Exploring Single Motherhood: A Personal Experience
The late bloomer in me had had enough and was ready to take destiny into her own hands. My clock was ticking louder than ever, and my desire to get married and have kids was [Read More]
Article Category: Family Values
Do’s & Don’ts for Helping Adult Children Financially
It can be counterproductive to offer unlimited monetary or other kinds of support to otherwise mature adults. Even cosigning on a college loan can be fraught with potential hazards for a parent’s credit health. While [Read More]
Words That Can Change Your Life
There are situations in which a single idea can transform one’s entire life or career trajectory. Take college, for instance. Many in all age and income categories are guided toward a four-year degree whenever they [Read More]
How to Have an Eco-Friendly Holiday
While it’s tough to imagine there ever being too much pumpkin pie, the old adage “waste not, want not” offers great guidance during this season of celebration. No one wants the holidays to be woeful, [Read More]
‘Thanking it Forward’ for National Thank You Letter Day
Our country has found itself in turbulent times. Between the viral pandemic, civil unrest, and political polarization, it’s easy to overlook those people for whom we are truly grateful; those people who have dedicated their [Read More]
Mostly – People are Honest – Except for a Few
There has been an assumption for a long time that people lie a lot, and that lying is ubiquitous and really common, says the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Timothy Levine, Ph.D., who studies deception. Past research [Read More]
BusyKid
One of the many important lessons that parents must teach their children is about money. That includes all about earning it, saving it, and spending it. That task, however, is not always an easy one. [Read More]
Seven Essential Strengths of Resilient Kids
Today’s kids are the smartest and most driven on record. But many of them are also the loneliest, most stressed, most risk-averse, and most depressed. And that was before the pandemic. A year of COVID-driven fear [Read More]
10 Ways Families Can Salute a Veteran
During this month of Thanksgiving, don’t forget our military service members. Many organizations and veterans’ groups offer ways to help support and show gratitude to members of the armed forces. Help a veteran, a deployed [Read More]
October is National Bullying Prevention Month!
In 2006, PACER Center started a groundbreaking movement to raise awareness about the devastating impact and often long-term effects that bullying can cause in our nation’s youth. The result was PACER’s creation of National Bullying [Read More]