Category: Parenting
Parent Support Group Series – St. Louis, MO
We are starting a blog series to help bring parents, especially stay-at-home moms, together, city-by-city. We started with Wichita, Kansas and now we are reaching out to those of you in and near St. Louis, Missouri. Below, we share ways that you can meet other parents...
Parent Support Group Series – Wichita, KS
We all know how difficult it becomes to make new friends the older we get. Without the social aspect of school and regular group activities, finding someone you can chat with (and confide in) feels, at times, impossible. For stay-at-home moms, that impossible feeling...
The Importance of Family Bonding
When the alarm goes off in the morning and you drag yourself out of bed to start the regular routine, it’s hard to think of fun. That long morning list that begins with feeding the dog and ends with rushing through school traffic to drop the kids off doesn’t leave...
Finding Creative Outlets for Children
If you are an adoptive parent to an older child, such as a preschooler or elementary-aged child, or if you are currently a foster parent, then you may face the challenge of figuring out what excites your child. What makes him or her light up with imagination? Or...
Back to School: Advice for Adoptive Parents
The back-to-school time is here with parents and children scrambling to get new clothes, prepare for class photos, buy school supplies and say so long to the hot summers and cool pool parties. Parents will find that it’s time to switch from the summer to the school...
Welcoming Home A Newborn
Are you preparing to welcome a newborn child into your home soon? Perhaps it is your first child? If that is the case, it can feel incredibly overwhelming as you consider childproofing everything form cabinets to electrical sockets. Not to mention diapers, cribs, and...
Summertime Learning
School is out! No more bells, busy crosswalks, or busses. The kids are sleeping in and staying up later. The schedule shifts to the new summer sun and community pool hours. The backpacks grow dusty in closets and school clothes are long forgotten for the fun of a...