The Parenting Weblog

Over the last couple of years, my son has been attending Tae Kwon Do lessons, a martial art that originates from Korea. As opposed to karate and kung fu, tae kwon do emphasizes on the leg's power …

Summer holidays are just around the corner and unless you're taking a loooong vacation somewhere, you probably need some ideas on how to keep the kids busy at home. You don't want them permane…

My almost 8 year old son is increasingly getting interested in sports, and I've promised to enroll him in a soccer camp during the summer break. It was actually a toss between rugby and soccer, bu…

We've switched to a different soccer team this year. When we signed up, it did say that they get a white jersey this year but no ball like they did when she was little and playing in this league. …

Taking another look at children and the Olympics, MSNBC has an interesting article entitled The high price of raising an Olympian. The article discusses the financial commitment involved with raising …

Chinese national team gymnasts in 2007

With the Olympics in full swing now, the topic of sports and children comes to my mind.

Athletes seem to be getting younger and younger in international compe…

The season for our summer swim team, the Devil Rays, came to and end last night after defeating a team our kids had never been able to beat.

Our team is very popular around the neighborhood so we ha…

You don't see the old 'Mom's Taxi' joke as much as you did when I was a kid. The parent act to lampoon – the sports pack Mule. The bags that parents carry about with newborns with the …

Summer has arrived here where we live and the temperatures have been hovering around the 100 degree mark the past few days. We are going to get a small reprieve and just low 90s for a few days – yippi…

I'm not on their payroll but I love Off Skintastic.

If your family is anything like ours, the bugs drive you nuts when you are outside at certain times. Half the time my daughter doesn't ev…