It’s not too late for a healthy 2013! New Year’s has come and gone and unfortunately, so have many of our resolutions. Statistics show that by now, most have either ditched their vows to eat healthy and lose weight altogether or have fallen a bit too far off course. So perhaps we’ve been approaching this all […]
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Three Parenting Resolutions for This Year
We make resolutions to lose weight, work harder, save money, clean more – and on and on and on. This New Year, make a resolution that will change your family and your life! Here’s how in three steps (I won’t say these are easy steps, as they do take some getting used to). 1. Use […]
Lady to Lion: Teaching Toddlers
In my household, I was not bred to enjoy or excel at sports. I grew up in a culture where I was rewarded for good behavior, which did not welcome running, throwing, kicking or screaming. Clothes drenched in mud and complexions red from racing qualified as misbehavior, of which I was mortified. My mother was […]
Don’t Trash Batteries – It’s Against the Law!
So I’m off roaming around the interwebs and was checking in on my weekly One Small Act progress (you do know about One Small Act app, right*) and bumped into the top ten list of small actions people did last year to be more green in their daily lives. One of them was to recycle […]
Mommybites 2013: Online Learning
Welcome to Mommybites 2013! For those of you who are new to our community, it’s nice to meet you! Mommybites was established in 2006 and since then, we’ve become one of the leading social & educational communities for parents. Last year, we decided to “take our show on the road,” as they say. We teamed […]
Wheat Germ Pancakes
I made wheat germ pancakes on a whim one morning when on a quest for something healthy, hearty and sweet for breakfast. These pancakes are super healthy and taste sweet and slightly crunchy. The key to a slight crunch is placing the already cooked pancakes in the oven on a very low temperature while you […]
Readers Respond to My Holiday Columns
Dear Readers, The Mommybites staff informs me that my 11/27/12 column, “Grandparents Grapple with Question: Is Santa Claus Real?” generated a lot of interest. Several readers said that it doesn’t really matter what the grandparents think, should their grandson raise the Santa Claus question because, as expressed by one reader: “The question poses a bigger problem […]
What to Do with Old Plastic Toys?
Ah, the holidays. It’s a time of family, food, vacations and gift giving. As we come off a week or so break from school and are trying to get our lives back into some sort of order, we often take stock of the kids’ loot they received over the holidays. Many times there is tons […]