(Editor’s note: please welcome Elise with a very creative guest post today. Thanks Elise!) Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in the English language. – Dale Carnegie The names we are given can be life defining. We may love or hate our names; they may come with [...]

Please welcome a guest post from Maria Grieco of LensShopper.com. I have to admit, I never thought that it was even possible to put children in contacts. Are Contact Lenses Safe For Children And Do They Improve Self Esteem? Nowadays, the wearing of glasses do not appear, on the surface, to have much stigma attached [...]

I had an interesting conversation with a father the other day. His boys are ages 3 and 5, and the dad was telling me how much his sons love to help set the table at mealtime. Both boys are pretty passionate about it, to the point that if an adult carries a plate or cup [...]

I’ve been working on improving my relationship with the boys, especially the older ones. February is a difficult month with the cloudy cold days…just blah in general. It’s easy for us to get on each others’ nerves and… Read more at GNMParents. Have a great day everyone!

Happy New Year, everyone. I’m a little behind the times on offering up that wish. Sorry. Lots of busy-ness here at Earnest Parenting. Tomorrow (or today, if you’re reading this at a normal hour on Friday) I am hosting ten (10!!) children. I’ve got 6 of them already, the additional 4 will be here in [...]