Please welcome this week’s Featured Homeschooler Carol from My Heart’s Desire ! You live in my favorite place in the world, Colorado! Tell us about your nature studies. Nature study for us is taking a walk on the 75 acres where we live, driving down the road to one of the lakes or hiking...

It’s not just girls, boys want to keep up with the latest trends too. We can use lessons from the workplace to help teens with homework. A new study found a link between degrading lyrics and teen sex. Teen obesity is just as deadly as teen smoking. R-rated movies are prompting teens to smoke. ...

I've been back at work for 7 weeks.  It seems like such a long time. Looking back at my posts right before and right after going back to the office I can't believe what a drama queen I was.  Yes, this is a big deal.  Yes, it's this awful time management clusterfuck that I can never seem to win. ...

Today is the first time in what seems like weeks (POSITIVELY WEEKS!) that I've had that scarce commodity known as Personal Time.  And how did I get it?  By going to bed last night at 8 and waking up at 430.  The New-Mom-Sleep Deprivation?  I STILL HAZ IT.  Last week I said to Chris that I am of...

Filed under: Just for moms, Money & work When I was growing up, I knew very few kids who had moms working outside the home. With the exception of a few girls with divorced parents (also rare), just about everybody I knew came home to a full-time mother who relied solely on her husband to support...

Filed under: Playground bureau Are you celebrating the ushering in of a new administration with an inauguration party? Nothing says "Yes We Can" like Obama cupcakes. -- AlphaMom They say we're the helicopter parent generation, always hovering, never willing to let go. Maybe we get it from the books ...

I once read that having an infant is like having the perfect excuse for everything.  Everyone understands all of your shortcomings when you have an infant. Late?  Had to feed the baby. Messy house?  Baby. No shower?  Baby. Look like crap because not wearing make up, spit up is on shirt and eyes ...

So yesterday was my first day on the job at ACME Enterprises . We're not allowed to use the real name of my company on personal blogs, so I decided to make a name up. If you're old like me, you probably remember the ACME references from the Road Runner cartoons. For some reason, it always st...

Three celebrity trainers give PEOPLE the scoop on their client's bikini-worthy post-baby bodies. (Sounds like a lot of hard work to us! We're tired just thinking about it.) Mel B: To get the Spice Girl in shape for Dancing with the Stars, trainer Joey Kormier did twice-daily cardio sessions with the...

What’s better than David Beckham in underwear to start your morning? Meh.  He doesn’t do it for me.  He’s kinda weird looking. I’d much rather whip this up for my morning happiness: Come over to Work It Mom for the recipe.  It tastes better than it looks - I am no photogra...