Today we saw a guy driving with two kids in his car while texting with both hands. The addition of bluetooth and speaker phones on cell phones make driving a car while talking a bit safer. I've...

As we've mentioned before we are in year round school district so our daughter is out of school at unusual times. We love the year round concept but we understand why it doesn't work for some...

Chili's Grill & Bar® to Donate 100 Percent of All Profits on Monday, Sept. 29 to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as Part of Annual Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer...

Dear Mother Nature, I know it's a lot to ask but could you decide if it is summer or fall for sure? My child has clothes from both seasons spread out like a fan. Normally it is just one...

A few years ago, wee made some tough decisions about our daughter's academics and we finally are getting some real confirmation we made the right moves. In her school, their grading scale is 4 -...

© Dan4th Four years ago, I dropped out of graduate school. I was halfway through a program there but other pressing things in life took over - ie being a parent. I just couldn't do both, or at...

Burger King will give you three free kids' meals for each child registered on their Club BK site. Check the mailer you get - you'll see in the fine print you can get three meals, not just one....

I have a child with a forgetful nature. Coupled with her backpack being a paper graveyard, she often leaves things that school. She's got an agenda to fill out and go by. I had big flame colored...

I loved Sex And The City television series as much as the next woman but I'm appalled that Candace Bushnell, the woman who penned the original book, is rewinding the clock to write young adult...

Last night I had a conference with my daughter's teacher. It was completely unremarkable, quick and basically amounted to being told her marks are at grade level or over and things are fine. The...

Today we passed some friends on the road and their daughter, who is no more than two months older than ours, was in the front passenger's side seat. Since my daughter is heading towards 11 years...

I got an interesting looking email today that I thought I'd share in case it interested any of you: Well it is back to school time again and many of us are wondering how we can become more...

Cold Stone Creamery® will host the "World's Largest Ice Cream Social," a fundraising event to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and local chapters across the country. Cold...

I'm slowly feeling better. Of course I haven't really stopped doing all the things I need to get done but I'm napping a lot between them. My parents came over to go to school with our...

Parenting is such a subjective and scary thing. You can feel in your head you are doing the right thing but your heart might be confused - or vice versa. Humorously, some of the best and worst...

© Aidan Jones What happens when you catch a virus and get really run down? When you forgot to listen to your body's signs that it is sick and tired? Well you find yourself at the doctor's...