How to save money on budget Christmas gifts with these 100+ cheap (but nice) stocking stuffers

Are you looking to save money on budget Christmas shopping? How about super cheap stocking stuffers? I'm not talking what stores consider "budget" Christmas gifts priced at $5-$15. Those aren't bargain they're over-priced, especially for filler gifts. By inexpensive presents, I mean like 10 cents to a buck each. Here are over 100 cheap but nice Christmas presents for stockings that children will love! Halloween alternatives: 100+ non-food, non-candy Trick-or-Treat prizes, giveways

How Parents Can Manage Free Summer Childcare Plus Teach Kids Accountability

Kids rejoice when "school's out for the summer" but parents facing three months without childcare may be singing a different tune. How do you manage daycare if you can't afford a babysitter? You think like a detective and ask who, why, where, when and what. Then based on your answers, you develop a plan for free and low-cost summer childcare. How Parents Can Manage Free Summer Childcare, Teach Kids Accountability

Child Spring Safety Checklist for Bikes, Skateboards, Rollerblades, Skates, Scooters

Spring is in the air and that means kids are riding off-road wheeled toys and vehicles. Roller skates, bicycles, inline skates, skateboards, and scooters are accidents waiting to happen. As a mom of four, this I know all too well. You can't bubble-wrap kids, but you can use common sense when dealing with bike safety. Here are proactive, safety recommendations for wheeled toys. Bike helmets: Children should wear a crash helmet when riding a bike, skateboard, inline skates, go-carts and scooters, especially motorized scooters. Replace helmets as children grow, if helmet is damaged or after any accident. Here is a video clip to help you choose and size bike helmets. This video explain bike helmet safety.  Spring Safety Checklist for Bikes, Skateboards, Skates and Scooters

How to Feed Obese Kids to Help them Lose Weight-- Food switches to improve nutrition

 In 25 years of teaching, I've noticed more kids tending toward obesity. I'm not talking about chubby kids who'll slim down in puberty, but those who are way overweight and getting fatter. What can we as parents do about it? Growing kids have to eat, right? Yes, but we can control what they eat. Obese kids are typically malnourished, not from eating too little but from eating the wrong things. Just in time for the holidays, here's a DIY guide to healthier food switches for kids' favorites. Feeding the obese child: Food switches to improve nutrition 

Caring for Seniors--Juggling Kids and Family

How to Care for Elderly Senior Citizens and Children Under One Roof
With costly senior care facilities and cuts in senior Social Security benefits, families are taking elderly relatives into their homes to care for them. If your family cares for a senior citizen, you need help and support. Read More

Gift Ideas for Childrens' Charities and Overseas Missions

Top 10 Gift Ideas for Childrens' Charities
Need some ideas for how to choose gifts for childrens' charities? Toys for Tots? Church giving tree gifts? Overseas missions donations? It's difficult to know what a child will like when you don't know the child. Here's a diy guide to choose gifts for missions. Includes issues to consider in charitable gift-giving:climate, living conditions, toy choices, etc. Gift suggestions that work well for anonymous giving.
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How to Get Everything Done and Stay Sane!

How to Get the Cooking, Cleaning, Laundry and Kid-care Done All at Once!
Care for children, do the laundry, go to work, cook, clean, run errands... How to multitask! A guide to getting it all done, on time without losing your mind!
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How to Talk to Kids

Designing and Teaching Lesson Plans that Motivate Students
Tips for educators, group leaders, coaches, and anyone who instructs students. This will help you talk to kids effectively. Do's and don'ts for effective leadership. br>View more »

DIY Disney Princess Bedroom Theme

Design a Disney Princess Bedroom Theme Do you have a Disney Princess fan in your home? Design an enchanted bedroom based on Disney princesses for your own little princess. Use this complete DIY guide to make your child's bedroom into a Disney princess dream! Read More

How to Get a Bat Out of Your House and Keep Him Out

Green Ways to Bat-Proof Your House
Live near a river? Chances are your home will attract bats. Bats outside are the perfect 'green' pesticide. Bats inside: not good. Bats are carriers of rabies. Their guano is toxic, too. Here's how to bat-proof your house.
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