As your family transitions to summer, it can be hard to find something fun, affordable, and air-conditioned that the whole family will enjoy. The Nickelodeon recommends a movie night on Main Street!
The Nickelodeon, a nonprofit theater, is offering fun,...
I have three busy, growing, active children. Right now, they are ages eight, six, and five. When they were all small, it was easy to find inexpensive places for us to hang out and meet old friends or hope to...
I first met Angela Yong Sellers, owner and creator of Fit Columbia, about a year ago at an aerial silk yoga session with some of my leadership friends. Wait... a what? Yes, an aerial yoga session! Have you ever...
“They grow up so fast. It happens in the blink of an eye.”
For years I have heard other, more experienced parents utter these words to me. And while I understood the sentiment and grasped the concept of the years of...
My son turned 13 a few months ago and his behavior is spiraling out of control. Like a lot of parents of teenagers, I am at my wits end and don't know what else to do.
Last month during a...
It is so difficult to be on social media and be a teen in the world today. The pressure to find just the right picture to post, to make sure nobody else posts something embarrassing, to be in the...
Recently, it seems like everyone in my circle of mommy friends is having issues with their preteen/teen. Suspensions from school, inappropriate behavior, sassy mouthing, etc. We are all completely out of advice for one another. If you clicked here...
To My Dearest Kindergartner,
I love you. You are amazing in every way, but you know that. Every morning you wake up and get dressed to go off to school. For the first five years of your life your only...
Dear daughters,
I know you are no longer little girls with multiple ponytails and barrettes and carrying around your "lovey." But that is often what I still see. Glimpses of those little babies, but also so much more as you get older....
For most, Valentine's Day is a day love. A day to celebrate that love through an act of appreciation to or from the one you love. Appreciation is usually illustrated in the form of hand written notes, boxes of...
We all want out children to be successful and make good grades. But what happens if your child does less than stellar? I'm sure any loving parent will agree that if your child needs help, we are going to help...
While teenage pregnancy rates are declining, teenagers still get pregnant. Just two weeks ago I sat in an OB/GYN office across from a pregnant high school girl. I couldn't help but hurt for her while I thought back to...
2017 was another great year for the Columbia SC Moms Blog! We are so thankful to all you, our readers, who were right there with us as we shared stories about our families, highlighted all the fun things to...
It's the most wonderful time of the year. There are holiday parties, decorating, shopping, cooking, and lots of changes all around as we celebrate traditions and consume richer food than we may normally do otherwise. Even the music we...
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