Sometimes you just gotta ask! (Me asking): Please consider my SUMO JOE picture book … Hello Japanese American National Museum store manager, My name is Mia Wenjen and I’m the author of a rhyming picture book SUMO JOE. I am half Japanese American and wrote it to show that sumo is not a sport…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
Moving Tips for College Graduates
Congratulations, you finished school. Whether it’s your first time being done, or you’ve been to college and you came back, it’s a huge accomplishment and you should be very proud of yourself. Graduating university or college comes with some critical next steps. Where will you live? Where will you work? Hopefully, you have some of…
De-stressing Ideas for Busy Parents
We all know the drill: rush to get the kids up, fed, dressed, and out to school, rush to get to work, rush back to the school for pick-up, rush to get dinner ready. Plus, there are parent-teacher conferences, doctor’s appointments, and never-ending piles of laundry. In short, being a parent is busy, exhausting work,…
Making Holiday Shopping Easy For Busy Moms
Well, the holidays are officially upon us. As soon as we start shopping for Halloween costumes for our children, we know things are about to get chaotic – even more so if you’re the type of mama who makes your children’s costumes yourself. As soon as the pumpkin carving is over, we seem to be…
Therapy for Kids
The idea of putting your child into therapy might seem like a frightening concept, but it is well documented that dealing with issues of mental health as early as possible will, far and away, have the best results for the patient. The more tools you give your child to deal with their mental health early,…
8 Children’s Books About Alzheimer’s
In honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, please welcome Brightview’s Corporate Director of Dementia Care, Cole Smith, who has compiled reading materials for caretakers and their families in order to help ease difficult conversations and explain dementia to children. What books would you add to this list? Thanks so much for your suggestions! 8 Children’s…
5 Children’s Books about Latino Culture
We want our children to grow up in a world that looks up to cultural diversity as a strength. Sooner or later, they are going to be mixing with multicultural groups and making friends with them, so why not start teaching them about it when they are young? There are very few limitations for parents…