6 Tips On How To Child-Proof Your Home
6 Tips: Child-Proof Your Home If you are the parent of young children, or you have young children coming to visit with their parents, here are some tips to make sure they stay safe while in your home: Cover electrical outlets. Plastic electrical covers are a cheap and easy way to protect small child
Decatur Dispatch: March 2015
Tamara Lucas and Brittany Brown are two Decatur moms who have worked together in the wine and spirits industry for 11 years. Both women have degrees in social work and are passionate about helping others. For a long time, Lucas and Brown desired to develop an additional income stream that invol
What Is Fact vs Fiction On The Internet?
Facing Facts: A Guide to Verifying Information on the Internet Harmful amounts of lead in lipstick, flesh-eating banana peels, toxic tampons. These things may sound outrageous, but claims of their mass distribution can be found on the Internet. So it must be true, right? Thanks to the advent of the
Can I Help My Child Be Smarter?
Yes, you can! Fatty brain foods help developing brains, baby brains, adolescent brains and aging brains. I’m talking about Omega 3 fatty acids primarily from cold-water fish such as tuna and salmon or fish oils. And the specific Omega 3 fatty acid that improves brain development, cognitive f
7 Tips For Mamarazzi With Smartphones
Mamarazzi: Taking Better Pictures With Your Smartphone “Mooooom, another picture? Really?” I can’t count the number of times my siblings and I squawked that question. I was convinced that my mother could have easily pursued a lucrative career in the paparazzi when I was growing up. Among the c
Are You Raising A Good Sport?
Ahead of the Game: Raising a Good Sport For kids, few things compare to the giddy elation of victory or to the crushing disappointment of defeat. Heck, it’s pretty much the same for adults. Our challenge as parents is to learn to temper these reactions, so we’re not raising whiny kids who scream
So what does it mean to “pay it forward”?
Pay It Forward I woke early, made the kids breakfast, lunches, and got them out the door for school just as I do daily with pride. I do because I am a mom, it’s my responsibility and it starts my kids out with what they need to start their day. Right? Am I paying it […]
Do you ever feel like a glorified UBER driver?
The Sports Shuffle TWO boys…..10 teams? WHAT? 11 year old: LAX Rec League, LAX Travel, Spring Football Passing League, Pop Warner, School Basketball. 13 year old: Travel Baseball, Juniors Baseball, School Basketball, Competitive Basketball, Golf. I worked a successful career in a glamourous media
Ask Her More: 20 Fun Questions to Ask Your Daughter
Ask Her More The Oscars have come and gone. But in their wake has been a wave of social media chatter. One of the most surprising reactions involved a negative response to Reese Witherspoon’s endorsement of the Ask Her More campaign, a call to acknowledge that actresses are more than their wardrob
Del Mar Times: Jan 29, 2015
For 15 years, Jennifer Becker worked in the corporate world. But after becoming a mom, she no longer wanted to work late and travel. She wanted to be home with her daughters. “When I had my first daughter, I was still traveling and coordinating babysitters,” said Becker, who worked as a supp