º  Mothers and Daughters: Boundaries are a Good Thing Today, many mothers are staying invested long past the time when adult daughters should be making more decisions on their own, often confusing where their life ends and their adult daughter's life begins. Learn more about setting boundaries from authors Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer.       º  Journaling for Kids: 5 Tips to Help Your Child Start a Personal Journal Children reap the same benefits in keeping a personal journal as do adults. Journals serve as a remarkable way to enhance self esteem and to allow children to observe their lives from a new perspective. Learn how to encourage journaling with your children from author Susie Cortright.       º  Cinderella Birthday Party Ideas It's inevitable that a princess party is in the future of most parents with a little girl. However with so many options, how do you choose which princess? How about Cinderella? Cinderella is by far the most well known Disney Princess. Her beautiful dress and happily ever after moment are the dreams of most little girls. Making those dreams a reality for your little princess is almost fairy dust easy.

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Gardening with Children Starting a small garden with your child or grandchild is an excellent way for children to learn to learn how to care for the environment and gain an appreciation for the many birds and insects with whom we share our gardens. Author Jill Black shares how to have gardening fun with your little ones.

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Book Review: The Siblings' Busy Book At StorkNet, we're big fans of the Busy Book collection published by Meadowbrook Press. This latest addition to the series is a new favorite! For any parent who has struggled to include both or all of her/his children in the same activity - or for any parent who has run out of ideas - you'll be thrilled with The Siblings' Busy Book.

	º	Edible Bird's Nest This fun craft is not only adorable when done, but it's tasty too! Sit the kids down to make this fun spring project. Be sure to make extras for friends and family.
	º	Nontoxic Cleansers Time for Spring cleaning! Here are two two cleaning solutions that work really well and are more economical and green than commercial cleaners.

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