Parenting
Transitional Tutoring: Helping your New College or High School Student Stay on Track
This story was provided and sponsored by Alliance Tutoring. According to a report put out by the ACT, a college testing agency, the national average in the United States for college freshman retention rate is 65.7%. That means that more than one third of college...
A Black Mother’s Cry: An Essay by Sara Hood
Thank you to The Local Moms Network contributor Sara Hood for sharing this powerful and personal essay. Where do we go from here? What’s the solution? Why did it take this particular moment in time for everyone to wake up? Did the [COVID-19] pandemic and our lack of...
7th Annual Pregnant Island Local Parenting Event
Join Slumberland Solutions for the 7th Annual Pregnant Island Local Parenting Event on Sunday, May 17th at 12pm EST. Learn from professional speakers specializing in preconception health to early childhood from the comfort of your own home at this online LIVE...
How to Identify & Treat Pediatric Migraines
We often hear about migraines in adults. But children can also experience them. We spoke to Dr. Kate Mullin with the New England Institute for Neurology and Headache about what to do and how to know if your child is experiencing migraines. Click here for what you need to know.
9 Home Organization Tips You Have to Know
Get ready for an organized year ahead with these home organization tips. These tips and advice will have you ready to stay in track into the new year.
EWG’s 2019 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Kale has higher pesticide residues than nearly all other produce found on supermarket shelves,
Screenagers’ Tech Talk: To Track Your Kids, Or Not Track, That Is the Question
To track or not to track. That is the question. GPS and cell phone technology has made following our kids every move possible. Just because it is available, is it ok to do it? Recent data found that a quarter of parents track their kids but only 15% of teens actually think their parent do so.
What You Need To Know about Digital Parenting
Check out the latest tools to keep your kids’ digitally safe.
Managing Stress During the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or…is it? The truth is that many individuals have a difficult time during the holiday season.The fantasy of a cookie-cutter perfect holiday experience can be derailed by the pressures of family gatherings,...
Why We Love KIDBOX for Little Ones’ Clothes!
If you’re like us, you had plenty of super cute clothes for your kids’ first few months. Seriously, our babies looked pretty much like mini models after leaving the hospital, with gorgeous gifts on constant rotation. But very quickly, you might have noticed that the...
Meet A Mom
Meet a Dad: Arthur Lih III of LifeVac
Arthur Lih, III is the Inventor and CEO of LifeVac, an upper airway clearance device that can save someone from choking to death. The device has saved 78 lives around the world to date—including the lives of 27 children. We spoke to Arthur, dad to Jackie (15), about...