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Fess up – is one of your kids your favorito?

goodenoughmother.com

Admitting you have a favorite child is probably one of the greatest parenting taboos and cause of much debate. Most parents will vehemently deny it, while others don’t seem to mind shamelessly confessing they like one kid more than the others. When they do, they usually get accused of being a bad parent for saying Read More

The great equalizer: How fitness levels can help even out the academic playing field among children

BMJ Group

As summer winds to a close and the school-year approaches, with it goes a time of easy activity.   Maintaining an active lifestyle into the fall is extremely important.  Exercise has countless health benefits for adults, and even more for children.  New studies have indicated and continued to back older research that fitter children are not Read More

Sandwiched: caught between caring for your parents and your children

sandwich-gen

I had the important experience of meeting and knowing both my grandmothers. This is significant to me, having lived in the U.S. for almost my entire life, because I was separated from the family tree and had only occasional opportunities to go “home” and take shade under the canopy of my enormous extended family. It was Read More