Apr 15, 2023 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool
By Guest Blogger Dr. Ankita Patel As parents, we get into a habit of just doing things ourselves because it is more efficient and done correctly. However, if kids are given the chance to do some of these tasks, they may surprise you. Helping with chores at an early...
Apr 8, 2023 | Children's Museums & Playhouses, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, Greensboro, High Point, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recreation, Toddler & Preschool Directories, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Brooke Coley We all know that April showers bring May flowers. But, not to worry! There are plenty indoor activities around the Triad to keep your kids busy. We are so lucky because if you venture 20 minutes down the road, you discover a new city....
Mar 30, 2023 | Family Time, Food & Nutrition, Nutrition, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Alona Orofino Feeding a toddler is hard work. As a parent, you want to ensure they eat enough and eat the things that are rich in nutrients. We resort to all sorts of methods to get them to eat. For example, we use forms like bribing, threatening and...
Mar 28, 2023 | Babies, Baby Directories, Burlington, Family Time, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville, Parenting & Family, Photography, Raising Children, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Do you want to look back on gorgeous newborn, baby, or family photos for years to come and fondly reflect back on those memories? Did you have a baby and want to always remember how adorable they looked in those newborn days? If you...
Mar 23, 2023 | Babies, Elementary Age, Entertaining, Family Time, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recreation, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd An older friend once shared some advice that significantly impacted me as a parent: go ahead and play that game. She was essentially telling me to never pass up an opportunity to play with my children. She went on to say that the...
Mar 22, 2023 | Food & Nutrition, From the Heart, Just for Dads, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Winston-Salem
By Guest Blogger Jay Callahan From 2015-2019, I drove around a white Volkswagen minivan and tried to give back to the community of Greater Winston-Salem in a little way through The Man Van. Then in 2019, we sold the minivan and more importantly, our third child,...
Mar 20, 2023 | Camps, Children's Health & Developmental Concerns, Children's Health & Wellness, Elementary Age, From the Doctor, Health, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Travel & Auto Tips, Vacations & Weekend Trips
By Karen L. Smith, PT, of Peace Physical Therapy LLC Before you know it, summer will be here, and the kids will be out of school. It is the perfect time for that cross-country family adventure! Or maybe you want to send your kids to camp so you can have a week of...
Mar 13, 2023 | Adults, Elementary Age, From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool
By TMoM Team Member Anna Keller Here’s a topic I find myself thinking about often as a parent to young children. How can I best set each of my kids up for success when it comes to having a healthy body image? This feels like a daunting task being, you know, a human in...
Mar 6, 2023 | Burlington, Education, Greensboro, High Point, High School & Beyond, Kernersville, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Britney Dent Preparing to go to college is usually a stressful time for parents and their children. It’s a time of great change, with a lot of laughs and tears. Even though your high schooler may be ready to go to college, it’s still a...
Mar 5, 2023 | -, Elementary, Elementary Age, Family Time, From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Non Profits, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Guest Blogger Tracy Huneycutt The many stressors that resulted from the Covid pandemic have increased our collective awareness of the mental health of our youth. There are many children and teenagers in our nation experiencing feelings of anxiety, loneliness, and...
Feb 21, 2023 | From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Sydney D. Richardson, Ph.D. Here’s the scenario: My children love the playground, and my oldest child really enjoys anything that spins. Therefore, when her sibling spun her around on the playground equipment, she laughed with excitement. Then,...
Feb 16, 2023 | Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Recipes & Fun Food Ideas, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Sarah Hester, MS, RD “Didn’t I just feed you?!” is the question that comes to my mind often as a mom of a busy toddler. Providing three healthy meals and one to two snacks a day can easily make my whole day feel like it revolves around what food my...
Feb 14, 2023 | From the Heart, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By TMoM Team Member Britney Dent Have your children reached that age where they aren’t really “kids” but they aren’t yet adults? If so, you might be facing very different issues than you were when they were little. As a parent, you can help...
Feb 1, 2023 | Elementary, Elementary Age, High School & Beyond, Middle School, Preschool, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Teens & Tweens, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
Calvary Day School Campus Tours 2023 calvaryday.school At Calvary Day School, their passion and commitment are to provide an encouraging, safe, and engaging school community. Students are challenged to fulfill their God-given potential, develop strong character, and...
Jan 28, 2023 | From the Heart, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By TMoM Team Member Suzy Fielders Once you become pregnant you’ll find that everyone loves to tell you their parenting stories and often times their parenting advice. Even after the baby is born that continues to stay a constant in parenting chats and get-togethers....
Jan 25, 2023 | Babies, Burlington, Elementary Age, Greensboro, High Point, Humor, Kernersville, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Winston-Salem, Working Parents
By TMoM Team Member Laura Simon Feel free to debate me, but I’d argue that “While you were in a meeting…” is the most terrifying sentence opener known to mom. Whatever part two of that sentence is, it is never good. I started working from home and homeschooling...
Jan 19, 2023 | Crafts & Hobbies, Family Time, Parenting & Family, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Raising Children, Recreation
By Guest Blogger Jen Mearns When you think of farming, what comes to mind? Long hours, toiling in the field? Tractors and cow poo? That is what I used to think about. Farming is essential to our society, but that doesn’t mean it always has to come in the form of...
Jan 18, 2023 | Adults, By Stage, Crafts & Hobbies, Elementary Age, Family Time, For the Home, From the Heart, Moms & Dads, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By TMoM Team Member Ellen Bryant Lloyd New Year’s resolutions have never worked for me. I gave up the practice of making them years ago after letting my resolve go just a few weeks, or even days, into the new year. Maybe it was that my list was too long or too...
Jan 17, 2023 | Burlington, Greensboro, High Point, High School & Beyond, Kernersville, Middle School, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens, Tweens & Teens
By Katelyn Williams, Middle School Counselor, Greensboro Day School Technology—we can’t live with it, and we certainly can’t live without it. Yet, what do we do about children and tweens living with it? I have never been a person who stands in favor of banning all...
Jan 15, 2023 | Babies, By Stage, Parenting & Family, Pregnancy & Babies, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Catherine Cottingham When I was a brand-new mom a couple years ago, I didn’t anticipate the want, or the need, to find ways to play with my newborn baby. As a result, I spent hours sorting through Pinterest, and Google to find new ways to engage my...
Jan 8, 2023 | Crafts & Hobbies, Education, Parenting & Family, Preschool, Raising Children, Recreation, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Julie Fritz When it is 19 degrees outside, we all tend to get a little stir crazy. Add an energetic 3-year-old to the mix and, like me, you might feel like your gonna lose it. It can be so hard to keep our little people entertained when we can’t just...
Jan 6, 2023 | Burlington, By Location, Elementary, Elementary Age, Family Time, Friday Finds, Greensboro, High Point, High School & Beyond, Kernersville, Local Events, Middle School, Parks & Outdoor Activities, Preschool, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Sports, Sports, Art & Enrichment, Teens & Tweens, Teens & Tweens Directories, Toddlers & Preschoolers, Tweens & Teens, Winston-Salem
By TMoM Team Member Sandy Harper In today’s Friday Finds: Wesleyan Christian Academy Preview Day Ice Skating Options in Greensboro The Teens and Tweens Directory is Updated! TMoM Choice Awards are Almost Here!...
Jan 3, 2023 | By Location, By Stage, Education, Elementary, Elementary Age, Kernersville, Middle School, Parenting & Family, Private Schools, Raising Children, Religion, Winston-Salem
By Loryn Faile, Head of School, Redeemer School Each New Year brings a renewed focus on our hopes and expectations for personal growth, change, and development, for our families and us. As we make (or avoid) resolutions and goals, we come head to head with our...
Dec 19, 2022 | Elementary Age, From the Heart, Humor, Just for Dads, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Raising Children, Toddlers & Preschool, Toddlers & Preschoolers
By Guest Blogger Ginny Olson, author of the blog MothersRest.com “You failed to tell me how destructive little boys can be. Especially to Christmas ornaments.” That was the message of distress dear Sarah sent me, as she shewed away her male youngins from the holiday...
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 3, 2022 | Holidays, Humor, Just for Moms, Moms & Dads, Parenting & Family, Raising Children
By Guest Blogger Lisa Witherspoon I hesitated to post this blog for fear that it would offend others and I also did not want readers to think this was the opinion of the TMoM team. The TMoM team assured me that one of the things they like best about running this...
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 26, 2022 | By Stage, Elementary Age, Parenting & Family, Raising Children, Teens & Tweens
By Guest Blogger Elisa D. Wallace with Forsyth Family magazine Typically, household chores are not enjoyable, however these tasks are vital for a home to run smoothly and efficiently. For the most part, the adults of the house take on the larger responsibilities....
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...
