The last thing you need over the holidays is more things to add to your to-do list! We’ve teamed up with Comcast to help you prevent digital headaches during the most wonderful time of the year.  In part 1, we talked about how to schedule less screen time to maximize family time and also how […]

The holiday season is upon us and most families have some sort of technology on their wishlist this year. But the excitement and the stress of the holidays can result in the perfect storm of technology overload with new smartphones, tablets, and games. According to a study by Common Sense Media, the majority of parents (68%) […]

If you’ve visited the Aurora Town Center mall recently, I’m sure you’ve seen Fieldhouse, the enormous indoor sports complex on the Northside of the mall. Inside FieldhouseUSA, the sprawling indoor hard court sports complex is Airhouse Adventure Park, an indoor play space featuring a high ropes course, 4-person gyro sphere, zipline roller coaster, interactive trampoline attractions, arcade […]

For my family, COVID-19 has been a mixed bag of blessings and trials with our teens. We were spared the physical fatigue that so many parents with young kids felt but our tradeoff was navigating mental health landmines and screen time battles. My teens are now in their sophomore and senior years of high school […]

These days, it seems harder and harder for parents to find ways to increase their children’s confidence.  Kids nowadays tend to come across many more challenges to growing up confident and secure than they find reasons to grow in confidence. But confidence is one of the most important attributes we parents can help our kids […]

Celebrate Halloween in Denver all month long with these fun family-friendly trick-or-treat events all over the city.  Also, don’t miss Denver’s best pumpkin patches and corn mazes, as well as where to find Colorado’s Best Fall Colors: Best drives, hikes, ghost towns and farms. Where to Trick-or-Treat in Denver Saturday, October 16 Trick or Treat […]

What is the STEM Gender Gap? The gender gap within science, technology, engineering and math refers to the lack of women within STEM career fields after college. Studies show that although women make up about half of the U.S. college-educated workforce, only 27% of them work within STEM-related fields post-graduation. The stereotype of STEM being […]

Have you ever wondered about becoming a surrogate? For the past few months, we have followed Denver surrogate Kristi’s journey with ConceiveAbilities, a Denver egg donor and surrogacy agency that has helped thousands of families for nearly 25 years. In Part 1, Kristi shares why she became a surrogate and how much money a Denver […]

Whether your child will be going back to school in person this Fall, continuing distance learning or a “hybrid” learning model that combines a bit of both, one of the most important predictors of a student’s success is a high-speed Internet connection at home. The pandemic put a spotlight on the troubling academic achievement gap, […]

There is so much going on in the world, as a parent it can be dizzying. What is certain is that our children will be the next to solve issues dealing with health, space, agriculture, weather and oceans. The one thing that touches all of them – energy. One thing is for certain, they will […]