Learning To Play Music Shapes Kids For A Lifetime
I’m sure you’ve read just as many countless studies as I have that go on and on about how wonderful music is for kids growing up. Well, it’s true, and I won’t bore you with a lot of stuffy reports, but will simply relate my own personal experience from when I was both a child [...]
Giving A Child A Better Tomorrow
It’s unfortunate and always heartbreaking to hear of children that experience difficult childhoods in a non-kid friendly environment. Children have very little control over their situation, and rely entirely on the adults around them to provide the quality of life they need to grow and thrive. It’s tough and sometimes tragic when things don’t work [...]
5 Health Meals You Can Eat For Around 5 Dollars
Not only are the following recipes easy to make and quite satisfying, they are very cheap to make. Each meal can be prepared for a family of four for five dollars or less. When choosing meals for your family, make sure you include fiber, protein, and healthy carbohydrates. If the meal has no nutritional value, [...]
How To Design Creative and Unique Spongebob Birthday Invitations
Invitations for a birthday party are fun to create especially if they are based on a theme. Little kids love Spongebob and this would make a lovely theme for your child’s birthday party. In order to make your child’s birthday more special, you can design your very own Spongebob birthday invitations. First you might need [...]
What Is It With Kids And Movie Marathons
Funny thing about kids when it comes to watching movies. They seem to be able to watch the same movie over and over again. I don’t remember ever being like that as a kid, but maybe my memory is just failing. It’s not that I don’t enjoy watching a movie more than once, but I’m [...]
Finishing Work Before the Birth of my Child
For me the hardest thing about my pregnancy has been having to combine it with my full time job. It is not easy to decide when to start your maternity leave, but once I reached 26 weeks pregnant I had had enough. I worked in quite a manual position as a picture framer, and some [...]
What’s The Best Place For Kids To Watch Movies
When I was growing up, the one and only place to watch the latest movies, was the theater downtown. How things have changed in a few decades. Now a days, you can watch movies just about anywhere. You can watch movies online, you can watch movies on your iPod, you can watch movies on your [...]
Hosting a Wii Party
A great idea for a kid’s birthday party or a way to keep teens in a controlled environment, while still allowing them to have fun without drugs or alcohol is to throw a Wii party. The main features of these parties, other than a Wii of course, include lots of junk food, soda, and other [...]
I Never Had Cool Toys Like That When I Was A Kid
I don’t know how many times my kids have heard me say that, but it’s true. It seems like all the toys and stuff kids get to play with today are way better then the stuff I had when I was a kid. Kids of all ages get really neat stuff these days, right from [...]