For decades, parents have been torn over the importance of preschool. Some have a hard time sending their four-year-old off to a classroom environment. After all, they’re so small, and kindergarten is right around the corner. Despite these attitudes,...
The Dilemma:
My son is 18 months old and he has recently started attending daycare. I love that he is learning to share and he is making friends with other babies. However, I have to admit that my favorite part...
One thing that all parents can agree on is that parenthood is sanctifying work. It is an absolute joy and blessing, but it also requires more from a person than we sometimes want to give. As my son's second...
Around here, we love a good snack plate! I’m almost positive that my kids would be perfectly content to eat only snacks and no meals for the rest of their lives. What is it about calling something a “snack”...
Do you know anyone who doesn't like magnets? I'll give you a minute. . . yeah, me neither ;P Magnets are one of those few toys (like Legos) that I believe everyone enjoys.
A couple of years ago, I...
With a new school year approaching, we wanted to share a relatively new, early learning resource geared towards promoting school readiness for young children. The best part? This resource is absolutely free and available at several local libraries across...
I thought I would be able to handle the terrible twos easily. I thought both of my twins would handle the them the same way and would even learn from each other. How wrong I was! I often find...
I am Mom to two boys, ages seven and eleven, and they were the cutest and sweetest babies. They were cuter and sweeter than all other babies. Did you feel this way? That euphoric, sleep-deprived feeling that they were...
One of the easiest ways to teach young children responsibility is to teach them to do chores. In addition to responsibility, teaching young children household chores helps them learn self-reliance and competency. When we give young children chores, they...
In just a few months, we'll be a year into the Covid-19 pandemic and all the things that came with it, like grocery stockpiling, increasing our vitamin intake to boost our immunity, and deciding on which mask best matches...
In + Around Birmingham
5 Places to Get Your Hot Chocolate Fix in Homewood
I still vividly remember the first cup of fancy hot chocolate I ever had. My sisters and I grew up doing children's theatre, and...
