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Parents Acting Like Teens

We all know on of those mothers who parade around in her teenagers clothes or the one whose home is the teenage hangout and she’s the life of the party. What about the dad who tries to use the latest catch phrases and tries to dance like his teenage son’s friends. If this sounds familiar because it is you… stop doing that. There is a commercial right now where the daughter says something to the effect of “mom, just because we’re FaceBook friends doesn’t mean you can write I love you all over may wall”, then the son says “dad … Continue reading →

Facebook Quietly Welcomes Homeschoolers

Earlier this year when I mentioned that Facebook was not open to homeschoolers, I was mistaken. Facebook began accepting homeschoolers in June of this year. Before then and probably for some time after, homeschoolers who wanted to join the social networking group had to learn a very important teenage skill. Website hacking. Determined homeschool kids figured out that they could join under a local highschool and get their high school buddies to verify them. Others realized they could lie about their age since adults that are not affiliated with any educational institution have been able to join the site since … Continue reading →

Facebook: A Parents Guide

More and more children are joining online communities where they can connect to their friends, share photos, write blogs, and more. One of the most popular of those sites is facebook. Who has facebook accounts? In order to have a facebook account you must have a valid college email address, or for high schoolers be invited to join by another child at your school. Facebook recently started allowing other people to join who have valid work e-mail addresses, and whose employers have been verified through facebook. Due to their strict sign up guidelines every person on facebook is traceable and … Continue reading →

Microsoft Introduced Microsoft Edge Kids Mode

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Microsoft introduced Microsoft Edge Kids Mode. It is described as: “a safer space for your child to discover the web”. There is an easy tutorial provided for parents who want to use Kids Mode. Microsoft provided an explanation about why they created a Kids Mode: Our research tells us that about 50% of U.S. parents are impacted by what we call the “hand-off scenario.” This is that all too familiar situation of letting your child access the web from a shared device when you’re working, making dinner, picking up scattered toys, or doing any of the million things parents do … Continue reading →

The Internet and Homeschooling, part 2

Homeschool parents are finding ways to use the internet to enhance the schooling aspect of homeschooling. The mystery of lesson planning is solved by a quick search. Frugal homeschoolers can save their budget with free printables and unit studies ready to download. Students who bore easily with textbooks can take a break playing online educational games. YouTube helps many frustrated students who need tutoring in just about any subject. Adventurous homeschoolers can be whisked away on virtual field trips. Many art museums, zoos, and historical locations offer an online peek children will enjoy. Consider looking up a country you are … Continue reading →

Freebies For You – Week of July 2, 2012

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Everybody loves to find a good freebie! These elusive little treasures can randomly pop up without warning and then disappear before you even found out about them. You have to grab them while they are still available. Here are a few freebies for you to enjoy this week. Starbucks will give you a FREE tall coffee on the 4th of July. No coupon required for this one. Just visit your local Starbucks on July 4, 2012. Emergen-C has a FREE sample of their Emergen-C product. To get this freebie, you need to click “like” on their Facebook page. Dick’s Sporting … Continue reading →

The Waiting Game

(The ticket to higher education.) Forget about the Hunger Games, tis the season for the waiting game. Millions of high school seniors are anxiously waiting for colleges to either welcome them with open arms or send a skinny envelope dashing their dreams of pursuing higher education at the campus of their choice. Do you remember the day you received your first college acceptance letter? I was fortunate to get into my top three picks, and like the majority of my teenage peers, I broke into a happy dance and eagerly shared the news with family and friends. Boy, have times … Continue reading →

Texting Your Child While in School

During a particularly difficult time for my daughter, she sent me a text one day from school. She needed to tell me something. I responded, she responded, I responded…it turned into a 20 minute “texting” conversation. All of this was while she was in a class. I felt a twinge of guilt. Should I really be texting my daughter while she is in school? I’m sure most parents would say no. But the circumstances wouldn’t allow me to say, “We’ll talk about it later.” The reality is that she may not have been ready to discuss what she was. Now … Continue reading →

Don’t Let The Media Parent Your Children

Sometimes I let Hailey watch too much TV. It’s an easy habit to fall into, especially when you are a single parent and there are so many things to do. You plop your child in front of the television, just for a few minutes so you can get something done and a habit is started. All the media in our children s lives is like another influence in the house. Our children are bombarded with messages and even if we are diligent about what they watch they may still see things that go against our values. Many shows that you … Continue reading →

Divorce is Hard Enough

Tonight I was met by a sad reality. I was reading a post on Facebook by a young girl in high school. She expressed how much she hated going back and forth between houses because her parents were so offended every time she was with the other one. She was torn between two parents who both loved her dearly, but were putting their daughter in an uncomfortable position for any child to be in. My little brother has gone through the same thing growing up. He was so worried about things interfering with his dad’s time that he missed out … Continue reading →