Here are some tips for using all of that extra Halloween candy... More >>

My husband teaches Jr. and Sr. High School and sees teenage and even preteen girls, dressed like street walkers and MTV dancers. This in and of itself shows a lack of parental involvement at home, but it gets worse from there. More >>

I used to pick my son up from middle school and see a few girls wearing very short shorts and revealing tops and I just assumed both their parents worked and didn't see them when these girls got dressed for school. More >>

We've been married for 7 years and have 2 wonderful young children. We had juggled our schedules so that while we both worked, one of us was always home with the children. Then I was offered a big promotion that also required a move. I wasn't sure what to do. More >>

"Frankenweenie," a new Tim Burton film with lots of Halloween flair, recently hit theaters. Ninety-nine percent of it is a compilation of all the favorite scary movies, and like those classics, it's also dark and scary... More >>

There's a great deal of debate out there among parents about how to motivate kids to do well in school. I have the final answer on whether or not you should pay your kids for grades... More >>

Because I work part-time from home, I was able to save my children from a ridiculously long bus ride to school every day...We only live a mile from our elementary school but their bus ride was an hour long... More >>

To compete with the wall-to-wall sugary foods that fill most neighborhoods at Halloween, why not have some delicious and nutritious counter subterfuge on your kitchen counter? Keep the kidlets and adults less tempted with no-cook sugar-free truffles that take just minutes to 'get rolling'... More >>

Back in the day, when the baby boomers were young, every neighborhood had at least one 'Fuller Brush man' or 'Avon lady' selling products door to door in their spare time. Interestingly, the model appears to be coming back with the increasing popularity of social media websites, and a lot of companies are looking to pay people for recommending and selling their products to their friends, neighbors, and family members... More >>

Yellow is a great color - it's the color of sunshine, and sunshine energizes us. Yellow fruits and vegetables come in a range of textures and flavors, and contain a variety of beneficial vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Here are some to choose next time you're at the market... More >>