There are so many activities kids can choose from these days, both boys and girls, and this is fantastic. The things kids pick to participate in can greatly positively impact and enrich their lives. They can learn lessons that last a lifetime. I am honored to share with you the affirmations and professions of a fellow YA author who has an extensive track record as a tennis mom. She shares about her vast experiences with tennis for teens and why your child should play tennis too. This post ... Continue Reading...
Finding the Right Mouthguard for Football for Kids
I am a mom of three boys and at some point, all three have played football. For a couple of years, all three played football, and that was crazy. This year only two are playing. But one major important aspect of being a football mom is to choose the right mouthguard for football for your kids. Each child is different, and it can be a challenge to find the right mouthguard that works for your individual child. This website contains affiliate links. To learn more, please see the disclaimer in ... Continue Reading...
DIY Custom Mouth Guard for Kids in Youth Sports
Do you have a child in youth sports? Does he or she hate to wear a mouthguard? Or does he or she even gag on their mouthguard? My son had this problem and it almost ruined his entire season of football. So, mom to mom (or dad), I have a perfect solution to share with you for an at home DIY Custom Mouth Guard for Kids in Youth Sports. Mouth guards are mandatory in most youth contact sports. My youngest son played tackle youth football for the first time this year but at first, he could not ... Continue Reading...
Football Mom Ideas: Healthy Snacks for High School Football Players
I have been a football mom for seven years going on eight, so I've learned a lot about how to help my sons succeed in football. One major contribution I can do as their mom is to help my boys eat healthy so they have the energy for football practice and games. Plus, feeding my boys protein and healthy foods wards off the hangry meltdown (very important for growing boys) resulting in a better experience and performance. A win-win! Read my Football Mom Ideas: Healthy Snacks for High School ... Continue Reading...
20 Important Tips To Teach Your Kids to Ski
Heading to the ski hill with your kids? You can hire an instructor for ski lessons, but we've always found paying for lessons to be too expensive after buying tickets and food, so we have always opted to help kids learn to ski without lessons. My husband and I both started skiing at very young ages, so with this history of skiing, we felt confident we could help our kids learn to ski without lessons. Read our 20 Important Tips To Teach Your Kids to Ski to help your own family enjoy this ... Continue Reading...
A Youth Football Team to Feed the Children
Children Helping Children Children helping children is one of the most beautiful phrases I have ever heard. It rolls off my tongue so joyfully. I had the joy of watching a group of amazing kids who came together as a football team to feed the children. There is an amazing charity out in the world called Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). They provide a space and the means for people to come and volunteer to pack food in bags to be delivered to starving children around the world. The ... Continue Reading...
Tips for Youth Football Players from a Football Mom
Football season is upon us and as a football mom I’m excited to embark on another fun sports season. My boys love and play football so as a family we spend our fall on the sidelines of the football fields. My oldest has played for five years and as a football mom I have learned several tips to make football practices and the overall experience of football as optimal as possible. Of course it is a dangerous sport, I will agree to that. But so many other sports are dangerous too like hockey, ... Continue Reading...
When Another Kid Is A Poor Sport And It Hurts My Kid
For The Love of Football My son loves football. The season is almost upon us again and those fears of what other kids will do to him rattles my nerves already. I’m afraid of what the kids who are poor sports will do to him. He has been the victim of unsportsmanlike behavior that has enraged this mama bear to the edge. It has taken all my restraint to not go ballistic. Kids get riled up and they might go too far, and I get that. But when it’s a blatant act of intent to do harm, my blood ... Continue Reading...
When Letting Kids Quit is the Best Thing for Them
I hate quitters. If I say I’m going to do something, I do it. And I teach my kids to be the same way. As a parent, I did something I never thought I’d do, I encouraged my son to be a quitter. He’s an athletic kid who plays football and basketball. He has played soccer and baseball too. Team sports have been his love. This year as a middle school student, track was an option and, as a fast runner, he thought he’d try it. He made it halfway through the season and started to talk ... Continue Reading...
Meal Time Rush in the The Parenting Life; Should Have Made Spaghetti
Most evenings we have a full schedule of activities and sports, so sometimes I opt for quick individual meals for dinner. However, oftentimes this opting for easy quick individual meals backfires on me and I wish I had just made a pot of something they all like, such as spaghetti. Join me on my journey of a humorous recount of a crazy evening I should have just made spaghetti. A Parent's Life… There is a short lull in between when the kids come home from school and the evening schedule crunch ... Continue Reading...
