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Brian Tracy on The Key to Happiness

Yogurt for the Family
Ideas for weaving more yogurt into your family’s diet. Includes tips for substituting yogurt for less healthy alternatives as well as a delicios recipe for creamy dill dressing.

Crying Baby, Upset Dog
Dogs can become stressed when a baby is crying. Colleen Pelar, author of Living with Kids and Dogs…without Losing Your Mind gives us ideas for helping the family dog cope with the changes in your family.

Holiday Stress Management: Parenting Strategies for Destressing the Holidays
Educator and Author Paula Statman offers wonderful insight on making the holidays more enjoyable for the entire family.

Preschool Winter Activities: Winter Educational Ideas for Preschoolers
It’s fun to use things in our children’s everyday lives to spark discussion and easy educational activities. Since many of us are currently in the midst of winter, this season can be a great topic of “study” for our littlest ones. Here are ideas for introducing the topic of winter with your little ones.

Natural Anti-Inflammatories
Are there any foods that may help alleviate muscle stiffness, aches, and pains? Clinical nutritionist and author Kymythy Schultze gives us some ideas for natural anti-inflammatories.

Eight Ways to Nurture Respect this Holiday Season
How do we teach our child respect and limits this holiday season? Insights and ideas from therapist and author Dr. Joanne Baum.

My Child was Bullied by Another Parent - What Can I do?
Bullying expert and author Derek Randel shares three solutions that can make a difference for both you and your child in this difficult situation

The Environmentally Friendly Laundry Room
Eco friendly laundry tips from Dr. Alan Green, author of Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth and Baby Care

What’s Your Parenting Style?
Author and clinical psychologist Maryann Rosenthal outlines the 4 primary parenting styles - and reveals how they affect our kids.

Gratitude & Weight Loss
Linda Spangle, author of 100 Days of Weight Loss, shares how cultivating a sense of gratitude can help you in your weight loss efforts.

Fresh Baby Food On-the-Go
Families are always on the go, whether it’s off to daycare everyday or to visit friends and family once in a while. Here are some strategies to help you prepare for your baby’s meals on the go.

Holidays with Ease: A One-Pot Turkey Dinner with all the Trimmings
Here is a great solution to getting the meal with all the trimmings without spending hours and hours in the kitchen or facing a week of leftovers.

Creating a Balanced Inner World for Our Children
Help your child to love and accept all parts of themselves, so that they may achieve, wholeness, love and a lifelong connection to themselves and the world.
A new article by Sally Sacks, psychotherapist and author of How to Raise the Next President.

Exercise and Pregnancy
Here are a few of the most-asked questions to guide you safely on your journey to new motherhood, from internationally-recognized personal trainer (and mom) Tracey Mallett.

A New Dog with Old Kids
Tips for helping a new dog adapt to your busy household, from Colleen Pelar, author of Living with Kids and Dogs…Without Losing Your Mind.

A Better Soda
What’s a healthier replacement for soda pop? Clinical Nutritionist and healthy cookbook author Kymythy Schultze talks about the dark side of soda and shares some ideas to satisfy a soda craving in a healthier way.

Is Your Child Being Bullied?
Derek Randel, author of Stopping School Violence, highlights specific ways parents can help their children deal with bullies.

10 Tips for Helping Your Child Adjust to School
Advice from Dr. Laura Markham

Seven Things YOu Can Do to Save Recess
At the beginning of every new school year, more and more parents discover that recess is disappearing from the landscape of their children’s school days. If this is the case for you – and you’ve seen the impact it has on your child – following are seven steps you can take to fight this trend.

Teaching Children to Appreciate Nature on Thanksgiving
“Helping children to become aware of our connection to the land and the gratitude that it is due is the biggest step in helping ensure that future generations treat nature with love and respect.”
Here are wonderful ideas from author Mark Stevens.

Special Thanks this Thanksgiving
“What if your appreciation this Thanksgiving took on a new look? What if the blessings you count this year included situations that aren’t usually regarded as helpful, useful or valuable?”
Some Thanksgiving food for thought from Chick Moorman and Thomas Haller, authors of The 10 Commitments: Parenting with Purpose