Family Wellness

Unfortunately for all of us, money doesn’t grow on trees. Unless you plan carefully throughout each stage of your life, you may find yourself broke at the end of it. Financial planning is the key to ensuring that you have one less thing to worry about when you retire.

The lead up to the holiday season can be difficult. It never seems like you have that many family members, until the time comes to make a shopping list for all your holiday presents. Then the number of gifts that you have to coordinate and buy can be overwhelming. Don’t fall into the trap of buying your gifts from those tempting end-of-aisle displays!

Even though a growing amount of our day to day interactions now happen through a screen, it’s still important to teach your children basic manners from a young age. You don’t have to enroll your children in charm school of course, but a little etiquette can go a long way. Experts say that manners can teach children how to be more empathetic, which will help them to better form healthy relationships in the future.

Getting engaged is a big step in any relationship and can be the most enjoyable time or the most stressful time for the bride-to-be. Planning a wedding takes time and requires many decisions to be made with careful consideration and patience.

So why do we lie to our kids? Don’t we tell them that lying is bad? Most lies to children are white lies, or lies for the greater good meant to protect them from some knowledge that might hurt them. I bet we’ve all told a few of these untruths…

Buying a home can be an exciting but daunting process. The anticipation that goes into searching for a new home, the rush of a house hunt can cause level-headed buyers to stray into financial decisions or a lifestyle compromises they later regret.

What are your must-haves and deal breakers in a relationship? Before getting married, it’s important to know your boundaries and who you are as an individual. After all, you can’t know if someone is good for you if you don’t know what you need.

While it’s true that every relationship could benefit from a little more effort from both partners, you may find your marriage is more awesome than you gave it credit for, which can be just the push you need to keep making positive changes.

While grand gestures and dramatic declarations of love are effective ways to show your guy you love him, neither is exactly the sort of thing you can pull off every day. You’d be exhausted!

When it comes to recipes, the words “healthy” and “kid-friendly” don’t always go together. As any parent can attest, getting your kids to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet can be pretty challenging. You may even want to involve kids in the cooking.