While there are many debates over how ethical it is to choose the gender of your child before they are born, the fact remains that there are some natural methods you can use that will increase the likelihood of having a child of a specific gender. The ethics of it are up to you...

As a mother of two active young daughters, I need lots of energy to keep up with them.  Therefore, I make health and fitness a priority every single day and I am always working towards some goal to improve my health and fitness.

It’s the end of July and back to school time is just around the corner.  Where did the summer go?  Heck, where is 2010 going?  My daughter just finished kindergarten in June.  I look back to when she entered kindergarten last fall; I was so unprepared...

The good folks at JumpStart recently sent me their newest game JumpStart Get Moving: Family Fitness. The game has been rated E for Everyone (with Comic Mischief) by the ESRB and hit store shelves on June 15th with an MSRP of $29.99.  If you're not familiar...

Perhaps you're stressed out - or you've had enough of your awful boss. Maybe you're overweight and simply haven't had the staying power to shed those pounds. Maybe you're lonely - looking for friendship or a relationship but you freeze every time you're in company. Perhaps you...

With all that’s taken place in the past couple of years with politics and the economy, Washington, D.C., promises to be a hotbed of change for the future.  Regardless of what you think should be done to get our country back on track, one thing is certain; whatever...

In our series of easy-on-the-pocketbook family vacations, we’ve taken you to the Red Cliffs of southern Utah and to the colonial splendor of New England.  Now we’ll skip over to the Pacific Northwest, where you can enjoy (for darn near free) the majestic beauty of the Columbia River Gorge. 

At least once a year, it’s great to take a family vacation.  This gives you an opportunity to focus on your kids without the interruptions of daily life.  But what about you and your spouse?  Don’t the two of you also deserve a little R&R while on...

Isn’t it time that you rewarded yourself? You work hard so now it’s time to play hard. Get away from the stress and hassle of your job for awhile and take the whole family on a vacation to Jamaica, which is the closest thing to paradise on the planet. And you can do...

Taking good pictures on your family vacation is pretty easy when you know some basic photography skills. In this article, you will find seven travel photography tips that will help you take some fantastic travel pictures that you'll enjoy for years to...

With the economy the way it is, you have to stretch a dollar so thin now it becomes as skinny as a tightrope, which you end up walking every month when you pay bills.  Nothing says “overdraft” like the financial outlay needed to raise a family.   So logically you put the family...

So here it is the start of the summer and your kids are whining that you haven’t gone on a family vacation in over a year.  Problem is, you can’t afford the expense or the time away from work to go to some theme park where all the employees dress like cartoon characters and speak in...

Memorial Day or Decoration Day is a federal holiday in United States. Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day 2010 is on May 31. This day is to honor and remember U.S men and women who have died in military service to their country. It initially began...

It is an age-old question that depending on who you ask, you will get a wide range of answers: should older women date younger men? It is becoming more and more common these days to see older women dating younger men. In fact, there is even a term for a woman who does this:...

When Noel Boyce’s 15-month old son split his head open, he and his wife had only a vague clue what to do. Holding their child tight in their arms, they immediately headed to a hospital emergency room, but a 5-hour wait time at the first hospital and extended wait times at...

Does this situation sound familiar to you: Your relationship with your wife is over and has been for some time. You share custody of your children and are ready to get back into the dating game. You have been out with a few women, but the one you really hit it off with just...

When it comes to being a single parent, dating can be an extremely tricky issue. After all, you don’t want to stay single and alone forever, but you also need to make sure that whoever you do end up dating is someone that your kids will like, and who will be as good to...

Are you a single parent who has decided that it is time to get back into the dating game? Are you worried that it’s been so long since you’ve dated that you won’t know how to act on a date, or be able to recognize when someone is flirting with you? Single...

Talking to our kids about sex is challenging - for everyone, even me! You feel anxious about all kinds of things like their loss of innocence, or telling everyone and their cousin. You worry they'll go out and try it or will think that by talking to them you're giving them...

We hear it on the news all the time: accounts of abuse suffered by children at the hands of their babysitters. Many parents are going as far as to install “nanny cams” in their homes, so they can keep an eye on what their babysitters are doing. But do you really...

It was Thanksgiving weekend a few years ago.  I decided to take a time out from family activities of baking cookies, decorating the house and holiday shopping to pay some bills.  I pulled up our banking account online and almost choked on my coffee.  Our account...

The other day, you leaned over and asked your half asleep husband if he would take the kids Sunday afternoon. Blame it on the half awake brain or your breath in his ear, but he agrees to do it. Now, fully awake, he realizes that the guys were going to hang out...

Ah, motherhood. You sank into your role with great gusto, eagerly nesting in preparation for the birth of your baby and thinking that six weeks kind of seems like a long time. Then labor hits, you push and help your child struggle forth and the rest is a big blur. Week five has...

It was supposed to be the perfect night out: you, your husband, a romantic dinner and a bottle of fine red wine. But as you are putting the finishes touches on your makeup, the phone rings and it is the babysitter calling out sick fifteen minutes before she is due to arrive....

You and your wife decide it’s finally time to trade in your old Mustang and get a new minivan. You’ve had that car since college but now it doesn’t meet the needs of your growing family. Your wife complains every time she has to flip up the front...