What’s real? What’s fake? What’s satire? Now that anyone with access to a phone or computer can publish information online, it’s getting harder to tell. Read More
5 Ways to Teach Your Family Gratitude This Holiday Season
Although we at Mom’s Choice are intentional proponents of exercising an attitude of thankfulness every day of the year, having a physical holiday to focus on, especially for younger children, can help us zero in on the central theme of the Thanksgiving holiday. Because children learn best by doing, we’ve compiled a list of 5 ways that you can help teach your children to flex their gratitude muscles this holiday season. Read More
For Better or Worse: 8 Things My Daughter May Never Experience
I realized how different life is going to be for my daughter. I have always thought about that in many different ways. Each year… Read More
5 Science-Based Tips to Guide Kids’ Media Use
The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) has long recommended limiting children’s screen time or media use to less than two hours, but… Read More
Adoption Awareness Month Giveaway – 2 Books by Christine Burger
In honor of Adoption Awareness Month, we’re giving away these two wonder books by Christine Burger: Being Adopted is Super-Duper Cool and We’re Having a Baby! Read More
Toys R Us Stores to Offer Quiet Shopping Hours for Children with Autism
Stores will reportedly open one hour early on November 6 to accommodate families who would like to shop, just without the familiar stimuli. Management will dim the lights, turn off store-wide announcements and music, display autism-friendly signage, and designate quiet spaces for families that need them. Read More
7 Habits to Help You Become a SuperMom
Today’s supermom isn’t just a cooking-cleaning-working-baby producing machine. Alma Causey lists 7 habits of today’s supermoms. Read More
The Myth of the Happy Modern Mom
If we continue to tell ourselves, and each other, that it’s normal and expected to not enjoy these child-rearing years, we’re perpetuating a mentality that lends itself to missing out on literal decades of our lives. And our children’s lives. Poof. They’re gone; they’ve disappeared into an abyss while we resigned ourselves to being miserable. And do you know what the sad thing is about time? It’s impossible to get it back. Read More
Ideas for Everything Halloween – Costumes, Decorations, & More!
Halloween is only less than two weeks away! So we put together a list of some of our favorite Halloween ideas from around the web! Read More
What to Say When Your Teen Doesn’t Want to Go To College
Teens today face an extremely difficult decision — whether or not it’s worth it to go to college. Read More