How’s this for a parenting resolution: Let’s stop doing everything for our kids! Too harsh? I think not.My best TV mom friend Pat Harvey and I discuss three easy things we need to STOP doing for our kids now…on CBS Los Angeles‘ FAB Mom segment. You know, in the name of good parenting. (Don’t mind…
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CBS Los Angeles: Keep Crooks Away from our Kids.
Huh? Someone can ruin your child’s (nonexistent) credit file? We have to protect children from credit fraud? As though we don’t have enough to think about that can tempt our kids into trouble (social media, drinking and driving, somebody falling down on the playground and hitting their head)… now we have to worry about credit crooks getting…
CBS Los Angeles: When family holiday traditions clash.
Six years. That’s how long it took me to get my darling husband to come with my daughters and I on our annual family holiday tradition — our Christmas tree hunt. I was raised a tree-snob and have been hell-bent on passing the tradition (that makes me feel closer to my own family and childhood every…
CBS Los Angeles: Don’t fret about this holiday stuff.
I hate Christmas? Nah. Not really. It’s just that I hate the ridiculous RUSH of the holidays. And for whatever reason, moms are pretty much the only ones who feel it (at least this is true in my world, with my circle of friends and family). The mom prepares the food, gifts, decorations and whatever…
CBS Los Angeles: Holiday gifts & ungrateful kids?!
What’s that? Sometimes kids can be ungrateful when opening holiday gifts? No. (Gasp.) Never. How to raise grateful kids who appreciate each and every gift they may get in the era of me-me-me and get-get-get? Smack ’em over the head. (Just kidding. Kinda.) Truth be told, my girls are really good girls — sure, they…
CBS Los Angeles: Give your kid a knife?
It’s Thanksgiving week as I write this… and man, am I HUNGRY! I’m also reminiscent and thankful for many beautiful things this past year — family always takes the cake, but career and friends are coming in a very close second these days, gang. But let’s get to how to cook safely with kids in…
CBS Los Angeles: Dangerous Garages & Mom’s Courage
It’s TheFABMom’s Family Safety Week — on CBS Los Angeles! Is your garage safe? That’s right, kids: Every night this week (November 14-18, 2016) I’ll be tackling topics and quick fixes to help keep our families safe from all angles — setting up a safe garage, preparing an easy disaster kit with kids, getting ahead of…
