Coping With Teenage Mood Swings

By Aurelia Williams, author of Understanding Your Teen
If you are the parent of a teenager, you are familiar with mood swings. One minute, your teen is happy and loving, the next they are sullen or angry. These mood swings can happen fast and can seem to come out of nowhere and it’s one of [...]

Watkins Holiday Giveaway

Greetings Everyone!
It’s time for another Watkins Holiday Giveaway! Are you making plans for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays?
The winner of this giveaway will be chosen at random on Monday November 30th. The products will be shipped USPS Priority Mail so they will arrive the first week of December before the Christmas holiday in time for [...]

Work at Home & Kids: Balancing Your Schedules

Image by Getty Images via Daylife

One of the top reasons many women become work at home moms is to be available for the children.  Most choose to start when the children are young and need constant supervision.  Many continue the experience as the children get older because of the flexibility it offers.
It can be a [...]

Bullying In Schools: How To Deal

There are always bullies in social situations – people who have to build themselves up by tearing down or beating down the people around them.  Unfortunately, that will be true at any age.  Whenever there is a group of kids, there is likely to be a bully amongst them.  It is important that you give [...]

But Mom, I’m BORED!!!

How many times have you heard that in the last few weeks? When I was a work-at-home mom, summer holidays felt like they would never end. Who thought giving children two months off school was a great idea?
“I’m Bored” is a refrain heard often through out the summer. No matter how many books, games, movies, [...]

Have You Ever Won a Blog Contest?

Winning is everything right?  Have you ever won a contest or even a sweepstakes? I have and I have some tips on winning a blog contest!  First of all let me tell you a little about me.  I have been entering and winning contests, sweepstakes and giveaways for five years.  I have not entered consistently [...]

Real Moms Talk About Romano’s Macaroni Grill Restaurant Favorites.

I was recently given the opportunity to taste and review Romano’s Macaroni Grill’s new boxed dinner kits thanks to MyBlogSpark
We received the Creamy Basil dinner and I have to say that my children loved it! All four of them! (Needless to say we need two boxes to feed everyone)
I cooked some chicken while the noodles [...]

Real Moms Talk About The Spice Depot

The lovely people at The Spice Depot sent me a few of their Grinder Top Spice Blends to try. The minute I received them I was intrigued and ultimately fell in love with them.  They are easy to use & provide fresh spices with every use.  I received Spicy Sea Salt, JoJo Potato and Salad [...]

Real Moms Talk About Bella Sara Treasures & Miniatures

We love Bella Sara at my house and thanks to the Team Mom we got the chance to review a couple of their newest products:
Bella Sara Treasures
Each Treasures card pack contains 5 random horse and/or treasure cards, a random sticker card, a random tattoo card, a mini-game, a card checklist, online codes, and positive messages.
My [...]

Real Moms Talk About Author Leslie Patricelli

A Real Mom Review by Tracy Roberts.
I was very fortunate to receive copies of 2 of Leslie Patricelli’s books to review.
Higher! Higher!
The sky’s not limit in a witty picture book about a child on a wing & the wonders of the imagination (ages 2-5 retail $15.99)
and
Baby Happy, Baby Sad
A playful look at a pair [...]

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