and daughter will meet for the first time. [read more]
Parenting
Parenting and Relationships
Being a parent is a joy and a blessing most days. This is not one of those blissful parenting moments. [read more]
Blog
A Mother’s Perspective on Childhood Cancer
Mom is usually seen as the glue that holds a family together. When childhood cancer takes the life of your son, all bets are off. [read more]
Blog
A Father’s Perspective on Childhood Cancer
One father’s story and perspective on dealing with childhood cancer and the loss of his son. [read more]
Blog
Tribute to Elric Childress
On September 9, 2012, an amazing young man lost his battle with cancer. No child should spend their childhood fighting catastrophic diseases of any type, but Elric Childress is a child who did so with a smile [read more]
Blog
Saying Goodbye to My Dad
You never really fully comprehend how much family means until it is taken away from you. Monday evening, my husband was injured when a truck fell on him, crushing the bones in the top of [read more]
Parenting
Actions, Consequences and Parenting Styles
Those of you who have followed The MAD White Woman and TBK Designs know that my eldest son, J., has ADHD and has struggled for many years with issues in school and at home due [read more]
Education
Richmond Metro Zoo Field Trip
The Metro Richmond Zoo is a must-see attraction if you visit our city. A local favorite for school field trips, this was our experience with my youngest. [read more]
Parenting
Joys of Motherhood
I know there are more times than not when I probably come across as the type of mother who just hates little crumb snatchers in general, barely tolerates her own, and does not do a [read more]
Parenting
Instead of 911 I Need Dial Dr. Phil!
They are not going to make it through the summer – and they are not even out of school yet. Still have one more week of school to go, they get out next Friday. [read more]
Parenting
A Mother’s Reflections
Becoming a mother is one of the most amazing things in the world. My reflections on raising my own children. Original poem by Kimberly Miller. [read more]