(Editor’s note: please welcome Laura’s post on will writing. Having a will in place can save your children and loved ones a great deal of heartache. Thanks, Laura!) Get help writing your will from Liverpool Victoria Life Insurance. We all know that we will die before our kids, of course, and we want it that [...]

So, I gave my kid’s pet guinea pig away a couple of weeks ago. No kidding, I really did. As I shared with my newsletter readers, it was a tough day for all of us, and both Hubby and I felt just awful about it. Captain Earthquake had been refusing to control his temper with [...]

(Editor’s note: Please welcome DeeAn with some wisdom for divorced/separated parents. Thanks DeeAn!) Whether you and your ex-spouse get along or do not, you must find a way to keep a smile on your face when sharing your children’s visitation hours, for your own good along with your kids’. You don’t have to be friends [...]

Hello Heroes! Below please read a letter from Dan Li, who is hoping we’ll help her with a study regarding television viewing habits of children between 0 and 8 years old. I did check it out a bit, and Dan is a real person pursuing a Doctoral degree at Northwestern University under the direction of [...]

Good Friday, Heroes! Today I am in the middle of Cub Scout camp with the younger boys. What was I thinking? Seriously though, camp is a lot of fun. And I can do anything for two days, right? I’ll update you with any necessary war stories when I get back home! Welcome to the August [...]

(Editor’s note: please welcome Susan’s post on how to parent exceptional children. Thanks Susan!) Parents with talented children seem to fall into two very distinct categories. They turn into Godzilla, push their children far too hard, and end up the subject of a tell-all book and/or miniseries years later. Or they swing the other way, [...]