Indoor Kid-friendly Activities

Too much time indoors can often lead to cranky, stir-crazy kids. But you can keep your kiddo occupied with kid-friendly, educational activities that will appeal to their imagination. Here are a few ideas to get you started: Pitch a tent and build a campsite. If the weather has prevented you from a camping excursion, pitch [...]

Moms: Save Your Sanity!

At your wit’s end trying to manage life as a single parent? A new book by Laynee Gilbert, single mom and licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, offers a refreshing perspective that can help you stay sane and enjoy a sound relationship with your child. SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — It’s dinnertime. You’re [...]

Eight Tips for Approaching the “Weight Talk” With Children

If your child is overweight, deciding to talk about this unhealthy lifestyle is only the first step. It can also be a huge challenge to have a productive, helpful discussion—especially if your child is unwilling to hear what you have to say. Here are eight of weight loss expert Sarah Stone’s suggestions for avoiding as [...]

Let Your Little Elves Deck the Halls!

Time to Deck the Halls? Even Your Little Ones Can Help! By Nicole Tyler Blair Any mother with small children knows how much they love being little helpers, especially during the holidays. But it can be more than just fun bonding time for parents and kids; Liz Martin, a pre-K teacher at The Goddard School [...]

Toy Safety Tips For The Holiday Season

(StatePoint)  When buying gifts for children, don’t just buy whatever is on their wish list. Do some research first. That way, the gifts can be age-appropriate and safe. Toy-related injuries are an all too common occurrence. In 2009, an estimated 250,100 children under age 15 were sent to the hospital for toy-related injuries, according to [...]

5th Chair-ity Event Raises $50,000+ for Children’s Village

To kick off the holiday season, community leaders hosted the 5th Annual Children’s Chair-ity Event at The Dolce in Peachtree City Thursday, Dec. 1. More than $50,000 was raised to help the boys and girls who live in the cottages at The Children’s Village at Christian City. More than 100 sponsors including Coweta-Fayette EMC, GreyStone [...]

Portrait of a Dangerous Woman – Mary Frances Bowley

Mary Frances Bowley peers through the partly drawn blinds of a room that overlooks a wide, open field. Outside, two young women, who are adults by law but look like teenagers, meet each other’s gaze and break out into childish, hysterical giggles. They embrace each other tightly and head to a swing set a few [...]

Reap the Health Benefits of Gardening!

Do you view gardening as “yard work” and see it as a chore? If so, you need to change your perspective. Numerous scientific studies emphasize the amazing health benefits associated with gardening. Gardening positively affects the body, mind, soul and spirit. Instead of looking for a wonder drug, why not try this wonder activity? Gardeners [...]

A Memorial Garden for Anna

I do not know the Van Horn family of Peachtree City, but I was deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden and tragic death of their 9-year-old daughter, Anna, in a tubing accident on the Chattahoochee River on June 3.  All of us who have children know deep down that this is the [...]

50 Things to Do This Summer

As every stay-at-home mom or dad knows, the difference between a humdrum summer vacation (t.v. on for hours at a time, siblings squabbling, listlessness and annoyance setting in) and a fantastic summer vacation is what you do. It’s not about just entertaining the kids, either—it’s about family bonding: going on adventures, getting outside for healthy [...]

Gardening with Children

School is almost out and I bet you are looking for projects to do with the kids over the summer. Why not get your children outside to learn about nature and enjoy hands-on adventures in your own garden? The whole family will benefit. Getting outside helps reduce stress, decreases obesity, increases vitamin D consumption and [...]

Lisa Williams Rescues Atlanta’s Lost and Forgotten

Lisa Williams remembers the first girl who walked through the door of this house, nestled snugly in the hills of a sleepy Georgia town. The 13 year-old, handcuffed and wearing leg shackles, had been arrested for child prostitution. Young, bound, and helpless, the “baby,” as Williams calls her, was a painfully real example of something [...]

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