How to help kids connect with safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments

How to Help Kids Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships

This post is made possible with support from the American Academy of Pediatrics through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. All opinions are my own. Many children experience ACEs or Adverse Childhood Experiences. These experiences may have a profoundly negative effect on children’s development and self-esteem. Adverse childhood experiences, or … Read more

Easy Guatemalan Pineapple Empanadas

These easy-to-make Guatemalan pineapple empanadas make for a delicious dessert or an easy sweet snack. Empanadas de piña, or pineapple empanadas, have been one of my favorite Guatemalan desserts since I was a kid growing up in Guatemala. A Taste of Home: Guatemalan Pineapple Hand Pies Sharing Guatemalan recipes always brings me joy, especially recipes for … Read more

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My Favorite Teen Parenting Advice Resource

This post is made possible with support from the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, part of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. All opinions are my own. Last year I was introduced to the Center for Parent and Teen Communication, an organization that provides parents with strategies to support healthy family relationships. Their website is filled … Read more

Easy Salmon Fajitas

Cilantro Lime Butter Salmon Sheet Pan Fajitas

This shop has been compensated by Inmar Intelligence and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #ItsNotButterItsBetter #FebHealthyHeart​ If you’re looking for easy dinner ideas this cilantro lime butter salmon sheet pan fajitas recipe is sure to become a new family favorite. Sheet pan fajitas have always been one of our go-to quick and easy dinner … Read more

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Mental Health Tips to Improve Your Wellbeing

Improving your wellbeing is as important as improving your physical health, and these mental health tips include easy things you can do now to feel better. These are simple practices that have helped me personally—things I turn to when I’m feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or just mentally drained. But I also know that for some people, … Read more

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Delicious and Easy Mardi Gras Desserts

If you can’t celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans there’s not need to worry. You can bring the celebration home with these amazing Mardi Gras inspired desserts. Colorful and full of southern flavor these desserts are sure to make you feel like you’re in the Big Easy! We have compiled lots of desserts for your … Read more

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Cute Valentine’s Crafts and Activities for Kids

If you’re looking for ways to entertain the little ones this Valentine’s Day, you will find lots of easy and cute Valentine’s crafts for kids here. From handmade Valentine’s cards to free Valentine’s printables, there are many fun activities to make this Valentine’s more special! Adorable Valentines Day Crafts for Kids Valentine’s Day is one … Read more

Chocolate flan for Valentine's Day

Nutella Chocolate Flan, A Heart-Shaped Valentine’s Dessert

I didn’t think there was any way to improve on the perfection that is chocolate flan. Yet this Nutella chocolate flan does just that by combining the delicious taste of chocolate Nutella with the soft, creamy texture of flan. Topped with fresh fruit, this Nutella flan is the ultimate heart-shaped chocolate dessert!  Easy Nutella Chocolate … Read more