My latest ‘FAB Mom on 2’ segment on CBS Los Angeles? How to talk to other parents about guns. Yes, anchor Pat Harvey and I veered outside our usual fun-and-fabulous-tips-for-all format. Thanks to recent tragic stories in the news (involving gun violence) and the month of June being National Safety Month, we tackled a topic…
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CBS Los Angeles: Family Travel Tips to Keep You Truckin’ Along.
Summer’s here and off we go! Family travel isn’t always easy (especially if you have toddlers, hello) but we all must keep truckin’ along and just go with it, right? Right. For my recent CBS Los Angeles ‘FAB Mom on 2’ segment, I figured it’d be fun to do a roundup of some of my…
CBS Los Angeles: Tie those toddlers up.
My toddler safety tips are based on the following philosophy: I just don’t mess around with toddlers. Never have, never will. They’re too tricky… unpredictable… sneaky and suspicious (in the most adorable way, of course). Call me overprotective, call me a freak, call me annoying. We are all entitled to find our own ways of…
CBS Los Angeles: Are you a power player parent?
The power of play is a beautiful thing. And thanks to CBS Los Angeles news, I’ve been doing serious research, people. This week, I finally played hide-and-seek with my older daughter after putting it off over and over because of dishes, laundry, cooking, errands and the like. All I kept thinking was, “Why did I put…
CBS Los Angeles: Best Revealing Questions to Ask a New Sitter.
School’s out! Sure I’ve got my girls enrolled in a summer camp for ONE week, but what about the other days I need to work?!? For working moms, summer break often means a scramble for childcare. Whether you’re looking for a neighborhood sitter for a few hours or a new nanny, take a peek at…
CBS Los Angeles: Motivation for Multi-Tasking Moms.
The word ‘mom’ basically means the exact same as the phrase ‘multi-task.’ So why not offer multitasking tips for motivated moms? And oh! Guess what: Turns out that moms multi-task SO MUCH, we need 20-30 more minutes of sleep each night in order to give our brains adequate time to repair itself. That’s right, our multi-tasking…
CBS Los Angeles: Do dads do dishes? {VIDEO}
Maybe Mother’s Day got the best of me… My latest segment on CBS Los Angeles was about offering sneaky tips in the name of encouraging spouses to help more around the house. You know, so we all don’t burn out as women. (Too late?) Was this inspired by Mother’s Day? An overextended me? Maybe and maybe….