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Not your average family planner; lists that feature famous families, sibling truths and advice on how to bond and reconcile with your flesh and blood.

11 Ways to Make This Father's Day the Most Memorable One Ever. Top Story - June 2018.
Father’s Day is a perfect time to celebrate the man who made you who you are today: your dad. He’s the one who taught you how to live life, acted as a guide and confident when things were rough at school, and encouraged you to be the best you can be. He’s the oft-unsung hero that every kid needs growing up.
By My Photo8 years ago in Families
10 Signs You're A Basic Mom
The smelliness, sleepiness, and silliness, every basic mom can relate to each other, and that's what makes motherhood so special. If there's anything mothers have in common, it's the ability to laugh at themselves.
By Leanna Davis8 years ago in Families
2017 Xmas Edition: The Perfect Toys and Gifts for Babies
Lights, colors, sounds, buttons, shapes... Oh My! Do you save all of your holiday shopping until the very last moment? It's no surprise that shopping season can be a dreaded time of year. Especially for those of us who are sensitive to overwhelming huge crowds of people and chaos.
By Silena Le Beau8 years ago in Families
5 Kids Shows that Parents HATE
Even the best kids show can grow annoying if it becomes your child’s favorite, but parents, siblings, relatives, and babysitters know that while some kids shows are alright, and occasionally even enjoyable, there are some that seem to have been designed specifically with parental torment in mind. Here’s my countdown of five of the worst offenders.
By JM Cox8 years ago in Families
10 Family Summer Date Ideas
We get stuck in the every day of raising a family. We get stuck between our beds, the backyard and the back and forth trips to the grocery store for that item we forgot again. (milk! adding it to the list for the third time this week.)
By Darien Funk9 years ago in Families
Books That Improve Family Relations. Top Story - July 2017.
Everyone alive is an expert on this most compelling of subjects. Nothing is, or ever was, more wonderful, more dreadful, more inescapable, or the subject of more talk than the family unit. Every clan and tribe has its tale to tell, and nearly all the tales I have heard shed some light on the chief question: what is it that makes a good family?
By Arnold Seleskey9 years ago in Families
A Quick Guide to the Best Family Books on the Market
Some books are the type of reading that you leave on a coffee table so that guests can flip through them, or just marvel at your taste in photography. Other books tell amazing tales of adventure into outerspace and satisfy your inner geek. Still more are filled with sordid tales of sex, drinking and drugs.
By Riley Raul Reese9 years ago in Families
The 5 Strangest Things 5-Year-Olds Do
Ahhhhhh, to be the parent of a 5-year-old AKA owning a miniature human being who has zero filter, hulk like mood swings, and lies better than most criminals. Sure, veteran parents warned me about the sleepless nights of newborns and the terrible tornado two's, but no one - not one of you -prepared me for the extremely complex and confusing fifth year of life. An age where a child lingers between baby and big kid. A time where your child can look at you, tell you he hates you and then accidentally poops his pants. No longer are his tantrums dramatic and easily curable, but now they are violent and almost demon-possessed like.
By Jus L'amore9 years ago in Families
Worst Parents in History
Some people should never have kids. Some parents spend all their lives dreaming about raising children and loving their babies with all the warmth their hearts can muster. Others you wonder why they became parents in the first place; they don't love their children and don't value their child's happiness.
By Jessica Herring9 years ago in Families
Empowering Movie Characters Who Are the Only Child
People always talk about empowering movie characters, and how, when growing up, it's important to have a healthy diet of fictional role models to inspire one to greatness. They often talk about feminist role models in this frame of reference, talking about characters who can empower young girls.
By Katie Marchbank9 years ago in Families
Best Family Friendly Movies. Top Story - July 2017.
Selecting a movie that interests the whole family can be a major challenge. Things that are age appropriate for the kids often may not be interesting for older members of the family. Family movie night is just not as fun unless the whole gang is interested in the movie. Check out this list of family-friendly movies that are sure to be a hit with the whole family (and will save you from watching the same movie on repeat).
By Annie Kiely9 years ago in Families