Category: Family
Spring Forward with Fun, Healthy Physical Activities for Entire Family
Living a healthier, more physically active lifestyle doesn’t require expensive sporting equipment or memberships. There are fun, creative ways to improve your family’s physical activity habits.
Firefly Enhances the Summer Fun
In celebration of June being National Iced Tea Month and in honor of the Fourth of July holiday, Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka is sharing fun party tips and recipes that will light up your summer scene. National Iced Tea Month is a time for stirring up favorite Firefly Sweet Tea Cocktails and raising your glass [...]
Nonprofit Helps Kids Make Better Decisions
Our kids are facing choices every day—from smaller decisions such as choosing friends, to major life-shaping decisions about important issues: school, sex, drugs and more. While young people need to learn how to make good decisions, for the most part, schools aren’t teaching this critical skill. An innovative nonprofit, the Decision Education Foundation (DEF), is [...]
Tips from “The Online Mom” to Keep Kids Safe
Chances are, if your child isn’t at school or sleeping, he or she is online. According to a recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation, American youth ages 8 to 18 spend nearly eight hours a day online. Other studies have shown that 75 percent of children ages 3 and older are using the Internet. [...]
Ten Tips for Family Fun in the Pool and Sun
For a hot time in warm weather, consider these 10 tips, time-savers, water-care ideas, and maintenance and safety suggestions for backyard living: Safety first. Keep each child within arm’s length at all times; designate an adult as water watcher; ensure that the pool’s fence is always locked; and install both gate and pool alarms. Dress [...]
You Could Save Your Child’s Life
As a new dad, I am more aware than ever of the dangers that children face and understand how parents would do anything possible to keep their children safe. That’s why I have partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to share important information about what parents can do to keep [...]
Getting Organized Can Save You Money
Is your life so disorganized that it’s costing you money? If you’re like all too many Americans, you’re spending so much time rummaging around for lost or misplaced items-wasting a combined 9 million hours a day—that you’re probably too frazzled to even contemplate that question. That’s a real shame. Because it turns out it’s not [...]
Beating Your Pet’s Winter Bulge
When it’s cold outside, it’s not unusual to cut back on activity, dive into the comfort food and put on a few extra pounds. It’s true for four-legged family members as well as humans. Just as with people, pet obesity is on the rise and inactivity just adds to the problem. Fortunately, you can take [...]
