Is anyone else sending their kids off to summer camp this year? For generations, sleep-away summer camps have been used as a sort of right of passage for both parents and children as the kids get a taste of what it’s like to be a bit independent and parents get to miss their kids, maybe […]
2014 is your year to go green. With rising gas prices, you drain your wallet every time you fill up your car. You worry, rightfully, that the number at the pump is only going to go up. If you depend on your car for work, life, or you don’t have access to good public transportation, […]
So we’re kind of embarrassed to admit but we’ve just learned about nightshade plants. Now, don’t get us wrong, we’ve heard the term before and knew that eggplants were in the category of nightshade foods, but we always thought their esoteric name came from their dark color. We finally learned the error of our ignorant […]
We all look forward to summer vacation and lazy days lounging at the beach or poolside. In such a relaxing setting, it’s easy to forget the importance of water safety, especially when it comes to kids. Each day, approximately 10 people drown. In fact, drowning ranks fifth among the leading causes of unintentional injury leading […]
You know your child’s strengths, and you want to see them continue to grow and explore those strengths during the summer. Just because school is out, doesn’t mean the learning can’t continue. Building confidence over the summer can translate to confidence in the classroom come fall. There are summer sports camps, academic summer camps and […]
June is LGBT Pride Month and the calendar is filled with gay pride events going on around the country. Pride celebrates freedom and equality for everyone, including heterosexuals. So if you have an LGBT family member or friend (really, that’s just about everyone on the planet) and even if you don’t, we should all celebrate […]
June is LGBT Pride Month, when we celebrate the great strides made by the LGBT movement. This year marks 45 years since the Stonewall riots, widely considered the spark of the gay rights movement, and 10 years since Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage. Despite the turning tide, Pride Month still matters as gay rights—just one facet […]
Memorial Day is quickly approaching and the barbecue season is about to officially begin. Chicken wings are all the rage these days and simple to make. Some like then sweet and some prefer them spicy–but rest assured that no matter how you serve them, they’re always crowd-pleasers. Kick off your holiday celebration with these sweet […]
May 6 is No Diet Day. Need we say more? Oh, you do want more? Okay, well today we’re thanking Mary Evans Young, Director of the British anti-diet campaign Diet Breakers and recovered anorexic, for creating International No Diet Day in 1992. Her goal was to increase awareness of disordered eating, extreme diets, and the […]