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Remember when summer break used to mean riding bikes, playing in the park, going swimming at the neighborhood pool, and sitting outside laughing with your friends while enjoying a cool sweet treat? After nine months of bell schedules, bus rides, tests, and endless homework, you could look forward to some down time. Time to just relax, be a kid and have fun. Sometimes, a family vacay was even thrown into the mix when it was affordable. But even if you didn’t get to go away to grandma’s or ...
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It's the middle of summer. The last school year is a distant memory and the upcoming school year is looming on the horizon. Right about now your kids are probably feeling like they're stuck in The Great Divide. Summer camps have most likely ended or about to end, and there's not a whole lot going on during the day. Inevitably, you'll hear the usual, "I'm bored" or "There's nothing to do." What do you do?

You could amaze them with stories of your youth and how you and your friends would make yo...
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Wow! What a time we had this past Saturday at our first MAMAVERSITY Parents Pow-Wow. If you missed it, here are some highlights.

MAMAVERSITY OVERVIEW: MAMAVERSITY LEAD COACHES, Tracy Dennis and Yolanda Cameron

• The three pillars of our coaching model: Character, Creative Thinking, and Creativity. Good CHARACTER leads to mature THINKING skills that help CREATIVITY to flow in the best way
• Set a CODE OF CONDUCT in your home. It’s a standard your teen can use to self-evaluate and hold themselves ac...

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Today, I was reminded of a remark I would often hear from my parents (mostly when I was in trouble). 

"I can show you better than I can tell you!"

Did you ever get threatened with that one? Technically, it was one of the old standbys that parents would use to help you get whatever point they were trying to drive home. Trust me, you didn't want to get to that point though!

But let's take a different spin on it. It's a known fact that our children absorb more of what we do than what we say. So in ...
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Hi There! 

Welcome back for more Mother Wit Monday. I was thinking about the myriad of wise old sayings I received from my mother, grandmother, and aunts as I was growing up, and it was a challenge choosing which one to go with for today. But I think I've put my finger on a winner!

You know, it's common to hear the words, "I wish..." come out of the mouths of of young people and adults alike. 

"I wish I was a millionaire."

"I wish I could drive a car like that."

"I wish I c...
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Welcome to the first of many installments of something I like to call Mother Wit Monday.

Mother wit, simply defined, is good old practical wisdom and common sense. The kind we used to get from our mothers, aunts, grandmothers and the little old neighbor lady who used to let us rake the leaves up in her yard for a quarter. Remember?

Today's generation doesn't have as much exposure to these pearls of wisdom as we did, and I think it's time we do something about that. So, each Monday, a selected ...
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