Dec 21, 2022 | Adults, Crafts & Hobbies, Elementary Age, Family Time, Holidays, Moms & Dads, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. The holiday season is upon us and, for many it’s the best time of the year. Shopping, cooking, and decorating the house with all sorts of items fill this time of year. It’s also a time to gather around family and share...
Dec 15, 2022 | Adults, Babies, By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Holidays, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By the TMoM Team We asked our team and readers in our Facebook group for some of their favorite holiday traditions. It was so fun reading all the fun and unique activities everyone does to celebrate the season. Below are some quotes and photos from those that agreed...
Dec 11, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Christine Murray, PhD, LPC, LMFT, Director of the Healthy Relationships Initiative One of my friends is an extreme negative Nelly. There is rarely a conversation that we have where she does not complain or whine about something. If her husband brings...
Dec 9, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Carrie Sockwell, author of Our Carolina Home Christmas Eve was my favorite day growing up as a kid. I loved it so much more than Christmas day because of the anticipation and build up of Christmas coming to an overwhelming peak. The excitement of...
Dec 7, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Holidays, Just for Moms
By Guest Blogger Alona Orofino The Holidays are often rough when it comes to body image issues. Because our culture at large is weight-centric, it infiltrates our family units. So, as we gather with our friends and family for the Holidays, it’s common to hear lots of...
Dec 1, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, Elementary Age, Family Time, Hot Topics, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey America is a rich and glorious country composed of diverse people, who have in the past and now continue, to contribute to its success. America is abounding in resources, but its major resource is her people, and her continued...
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...
Nov 24, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, Family Time, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Holidays, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By the TMoM Team The month of November typically has most thinking about why they are thankful. That is no different with the TMoM team! There is a lot to be thankful for here at TMoM. When asked, here are all the team member’s thankful responses. Katie –...
Nov 23, 2022 | Adults, From the Heart, Holidays, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Single Parenting, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Ahhh…November. The month of gratitude. Cue the cute social media posts. That are full of gratitude jars, gratitude trees, and gratitude journals for kids who somehow can’t hold a pencil yet. To be clear, I’m not against any of...
Nov 22, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, Family Time, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Holidays, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Marissa Joyce, Gwyn Services Gwyn Services is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary, and we have so very much to be thankful for! This Thanksgiving week, we wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to our #PiedmontTriad Community. Plus, share some of...
Nov 21, 2022 | Adults, Food & Nutrition, Food Allergies / Diets / Restrictions, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Chicken Pot Pie was one of the first meals that I tackled years ago. Even though, it was a meal that looked complex to me. The presentation was always beautiful, so it had to be difficult to make, right? Not at all. I...
Nov 17, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Family Time, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Let’s face it: As moms, this time of year is joyful AND very overwhelming. Decking the halls, buying AND wrapping the gifts under the tree, coordinating the festive outings, planning holiday travel, baking the delicious cookies and...
Nov 14, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Food & Nutrition, Health, Holidays, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Nutrition
By Guest Blogger Alona Orofino For many years, I saw the Holidays as a food free-for-all. Then come New Year, I would feel gross and happily jump back on the “healthy” train. This pattern was my normal. And it seems to be the norm for a lot of people that I know. But...
Nov 13, 2022 | Adults, Family Time, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Working Parents
By Guest Blogger Anna Keller Juggling work/life balance can be challenging enough before you become a parent. Once you add “mom” to your list of roles, finding that sweet spot becomes exponentially more difficult. Suddenly, you’re pulled in two distinctly different...
Nov 12, 2022 | Adults, Arts & Enrichment Activities, Day Trips, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, Local Events, Teens & Tweens
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders If you are looking for a day of fun and to be transported back in time, then the Carolina Renaissance Festival is for you! My family loves going here, and there are fun things to do for all ages. If you’ve never been, then truly you...
Nov 9, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Renee Skudra I am thinking about literature as I often do on a Sunday afternoon. More specifically, I’m thinking about Oscar Wilde’s quote “And all at Once, Summer collapsed into fall.” It seems to me that Fall suddenly made its presence known...
Nov 8, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Burlington, By Location, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Bethany Godwin, LCMHC, PMH-C Have you ever spent time alone, intentionally? I don’t mean lying on the couch after the kids have gone to bed scrolling through your phone or searching Netflix for something that you know you can only watch when you’re...
Nov 7, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Dana Petrunich “First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in the baby carriage” I happily hummed this tune throughout my childhood. Carrying baby dolls around and holding any baby that I could. This was going to be my life – a mommy!...
Nov 4, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Friday Finds, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Local Events, Moms & Dads, Private Schools, Recreation, Winston-Salem, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders In today’s Friday Finds: Walk-In Wednesdays at Winston-Salem Christian School Marketing Help For Entrepreneurs Wild Out at the Wild Party! Congrats to TMoM Giveaway Winners!...
Nov 2, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Dennette Bailey Fall is the perfect season to contemplate ways we can make a positive impact in our state. It is the time of the year we might consider so many issues such as politics, the health of our families, and even the beauty the season...
Oct 29, 2022 | Adults, Babies, Burlington, By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Developmental Concerns, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Andrea Miller with The Basics Guilford Megan Fields-Olivieri is Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a mother of two young children. Dr. Fields-Olivieri has specialized training in early...
Oct 26, 2022 | Adults, By Stage, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By Guest Blogger Alisha Bisbee, MS, CSW, LPC Three babies and seven years of marriage later, I found myself saying no to so many things that I wanted to say yes to. I talked myself out of everything. I had a long line of excuses ready to go in my mind whenever I...
Oct 21, 2022 | Adults, Babies, Burlington, By Location, Children's Health & Wellness, Education, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, Friday Finds, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Local Events, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper In this week’s Friday Finds … Brain-Building Support For Your Child Through The Basics Walk Amongst the Prehistoric at the Dino & Dragon Stroll Cheers! for Brenner Children’s Hospital Our Newest Giveaways Find Out...
Oct 20, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, For the Home, From the Heart, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Anonymous Guest Blogger In my 40-some years, I’ve been pretty fortunate to have mostly amazing neighbors. There were some that were louder than others, and there was an unfortunate season where a renter next door turned all three floors of the house into a giant...
Oct 18, 2022 | -, Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, Burlington, By Location, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Juan Santos I recently went hiking with a friend and we found ourselves deep in the topic of the fall slump. This is the slump that happens to so many of us. Right around October, it takes hold. We can feel it in the change in temperature and see it...
Oct 14, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Location, By Stage, Children's Health & Wellness, Exercise, Family Time, Greensboro, Health, High Point, Holidays, Just for Moms, Local Resources, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Photography, Recreation, Travel & Auto Tips, Vacations & Weekend Trips, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Rachel Hoeing In this week’s Friday Finds … Carolina Core Wellness and Core Coffee’s Grand Opening Santa Portraits with York’s Photography Disney Travel Planning with Rachel Guest Bloggers Wanted Family Fun Event!...
Oct 13, 2022 | Adult Health & Wellness, Adults, By Stage, Health, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller When I was newly pregnant with my first child, I went to an early prenatal appointment and was given a list of things to avoid during my pregnancy. Most of the list contained the expected items. Those were things like sushi and wine and...
Oct 11, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, For the Home, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Marissa Joyce, Gwyn Services Fall temperatures are here, and we are all reveling in the balmy days and crisp autumn nights, but before you know it, winter weather will start creeping in! Now is actually the perfect time to work on some simple projects...
Oct 10, 2022 | Adults, Burlington, By Location, Elementary Age, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Safety, Toddlers & Preschool, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Rena Todd with Independent Insurance Agents Annually, more than 350,000 families’ lives are changed by house fires. While there are many ways parents can keep their families safe, one of the most effective is teaching their children what to do...
Sep 30, 2022 | _, __, -, Adults, Burlington, By Location, Elementary Age, Family Time, Greensboro, Helpful Lists & Directories, High Point, Holidays, Info about Our Website, Kernersville, Local Events, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper Fall for Friday Finds as we say good-bye to September and hello to October! Playground Playdate at Canterbury School on October 15th Fall for Winning a Free Winter Sports Season at the YMCA of Greensboro! Fall for Winning One Free Year...
