Kids Activities: Give Up or Continue?
My kids are involved in many activities. Between the four of them we find ourselves at ballet, soccer, swim team, instrument lessons, playdates, math club, and more that I must be forgetting. In addition the activities tried and abandoned trail behind us. In our home, there is never a shortage [...]

Yipee! Apple is offering their Camp Apple again this summer. You can find the details here.
The Apple Camp is basically a free 3 hour workshop for kids ages 8 to 12 on iPhoto, GarageBand, iMovie, or iWork. Did I mention one of my best parenting tips: Free? The workshops are offered at your local Apple [...]

To all you Mary Higgins Clark fans out there: she has published her first children’s book called Ghost Ship.
In addition, she has a new novel out called I Heard That Song Before: A Novel.

Recently, my fifth grader came home from school with stories of how some of his classmates had created a video and posted it on Youtube.
While I was impressed with the kids technical know-how, it also made me wonder if the popular video hosting service is a good playground for 11 year olds.
The types of home [...]

Today I attended an internet safety presentation given at my kids school. It really is a scary place out there. I had posted earlier this month on internet safety, however, I realize that what I am currently doing may not be enough.
My children have not yet ventured into the world of instant messaging and internet [...]