With all the buzz recently from Amy “Tiger Mom” Chua, Jennifer Moses, and others, about what parenting philosophy is appropriate for raising good kids, it’s difficult to figure out what’s right. Thankfully, one M.D. has a very simple answer. Dr. Meg Meeker, author of the new book “The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers, Reclaiming Our…
Relax… breathe… and let Jerry Alonzy, a.k.a. The Natural Handyman, lead you down the garden path to home repair sanity! We have thousands of pages of home repair tips and guidance from some of the best home repair authors and professionals and, of course, NH himself. Each section has a title at the top of…
When I was about seven years old, I discovered a magazine that would have as much of an impact on the development of my personality as any I read at that age. I continued to read the magazine into adulthood, but unfortunately lost track of it a few years back. However, the magazine is still…
From year to year, there is one consistent thing about my desk at work: My Dilbert calendar! Dilbert is a breath of fresh air and sanity in today’s buzzword-laden, pressure-filled, layoff-prone corporate world. And it’s also today’s FamilyFirst site. Scott Adams, in case you have been living in a cave and haven’t heard his story,…
Since this is winter, and in many parts of the country it is a real snowy, shut-in winter, activities for children are important. Both for their sakes, and for the sanity of parents. Today’s FamSite looks at a site that has a great concept, both for online and offline activities. The site is called Just…
Here it is, almost the end of the Christmas shopping season, and you are probably one tired and harried shopper. If you are looking a little sanity and want to take a break from the rush today, why not visit today’s FamSite? Called MyPrimeTime, this site is an online personal trainer. It concentrates in four…