Working Class Parenting: Motivation, Education and Inspiration For Parents

Image Courtesy of www.scarymommy.com There is no handbook given at the hospital with each baby. There is no book that can be checked out or let alone bought that will answer every parenting question. There is no magic ball that tells you every possible scenario, there is just good ole’ “on the job training”. Every child brings his/hers own diversity. As mentioned before, what might have worked for one might not work for the next. Everyday is a new adventure and everyday Murphy’s Law is in affect.

In our busy schedules its sometimes hard to have a family dinner together. Dinner time is a great opportunity to engage your child in meaningful conversations. Having a hard time on topics to discuss? These topics can keep the communication lines open and allow you a glimpse into your child’s heart and mind.

Posted by Andrea Tomkins via Media Smarts It’s pretty amazing how tech-savvy kids are nowadays. I like to think I’m a pretty smart mamma but in certain areas my kids have me beat. The TV remote is one of the devices they understand better than I do and don’t even ask me to explain Minecraft. (Perhaps that is a different post altogether!) Our kids are coming of age at a time that things like online shopping, Facetime, and texting are all normal everyday occurrences. Technology is enabling people to do some pretty amazing things, and even communicate in a whole new way using a new language. You may know this as texting.

Interaction with our kids is key to healthy relationships. Here are some creative ideas for playing with your kids this summer. Photo by Victoria Bayer Grab some boats (or make some simple floating ones with bark or paper) and spread out a tarp, shower curtain or plastic tablecloth in the yard.  Drizzle water on it with the hose and sit right smack in the middle of it — getting cool, floating boats, making little island getaways, you name it. Have a photo shoot outside.  Be sure to let the kids take your picture too! Shoot some hoops — even if that means tossing balled up socks into a bowl on the coffee table because it’s 115 degrees outside. Go on a sprinkler walk.  Head to an area of town where people have their sprinklers going and sidewalks that go through them, and try to walk through as many sprinklers to cool down as possible. Make some real fruit slushies.  Toss frozen fruit like strawberries in the blender with some water and sugar to taste.  Blend like cra

Goldieblox, an engineering toy for girls First off, will this toy make your daughter an engineering genius? Probably not! But come on, no one toy will make your daughter a genius, no matter what it is. But I do like where this toy is coming from; an educational toy geared towards girls in a way that speaks to them. Two of my daughter's favorite activities are reading and building things. She loves to draw layouts of amusement parks, restaurants, and the veterinarian office that she wants to create, and then build them out of wooden blocks and legos. She will also sit and read for hours at a time and enjoys every second of it. So when I read an article in our local newspaper about a new toy created with girls like my daughter in mind, I thought we would give it a try. So even though at the end of the video the creator says she is waiting to start her company with 5,000 orders, that goal has been surpassed and Goldieblox is on its way to our house. We placed our order and wi