children

Last weekend was my Grandson Kevin's 1st birthday. The party was held at The Mid Columbia Gymnastics Academy indoor playground. It was the perfect place to throw a party for little ones. Especially active little boys! The Academy also boasts several different activities for ages 18 months to 6 years...

It has been quite a while since I've had a baby in the house. Unfortunately puppies don't count. But I couldn't help myself when I saw this video. Babies are so cute! Especially when you do something like vacuum! Enjoy.  

Somewhere along the way, an egg-toting, gift-giving rabbit became associated with the Easter holiday. We assume that soon after, sadistic parents decided that it would be fun to make sure any likeness of this generous rabbit should be creepy and frightening so they can take pictures and video of their children being completely freaked out.

Is the bad economy delaying adulthood for our nation’s youth? A survey from the Pew Research Center suggests that it might be.

If you’re serious about combating childhood obesity and raising healthy children, here’s one easy tip: teach your kids to cook.

The gloves are off in the divorce battle between Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez. Us Weekly reports that Anthony is livid over Lopez’s new love with dancer Casper Smart — and is trying to punish her through gaining custody of their twins.

Back in the ’60s, corporal punishment was common practice for a shocking 94 percent of parents in the US. While a lot of us may find this number unsettling, just as many don’t. In fact, half of all parents today admitted to punishing children by “spanking on the bottom with a bare hand” to a telephone poll conducted by the National Institutes for Mental Health.

Here are the top names in Washington State according to the WA. State dept. of Health

Parents have been using the threat of Santa’s “naughty or nice” list for so long now that it may be losing its strength, so the nice folks at Google stepped in to help. Enter a little information at Send a Call from Santa and your little one will get a from the North Pole denizen himself. You can customize it to be as personal as you like, including details like the child’s name, gender and what’

Townsquare Media radio stations and Group Health team up to collect gifts for local children in foster care and food for Tri-City Food Bank. Make your donation at Ranch &  Home between 9am and 4pm on Saturday! Read more HERE!

Parents upset about the education their children are receiving at the Notre-Dame de Caderot school in southern France didn’t merely hold meetings or complain to the school board. Instead, they stormed the building and took several teachers and the school headmistress hostage.

I found this woman's blog while surfing the web the other night