Inside: Spread some kindness on your next road trip with these kindness road trip activities for kids that also fights boredom. Last Spring Break my family and I took a road trip. We drove the eight hours from our Chicago suburb to Nashville, Tennessee. And of course, as on all road trips, we had three […]
Rainbow Activities and Crafts to Celebrate Pride Month
Inside: Use these family-friendly rainbow activities and crafts to celebrate pride month and be an LGBTQ Ally. When I was a kid, I remember seeing rainbows pop up on car bumpers and on jewelry. My mom told me it meant that person was gay, and that was the end of the story. In the early […]
10 of the Best and Most Meaningful Year-Round Gratitude Activities
Inside: Gratitude can’t just be taught during Thanksgiving. We need to purposefully teach our kids to be grateful and we can use these meaningful year-round gratitude activities to do focus on it. I offered my daughter a cookie the other day and she immediately counteroffered. “Can I have two cookies?” she asked. I just stared […]
14 Ways to Entertain Kids in a Hotel Room
Inside: Kids can get easily bored during a hotel or motel stay. Here are 14 ways to entertain kids in a hotel room without screens. My husband and I were raised in families that loved to travel. And so we traveled as much as we could before we had children. And now we are instilling […]
How to Connect with Teens
Use these 10 tips to connect with teens which helps them feel safe and loved and more confident to go be their best selves in the world. I had said it one too many times, and I knew it. I had asked my teen daughter to stand up with her shoulders straight one too many […]