Family Life

Do you know the risk factors behind breast cancer? Learn them and get tips that may help prevent this common form of cancer.

This is a fun dance to do on a night when you're cooking spaghetti. Your child can see how the spaghetti starts out, and how it does dance and swirl in the water.

Discover the different surface textures of a variety of household objects.

Take a plain, store-bought lampshade, and then add some personality by decorating it yourself.

This article examines the pros and cons of being an at-home mother or a working mother.

Parenthood is harder today. This article explains why.

Here are 12 things parents and stepparents should not do when blending families.

This stepparenting article describes how punishments may differ from household to household

Stepparents may have to be encouraged to take charge of disciplining biological and stepchildren.

In this craft activity, children will design and paint a picture on a pillowcase.

In this activity, children make decorative borders for the walls of their room.

In this activity, you can help your child sponge-paint a cloud effect on her bedroom walls.

In this creative activity, children paint a design on a canvas rug for their room.

This fitness activity challenges a child to run back and forth, touching different lines.

This activity suggests nice things children can do to show their appreciation for their parents on National Parents' Day, the fourth Sunday of every July.

This activity gives children ideas on different ways they can help to save the environment.

This is an excellent activity for teaching children the importance of conserving water.

This activity teaches children how to make a compost pile and how to recycle.