Inside: Use these 12 Family Bonding Activities at home to help you connect with your kids, build a strong family identity and have more fun at home. My family had been cooped up in the house for a few days due to bad weather and today was the first nice day. But with more bad […]
Monthly Family-Friendly Volunteer Ideas for Kids
Inside: Spread kindness with these family-friendly volunteer ideas for kids each month through this Family Volunteer Challenge to help make volunteering a habit for kids. About a decade ago, there was a huge campaign in Los Angeles to get more people volunteering. Disney teamed up with dozens of local organizations, and if an adult volunteered […]
Family Volunteer Challenge for December
Inside: Spread kindness as a family through this Family Volunteer Challenge for December by focusing on giving rather than getting Christmas gifts. A few years ago, I was shopping with my kids at the mall during December. We were holiday shopping for family and putting things on their wish list for them. The Christmas carols […]
9 Ways to Help Kids Stand Up to Peer Pressure to Make Kinder Choices
Inside: Help your kids with these 9 strategies so they can successfully stand up to peer pressure and make kinder choices towards others. Once upon a time, a little girl picked her nose at school. Ew, that’s so gross. She’s so gross. Look how gross she is. Oh my God, she’s so gross. Ew. I […]
How to Make Sibling Bracelets to Raise Kind Siblings
Inside: To curb sibling rivalry, we can encourage our kids to make these sibling bracelets together and curb the bickering and fighting. A few years ago, we were at an event with a bunch of families and I met a new family that had three sisters. These girls were all similar in age to my […]