Stocked Kitchen Recipe: Favorite Deviled Eggs
Hosting a holiday meal this weekend? You can’t go wrong serving deviled eggs at your get-together—especially this fail-safe version from The Stocked Kitchen: One Grocery List… Endless Recipes, by Sarah Kallio and Stacey Krastins.
READ MOREWhy Tax Reform Won’t Happen Soon
While most people believe we need it, no one wants to sacrifice for it. Since 2012 is an election year–and there appears to be no winning side of the tax issue–tax reform probably won’t happen until 2013 or 2014, says Bruce Bartlett, author of The Benefit and The Burden: Tax Reform—Why We Need It and What It Will Take.
READ MORE7 Steps for Creating the Perfect Wedding Menu
Make your reception memorable by infusing personality into your wedding food and drinks. Start with fun, crowd-pleasing ideas from My Fair Wedding: Finding Your Vision… Through His Revisions! by David Tutera of WE tv’s The Wedding Planner.
READ MOREWhen the Thin College Admissions Envelope Doesn’t Say No (or Yes)
A letter from your child’s top college choice arrives. It’s thin, rejection-letter thin. Yet it’s not a rejection letter. Nor is it an acceptance letter. Welcome to the “likely letter,” says Andrew Ferguson, author of Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College.
How to Start a New Craft Project
By Carol Endler Sterbenz
Author of Homemade: The Heart and Science of Handcrafts
Have you been thinking about learning a new craft? If so, I hope you will feel inspired to try whatever it is that has been intriguing you. I have been making pretty things by hand for a long, long time. Learning a new craft is still compelling and possible to me as long as I keep in mind the following tips, which I discovered along the way.
How to Write a Book: A Confession by Scary Mommy
By Jill Smokler
Author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy
Once I landed my book deal, I had visions of becoming a writer. I would camp out at Starbucks and nurse my cup of coffee while typing furiously on my laptop. I would slave away through the early morning hours, burning the midnight oil. I would be driven and dedicated and productive. Sadly, my process looked more like this…
Plan a Weekly Menu to Save on Groceries
Stumped at the supermarket? Crystal Paine, author of The Money Saving Mom’s Budget: Slash Your Spending, Pay Down Your Debt, Streamline Your Life, and Save Thousands a Year, shows you to how to get the best bang for your buck at the supermarket by planning a menu based on what’s on sale and what you have on hand.
Saturday Night’s All Right for Dining (Solo)
By Jill Smokler
Author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy
Have you ever wondered how to tell if an unknown woman is a mother or not? Well, there is one sure-fire way to tell the mothers of the world from non-mothers of the word and it doesn’t even involve checking their stomachs for stretch marks. Walk into a restaurant, alone, on a Saturday evening. When prompted for the number in your party simply respond, “One.”
The Duggar Family’s Internet Safety Tips for Kids
Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar of TLC’s 19 Kids and Counting share how they protect their kids from inappropriate content on the web. (Hint: Be sure to deny access to search engines!) From A Love That Multiplies: An Up-Close View of How They Make it Work.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Exercise for Children
Having a hard time getting your children excited about exercise? It’s important to raise active kids who move their bodies every day, but it’s also important to make physical activity fun—not a chore to be endured, says David Walsh, Ph.D., author of Smart Parenting, Smarter Kids: The One Brain Book You Need to Help Kids Grow Brighter, Healthier, and Happier.
How To Ensure That Your Children Become the Worst Sleepers Ever
By Jill Smokler
Author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy
There are no rights and no wrongs in parenthood. We all learn and we go and do the best we can and that’s called success. We’re talking about raising children, after all, not taking the SATS.
Why HOW You Do Anything Means Everything
By Dov Seidman
Author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything
In the 21st century, it is no longer what you do or what you know that counts most. It is how you do what you do that has become today’s greatest source of advantage. Of course how we do what we do has always mattered. But today, how we behave, consume, build trust in our relationships, and relate to others matters more than ever before.
My Child Is Embarrassed to Be Seen with Me: What Do I Do?
By Susan Stiffelman, MFT
Author of Parenting Without Power Struggles
Welcome to the club. I don’t know if this phenomenon took place in ancient Rome, when adolescent girls walked at a disturbing distance from their toga-wrapped fathers for fear of being associated with someone “so embarrassing,” but I do know that in today’s society, there is a phase of life where the mere presence of a parent can feel like social suicide.