Parenting

Screen time for kids is a hot topic. My personal choice is to default to the American Academy of Pediatric’s guidelines. In a nutshell, here they are. No screen time before ages 18-24 months Coview programming Interact with the...

I am the kind of pregnant lady that other women love to hate. My three major symptoms for each of my pregnancies were bigger boobs, glowing skin, and thicker hair. Besides being a bit more tired and bumping into...

If you look at all the details that need to align to become pregnant it is quite miraculous one even becomes pregnant; yet somehow, our bodies make it happen. We make a baby, grow a baby, and then deliver...

Lisa Collum is an author, educator, and mother of four on a mission to empower parents to give their children the education they deserve. We recently sat down with her to answer some pressing homeschooling questions we had. SFBAM: What...

My son is seven. He loves math, science, engineering, crafts, board games, and sports. He is smart, thoughtful, caring, and funny. I have to remind myself of all his wonderful traits because one thing I cannot cope with is that...

Looking back on our early years, most of us have probably been sent to timeout, or at least remember what that chair in the corner was for. Timeouts may seem like just another part of childhood, but actually, it’s...

We are part of the Amazon Associate program.  Welcome back to the MPMB Book Club! It’s virtual, so please feel absolutely no pressure to read on our schedule.  Feel free to simply join this “book club” on your own pace...

2024 has been quite the year, and it isn't even over! Yet, it is still moving incredibly fast. We bought our first home in the city last fall and moved in seven months ago. My younger daughter Alice was diagnosed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywi3ianWCUI We spent some time talking to Dr. Bethany Cook, a Clinical Psychologist, Health Service Psychologist, and a Board Certified Music Therapist, about ways to take mental breaks. What started out as a conversation about mental breaks for parents, quickly...

We are part of Amazon Affiliates. I cannot stop talking about the book No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame, by Janet Lansbury. Chances are if you’ve overheard me chatting with other toddler moms at the playground lately, it’s been...