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My husband and I are hosting a high school foreign exchange student from Italy. It’s been fascinating to hear her speak her native language, especially since we have been learning Italian for the past two years. But what we find even more intriguing is that she is fluent in 4...

Mamas, do you find that your kids are spending way to much time staring at a computer screen, glued to their cell phones, addicted to video games, or absorbed by television? Here’s how! Be strict about your own screen-time. Sounds like a good deal, right? Mama, you know that parenting can...

Last week my husband and I took our teenage foreign exchange student on a week long vacation to Washington DC. She loves history and had the week off of school for Fall Break, plus that city has been on our list of destinations to visit. We’re always looking for...

Which Type of Parent Are You, and Which Type Do You Want To Be?I'm sure you've told your children the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. (Maybe you’ve even acted it out in your living room or with put on a show with puppets.) Goldilocks becomes lost in...

The American culture boasts many stereotypes about working moms. According to a Pew Research study, 51% of US men and women believe kids are better when they are raised by a stay-at-home-mom (compared to only 8% who believe children are better with a stay-at-home-dad), and 41% believe that the...