
Traveling With Kids Doesn’t Have to Be Stressful: Ideas for Making Family Trips Smooth
Kids get bored easily, so it’s no surprise when they act up while traveling, making a racket in the backseat of the car or while wandering around the airport. That’s bound to test your patience if you’re hitting the road…

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Simple and Budget-Friendly Ways to Get to Sleep
The inability to sleep is a serious matter for anyone, regardless of age or physical condition. Poor sleep can have a number of serious effects on your health, threaten your hormones and brain function, and can lead to weight gain…

Chicago Sun Times – Making really big plans for second year of “Get Kids Hooked on Fishing”
Ryan ‘‘Ski’’ Kwiecinski was in high school when Kevin Miller moved into his south-suburban neighborhood with a bass boat. That connection turned into something more when Miller came up with a spur-of-the-moment idea last year to get kids fishing and…

Healthy Eating For Your Family: Tips And Tricks
Healthy eating is not always easy, especially when you’re trying to get your family members to try new things. When everyone has a busy schedule or is flying off in different directions, it can be tricky to fit in healthy…

Ivy League Kids Now Serving the Homewood/Flossmoor Area for Before and After School Programming
Mokena, IL, August 1, 2018 – Ivy League Kids is providing before and after school services to Homewood School District 153 and Flossmoor School District 161 at the Flossmoor Community Church. Hours are from 6:30 a.m. until school starts and…

Summer Sleep Schedule Tips for Parents
Longer days and no school probably mean your children want to wake up mid-morning and go to sleep at a later bedtime throughout their summer vacation. However, letting your kids run their own sleep schedule for the summer isn’t exactly…

Four Strategies Parents Can Adopt to Help With Homework
As parents, we want the best for our children. We want them to flourish in their academic endeavors and to keep learning and growing. It’s only natural to want to help them with their homework, but it’s important to put…