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“Who is This Kid?”

Partnership for a Drug-Free America Launches Digital Effort to Help Parents Grasp Teen Behavior and Connect with their Kids
New Study Shows Parents Need the Most Help Talking
About Drugs and Alcohol as Kids Enter Teen Years
NEW YORK, NY,– For every parent of a teenager who has ever wondered “who is this kid?” a new web destination, [...]

Jelly Mom™:Navigating Commercial Landmines

©Lisa Barker
I’m waiting for one of the kids to ask me what reptile dysfunction is.  There’s no escaping the ads on television.  I imagine how the talk will go so that I’m prepared:
“What er-reptile dysfunction, Momma?”
Jelly Mom Lisa Barker parenting humor parenting column

Jelly Mom™:Ready or Not, Here He Comes

©Lisa Barker
My youngest has been playing school with his older siblings and now he feels ready to start kindergarten.
“Whoa!  You need to be five first.”
“But I’m ten.”
“Not quite.”
He recites his ABCs and counts to 100.  He spells his first name and sometimes his last name.  He likes rhyming and opposites.  When I cook dinner and [...]

Sugar Pushers at Work: How to Refuse Sweets & Embrace Sanity

By Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C.
If you go to an office every day, you’ve undoubtedly been at the mercy of co-workers, who can best be dubbed “sugar pimps.”
No disrespect intended, but I’m sure you know to whom I’m referring.
You know, those sweetly smiling, eager-to-please colleagues who continually proffer cakes, cookies and donuts with such polite insistence that, [...]

Dating with Kids: 12 Tips for Single Moms

by Sue Mittenthal and Linda Reing, authors of STILL HOT: The Uncensored Guide to Divorce, Dating, Sex, Spite, and Happily Ever After
 Dating with kids can be challenging – whether you’re recently divorced or you’ve already endured two years’ worth of Starbucks dates — and whether your kids are two or twenty-two. But your children can [...]