SHELLEY HEAPHY for The Parents’ Voice Shawville With summer vacation starting and with most kids home since March, getting your child to help around the house may . . .

Sunday, June 21 is Father’s Day. This is a great opportunity to thank the dads in our lives for all that they do. Here are some great ideas to . . .

With all this time at home, and in these weird, uncertain times (flash back to March when the shelves in our stores were bare), planting a garden seems like a fun, necessary idea. Gardening will teach our children how to

During this pandemic, being home with the kids and having nowhere we need to be has made me think we could actually get a pet and have the time to train it.  I personally love the idea of adding a

The allure of water during the hot months we’ve awaited all winter for can be very exciting. Cooling off just feels so good, even for little ones. With little ones, the excitement of swimming may be hard for them to

I’m not sure if everyone else is doing a lot of kitchen work with their kids during this isolation time, but we sure have been. In the first month it felt like we cooked or baked something each day (hence

We love biking. One thing that we’ve done a lot of since we’ve been home and in isolation is biking. It’s something that we can all do together now that our youngest has dropped the training wheels. It feels so

Dads, this article is for you. Coming up in just a few short days is a very important day in your partner’s life. Mother’s Day is one of those days that just have all the feels for all mothers out

What better time to get purging than a time when many of us have been destined to our home for weeks now. Not to mention it’s springtime and nothing feels better than gettin things cleaned up. It’s amazing how quickly

Right now, my kids are very grateful to have each other. I’m also going to chime in and say I’m thankful they have each other as well. I always am. But right now especially so, after a full day together