When we think of community service or volunteer opportunities we don’t always think about how our kids can actually get involved. We often think about what we as the parents can do from PTA president, room mom, team mom, coach a sports team, lead a scout troop , serve in a soup kitchen etc. Yes, [...]
By: Lori Reno 24/7 MOMS Parenting Editor Some parents cheer when the first day of school rolls around, some cry – I fall somewhere in between. I love having my kids home and thoroughly enjoy the lack of schedules that comes with the summer break. On the other hand, I am excited to see what [...]
Texting, snapping pictures, calling their friends whenever and wherever they are with the use of a cell phone is all part of a Teen/Tween life at least that is what my children claim. If your children are anything like mine they have probably used those one liners ” I’m the only one in my entire [...]
Can you hear me now? According to research, 22 percent of young children own a cell phone (ages 6-9), 60 percent of tweens (ages 10-14), and 84 percent of teens. Now that it’s back-to-school time, many parents make the decision to arm their kids with cell phones. Parents generally say they do so for safety [...]
By Leslie I remember (barely) those good old days of homework… dreading it. Sitting there at the table trying to stay awake while everyone else was having fun in the house. Lets face it, homework is just not fun. At least most kids would say that. But we could try to make it more fun [...]
Can you hear me now? According to research, 22 percent of young children own a cell phone (ages 6-9), 60 percent of tweens (ages 10-14), and 84 percent of teens. Now that it’s back-to-school time, many parents make the decision to arm their kids with cell phones. Parents generally say they do so for safety [...]
Motivate your kids especially those cash needing teens to do more then their daily chores with the Happy Day Punch Card. The idea is to create a list or give opportunities for your kids/teens to do various projects or tasks around the house such as wash the cars, weed the flower beds, ironing, wipe down [...]
Tips and ideas to help your student navigate through typical Middle-school challenges While it may be summer now, school will begin soon enough. For students who said goodbye to elementary school earlier this year, this fall represents the start of a critical transition to middle school. Middle school means new beginnings, experiences and challenges. And [...]
After four sets of traditional brackets in Child #1, #2 and #3′s mouths (yes child #1 had two sets) , I am often asked why am I choosing Invisalign Teen® for child #4 ? Have you ever had one of those Ah Ha moments where you think this is more then perfect. That is what happened [...]
Using flash cards makes it much easier to memorize basic math facts including multiplication and division and will help your kids keep those brains active this Summer. Memory Improvement Tips has created various sets of printable math flash cards that we can download on their site for free. Each flash card set is available in [...]
