Yep, that’s me – a stay-at-home mom and right where I want to be. It doesn’t exactly mean though, that this is where I’ve always imagined myself to be at. After all, “a work-at-home mom” isn’t exactly the usual answer when you ask a young girl what she wants to be when she grows up. [...]
Read More >>Summer never ends; at least that’s how it sometimes feels when you’re a stay-at-home parent. The kids are out of school, and that means they need time and attention, which can be difficult when you’re supposed to be working from home. Admittedly, we have two teens at home who can keep the seven-year-old entertained at [...]
Read More >>A credit card and your teen may sound like a lethal combination. In fact, if you’re also a ‘recovering’ credit card user yourself trying to pay off a substantial credit card debt, you wouldn’t want your own children to touch that plastic card with a ten feet pole, lest they end up making the same [...]
Read More >>The common cold is supposed to be just as its name implies – ordinary and relatively harmless. And yet nowadays, the symptoms of the cold and its more advanced “form”, the flu, can no longer be dismissed as plain coughs and sneezes that will pass in a few days. I was almost unable to come [...]
Read More >>I once had a roommate who refused to shop at discount and second-hand stores because she didn’t want people to think she was poor. She would rather be seen as rich than smart. The sad thing is that her attitude is all too common these days:Â with teenagers in the house I see it all [...]
Read More >>Kids sure are learning quickly these days. Between the internet and cable TV, youngsters tend to pick up a lot of stuff that in our days, we wouldn’t even begin to know about until later in life. Some of the info they manage to glean can be pretty interesting (for instance, my three-year-old already knows [...]
Read More >>Most of us have cell phones, many of us have teenagers: put the two together and you have a recipe for a never-ending hole in your bank account. Being frugal is about making smart choices; being a teenager is about making the mistakes you learn from later. The two don’t go together. But teens and [...]
Read More >>As the title of the post says, my name is Dave and I’ll be blogging for you today. I’m a stay-at-home Dad and freelance writer. My partner works outside the home and I stay home and look after the kids; her two teens and our daughter who will be seven next week. It’s probably no [...]
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