Apr 9, 2024 | Adult Children, Adults, Elementary Age, For the Home, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Legal & Financial, Moms & Dads, Parenting Tips, Teens & Tweens
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey Sometimes the very idea of budgeting can seem overwhelming, especially if we have not budgeted before. It might be a clever idea to start budgeting the same way we teach our children to budget. That is, we might start off simply...
Feb 29, 2024 | Adult Children, Adults, Crafts & Hobbies, Day Trips, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kids Eat Free, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Michaela Reynolds Happy Leap Day! Did you know that the earth takes 365.24 days to revolve around the sun? Overtime, those extra numbers after the decimal add up to 24 hours, creating Leap Day on February 29th. An extra 24 hours? Well, we know...
Feb 27, 2024 | Adult Children, Adults, Elementary Age, Family Time, Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd From a young age, I have loved being in the kitchen. I remember begging my mom to teach me how to cook at the age of six. So, I told her I didn’t want to “pretend” cook while standing on a chair beside her as she cooked. I wanted...
Dec 11, 2023 | Adult Children, Burlington, Empty Nesters, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas I remember last fall, a couple of months after my youngest had moved into her own apartment, feeling completely out of sorts. I was wandering through my days and nights feeling some sort of funky, and I didn’t know why. My business was...
Nov 12, 2023 | Adult Children, Empty Nesters, Family Time, From the Heart, Holidays, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Parenting Tips, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas Ah, the holidays – a time for joy, laughter, and endless family gatherings. For parents of college students, the holiday season is particularly special because it means that their children will finally be back home. But let’s not...
May 2, 2023 | Adult Children, Education, High School & Beyond, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas It’s a common dilemma for parents of high school teens today – should their child attend college or not? On the one hand, there are many potential benefits to attending college, such as: Making connections with professionals...
Jan 23, 2023 | Adult Children, Adult Education, Adults, Empty Nesters, High School & Beyond, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas When my daughter was a sophomore at college, she sheepishly FaceTimed me one day, in a near panic, because she felt she needed to take a break the following semester. She thought I would put up a fight, but it was the exact opposite....
Nov 30, 2022 | Adult Children, Adults, By Stage, Empty Nesters, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Kristen Daukas Raising teenagers can be a challenging experience! However, what if I told you that there is a fantastic payoff at the end that does NOT include grandkids, at least not yet? While I’m still struggling a little bit with being an empty...
