Browsing Category: Parenting Skills

Unique wilderness camp inspires self growth, teaches lifelong skills Studies have shown that 53% of 13-year-old American girls are unhappy with their bodies. This number grows to 78% by the time girls are 17 years old. In today’s society where social media is flooded with celebrity teens posting selfies after spending hours in hair and […]

Educating your children tends to be a real challenge, especially if it comes to your first toddler. Toddlers usually demonstrate their independence from an early age and that is why parents should find the right approaches and more importantly, they need to acquire some basic discipline tricks. There have been many discussions about the role […]

HUMILITY… A LOST ART by Virginia Burton Stringer One of the worst injustices, in today’s society, is the loss of humility. A sense of entitlement seems to be pervasive, from toddlers demanding toys in the store aisles, to teenagers, who expect parents to foot the bill for limousines and hotel rooms on prom night. It’s as if […]

Remarkable things can happen when you listen to your kids.  Our cooking journey began by listening to four simple words: “I can do it”.  It was my son’s 3rd birthday and it was the coldest day of the year. We were snowed in and our plans to celebrate had been cancelled.  We were able to […]