If you are one of my local readers in Monroe, Mich., you’ve noticed the marketing campaign that one of the local private high schools has started to recruit its incoming students for the 2010-2011 school year.
My daughter was in public school K-12. But I’m a firm believer that parents need to find the right educational [...]

If you are a mom of a little one, you know that the Internet is full of mom-related networks and sites.
The ones I knew about from 10 years ago or so were bulletin boards for moms who were pregnant about the same time. Some of the newer parenting sites are geographic based. Much of the [...]

Babble.com has this post – The Family That Frets Together: How the recession is stressing out our kids.
A snippet:
It’s tempting to dismiss the suffering of children who are pretty wealthy compared to those whose parents were barely surviving on minimum wage and then get laid off. But when wealthy children, even middle class children, have [...]

My daughter did believe in Santa Claus when she was growing up.
I don’t remember at what point she stopped believing in Santa. I do remember that it was a relatively untraumatic situation as compared to what some other families experience.
What did we do right?
I can tell you it wasn’t planned, but that’s just what happened.
My [...]

I do not know the policies or details as to how many unpaid lunches that the school districts in Monroe County, Mich., have to deal with.
But it is a growing problem for some areas.
USA Today has this report: Lunch debts piling up for schools.
A snippet:
“When we’re talking to parents, we’re hearing that they lost their [...]

My co-worker Michelle Swartz has an article for the Oct. 2009 issue of Monroe County Parent called “Unlimited childcare – a newly formed group offers free babysitting in southeast Michigan.”
A snippet:
Instead of money, the network uses a point system to exchange and track the times a person provides babysitting or uses a babysitter. Every 15 [...]

Seasonal flu shot clinics are fairly easy to find for adults. A lot of pharmacies  hosts either special days or standing walk-in times for flu shots, and some workplaces (including mine) set up vaccination clinics for their staff.
But it can be a little bit complicated to arrange for such thing for one’s child, as I [...]

Jason Alderman’s personal finance column, Practical Money Matters, has this piece: Talking with kids about the recession.
A snippet:
My wife and I are using the current economic situation as an educational jumping-off point for our two children, ages 5 and 9. Here are a few of the strategies you might want to try:
Put prices into perspective. [...]

There’s an uproar on the Internet about one of the newest dolls in the American Girls doll collection.
Why? The character is homeless.
The situation is feeding a commentary frenzy not only over the doll / toy / story line – but over the cost of the A.G. dolls, which have always been expensive in comparison to [...]

The Detroit Moms Like Me forum members are taking about this scenario with the kids: “Ooops … I left it at school.”
It’s an annoying situation for the parents who are caught by surprise on project deadlines, concert dates and bake sale requests.
It’s an annoying situation for teachers who are waiting for papers to be signed [...]