How To Help Your Parents Prepare For Old Age When you’re little, it seems impossible that your parents will ever change. But as you start to get older, the becomes a point when you realize that your parents are getting old too. And that can be a scary realization to have. One day, they’re as they’ve always been. And the next, they seem elderly and less able to cope with things as they once were. When the time comes, it’s important … [Read more...]
Talking Sense When It Comes To Looking After Your Kid
Talking Sense When It Comes To Looking After Your Kid The day you signed on to become a parent is the day you signed on to protect your kid from all the harm you possibly can. You’re like Batman protecting Gotham City, except you don’t get to wear a cool outfit and Gotham is in fact just your child. Still, despite these slight nuances, your responsibilities are no less important. In fact, if anything, they probably way slightly heavier on … [Read more...]
Becoming A Single Mom: What You Need to Know
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Being A Single Mom: What You Need to Know In a perfect world, people who want children would have them without running into any problems. However, life is not and has never been that simple. Decades ago, women would settle down with someone they didn’t necessarily consider a life partner just to be able to become mothers. In today’s modern age, women are no longer constricted to the old-fashioned rules of having to be married in order … [Read more...]
Recognizing Sensitivities in Children
Recognizing Sensitivities in Children Children can have a wide variety of different types of sensitivities. In fact, it’s difficult to list them all. They include sensitivity to foods, sensitivity to medicines (like penicillin or aspirin) and sensitivity to different chemicals in common household products. Moreover, each type of sensitivity requires a completely different set of protocols to cope with the issue. Sensitivities are not always … [Read more...]
Apartment Family Life Has Many Advantages
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Apartment Family Life Has Many Advantages The Luxury Apartment Route Families are expensive. There’s no other way around it. You’re going to end up paying more over time. For that reason it often makes sense to buy into a mortgage on a home, as at least your monthly payments are securing your investment in that property. However, sometimes neighborhoods decline in value, or flat-out change. In San Francisco especially, there has been … [Read more...]
Traveling with Twins on Planes
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Two to Kiss, Two to Love: Traveling with Twins on Plane The “Two to Kiss, Two to Love” series is a helpful series on BabyCubby for all you twin mamas out there! This guest post was written by Jackie Hall, mom to three: twin infants and a three year old daughter. As I write to you, I’m on vacation with my parents in California. We plan to do Disneyland next week, but in the meantime, are visiting with my mom’s friend, Robyn. … [Read more...]
Wellness in a Wacky World: Modern Mini-Meditations for Stressed Out Moms
Wellness in a Wacky World: Modern Mini-Meditations for Stressed Out Moms New moms may well be the people most likely to feel overstressed, and the least likely to do a darn thing about it. Although the rewards of motherhood are many, the demands put upon mothers are also mighty. Unfortunately, some moms feel that taking time for themselves is not allowed. If you’re a stressed-out mom, there are a number of techniques that can calm you. Mediation … [Read more...]
Why It’s Important To Give Teens More Freedom
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Why It's Important To Give Teens More Freedom As a parent who is fully aware of negative social influences on young people, you might be inclined to provide your teenager with more guidance and structure than they appear willing to accept. Unfortunately, you may have noticed that the more you try to reason with them, explaining the reason for your family rules, the more they appear to tune you out. This, to say the least, can be very … [Read more...]
Are You Ready for a Dog?
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Are You Ready for a Dog? People decide they want a dog for all kinds of reasons. There are those who have always had a pet and simply can’t imagine a life without one. Sometimes they are lonely and want a companion at home as well as a way to meet new people. Others have dreamed of owning their own dog but have only recently had the opportunity. Whatever the motivation, it’s important to take a step back from the emotions in play and evaluate … [Read more...]
Help Your Kids Flex Their Imagination Muscles
Help Your Kids Flex Their Imagination Muscles Neurologists are always hard at work trying to figure out why we human beings think and do certain things. Imagination is one of the brain functions researchers have analyzed in recent years. What they found was very interesting. As far back as 2002, researchers noted giving kids unstructured playtime when their imagination can run wild is important for cognitive development. Playtime, in general, … [Read more...]
