Maureen Healy, founder of Growing Happy Kids will be appearing in Los Angeles in early February, promoting her new book, 365 Perfect Things to Say to Your Kids. Focusing on empowering, educating and inspiring young people, Healy’s book takes a fresh look at how parents and educators can encourage children by the simple, yet powerful [...]
Archive for December, 2009
27 Dec
Reflections – 2009
My son turns six in less than seventy-two hours. I can’t even begin to explain the difference between my son at five and the little boy he has now become. He’s losing his baby-ness more and more each day. He’s growing up much too quickly, and I can’t help but take advantage now, since he’s [...]
26 Dec
Progressive Parenting
Parenting styles vary from house to house and from generation to generation. Our children learn about new things and ideas every day, teaching us about concepts that never even existed when we were their age. So much information is out there to process and download, that it’s amazing we have time for much else. I [...]
22 Dec
Babble’s Top 50 Mommy Bloggers
Babble is a great website devoted to the modern parent. Their editors recently announced the Top 50 Mommy Bloggers based on categories of Best Design, Best Written, Most Confessional, Funniest, Most Controversial and Most Useful. Best of the Best: The Pioneer Woman Dooce Nie Nie Dialogues Amalah Mighty Girl Woulda Coulda Shoulda Finslippy Sweet Juniper [...]
21 Dec
Better the World
There are so many great causes and charities that we would each love to contribute to, but it’s just not possible for most of us. Better the World has created a great online tool that allows you to donate to charities of your choosing by simply shopping at the sites you already purchase from (including [...]
18 Dec
An Educated Choice
If you’re visiting this site because you recently read about Happy Healthy Hip Parenting at An Educated Choice, welcome! It may or may not be everything you expected, but a sense of humor is certainly required! This blog is where I de-stress, where I come to share, complain, entertain and inspire. There is an amazing [...]
16 Dec
I may or may not have applied for a job at HOOTERS.
This story may (or may not) be true and it may (or may not) be based on real life events. Names may (or may not) have been changed to protect privacy. Just before Thanksgiving, I sat in a courtroom facing a family judge who ordered that I make ten job contacts a week. Ten per [...]
13 Dec
Brothers and Wives
Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tobey Maguire star in Brothers (directed by Jim Sheridan), an amazing and intense story of a young man fighting to survive after being captured in Afghanistan, and upon return home, fighting for his old life back. The movie trailer depicts the anger, resentment and anxiety that Sam (played by Maguire) [...]
12 Dec
Have yourself a happier, healthier holiday
Guest post from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation The holiday season is a magnificent time of year, but it can also be challenging for families trying to eat healthy and stay physically active. Between family gatherings, parties, lots of food and traveling, healthy habits can get left in the cold. But the Alliance for [...]
11 Dec
The Christmas Secret
Donna VanLiere is the author of many NYT Bestselling titles, and The Christmas Secret is her most recent. I am happy to announce that I’ve been provided with 2 copies to give away to a few lucky readers! The Christmas Secret follows single mom, Christine, through a rough spot in her life, having to leave [...]
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