Use These Apps to Get Moving!

We’ve all seen the “fitspiration” pictures online claiming that a workout is only 4 percent of your day, so that must mean there are no excuses, right? Well when you have kids to parent, a household to manage and work to do, sometimes it’s not so easy to fit in a full hour of exercise

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Throw A Dance Party At-Home!

When I think back on my childhood, my favorite memories are not the trips to Disney. I hardly remember my big birthday parties that my mom worked so hard to throw, and I couldn’t tell you a single present I got before the age of 15. But I can feel the nostalgia set in when

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JUULs and Teens: The Vaping Epidemic

Being the daughter of a pulmonologist, I was taught to never smoke around the same time I was learning my ABCs. My mom found a photo I drew when I was about 5 years old that depicted a scribbly version of the “no smoking” sign. I had to have been the youngest spokesperson for “Tobacco

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Songs for Kids and Parents

By Leah Antovel Car rides can by a chore when the only CDs you tossed in your center console are an assortment of KIDZ BOP. Your kids may love them, but you have had it with kids covering pop songs that have come and gone. Your time spent driving doesn’t have to be this way!

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Helping Your Kids Learn Skills

By Isabella Sorresso When I was a kid, my mom had a chore chart to list the things we needed to accomplish each week and we would get awarded a small allowance for completing everything. At the time, I hated doing chores, but now I see she was teaching me valuable life skills without me

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What’s So Fun About Being A Parent?

You always hear the horrors about being a parent: the sleepless nights, the mess everywhere, the smells. Seems like a battle cooking what your kid likes, arguing with them to get in the shower or go to bed and not having one moment to yourself – unless you manage to get a break and go

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6 Family-Friendly Cars

Buying a family-friendly  car can be daunting — there are just so many different types of vehicles to choose from these days. When choosing a car, you need to determine what the most important features are for your family. Do you want the safest car? One with the latest technology? One that gets the best

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Benefits of Reading as a Family

By Natalie Richoux There are numerous benefits of reading: strengthens the brain, improves health, and has an influence over the decisions we make in real life. With so many wonderful benefits, we should all be reading each day, but reading with your family has even more benefits! So, read this blog together or grab a

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Germs of Backpacks, Lunchboxes and Water Bottles

Every person with a school-aged child knows that the back to school season is often shortly followed by the start of a new cold and flu season. Children are once again going to be in close quarters with 20–30 of their peers and all the germs they bring with them! But have you considered that

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