Fitness, sports and health topics for parents and kids including boxing, kickboxing, yoga, nutrition and more.
To celebrate Valentine’s Day without the kids, my husband and I used a gift certificate that I received from my childhood friends for my birthday to take a cooking class at Saltbox Farm. It’s small working farm that sells farm shares, has a small restaurant, and a cooking school. We had a wonderful time learning…
Introducing Foley Athletic Advising for Students Who Want to Play Sports in College
My kids can’t believe that I am the first in our family to experience indoor skydiving. I was supposed to skydive out of a plane for a friend’s 40th birthday party a few years ago. I flew to Las Vegas for the party, but I wasn’t able to pull the trigger. It turns out that…
I sometimes use my blog as a digital scrapbook for my kids. I hope that someday when they have kids, they will be able to find cherished memories online via my blog. I’m chronicling my daughter’s Nordic Ski season here today. She started Nordic Skiing (cross country) as a freshman in high school at Newton…
In celebration of the launch of How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. How To Coach Girls available here. I let my kids do one week of extravagant camp each summer. My…
In celebration of the launch of How To Coach Girls book, we are partnering with Berkshire Soccer Academy, a sleep away soccer camp for girls, with a five-part series. How To Coach Girls available for pre-order here. March: The effect of Team Impact on the Boston College Women’s Soccer Team. Team Impact is a national nonprofit…
The end of the year is a great time for personal and financial accounting. But it is also a good time to take stock as a family on matters regarding your family’s health. Establishing good health habits in children now when they are young will help them become adults who fall into a healthy lifestyle…
One day your child was happy and carefree, and the next she or he seems moody, depressed, and has stopped eating. The reason children develop eating disorders ranges widely. According to Mayo Clinic, it could be that he or she wants to join an activity that requires participants to be lean. For example, cheerleading, gymnastics,…
So, you’re raising a reader! And the good news is that your child loves to read. The not-so-good news? With the rise of the digital age, a large portion of our reading is now done on digital eBook devices. Laptops, iPads, smartphones, and other tablets all conspire to give us digital eye strain or computer…