Growing a Home Full of Readers

Photo by Nichole Smith

Growing a Home Full of Readers

byNichole Smith

Posted 03/08/10 2:06 pm EST | Parenting

Topicsearly reading, parenting, quality time, reading

Looking around my house it’s easy to see that we’re readers. Everywhere I turn, there are magazines or books.

I like to think that part of that comes from the fact that I started the kids early on to a love of books. As much as I was excited to receive my first baby monitor or the crib for my babies to sleep in, I was more enamored with the first books they ever received.

School Breakfasts Offer Kids the Right Start to Their School Day

Photo by Cherie

School Breakfasts Offer Kids the Right Start to Their School Day

byNichole Smith

Posted 03/01/10 5:12 pm EST | Parenting

Topicsbreakfast, child nutrition, eating right, National school breakfast week, school nutrition

I don’t ever remember eating breakfast at school and because I was a particularly picky eater (all the way up until I started dating my husband), I didn’t take part in breakfast at school. I’d rather have my bowl of cereal or oatmeal (Yes, I love oatmeal, even today!) at home and then my dad would drive me or I’d walk to school. Still, even though I wasn’t getting my morning fuel at school, I always had a good breakfast to get me off to a great start.

The Skinny on Body Image Issues

Photo by Charmaine Swart

The Skinny on Body Image Issues

byNichole Smith

Posted 02/22/10 12:57 am EST | Parenting

Topicsbody image, eating disorders, growing up, parenting, women

Growing up, I was “lanky” or thin. Probably had more to do with my issues surrounding my heart than anything but my parents chalked it up to a high metabolism. I was born a member of the “clean your plate club” and my mother was always worried I didn’t eat enough.

I ate. Believe me, I ate. It took a while for me to have a “girlish figure” whatever that means but by the time it showed up, I was well into my teenage years, looking towards graduation.

That’s how I saw myself. If you asked one of my friends, they might have a different viewpoint of how I looked growing up.

Nichole Smith

Nichole Smith is a self-proclaimed slacker mom. While she doesn’t know all the answers, she refuses to let her kids find that out. Nichole has always been passionate about helping moms and sharing her thoughts on the hardest job she’s ever held. Nichole has taken that passion for helping and relating to other moms to her home office since 2005, as a professional writer and blogger. Nichole has written for The Trading Post, AOL, various private clients, and her own site, The Guilty Parent. In 2008, Nichole was named one of the 50 most powerful and influential women in social media and is currently connecting with other moms as a community manager at MothersClick. As a mother to four kids, ranging from preschool age to teen, Nichole does her best to keep it all together and handle the issues of today’s moms with insight and a hefty dose of humor.

Official Blog Site

The Guilty Parent

Stay in Touch

Lifetime Moms

Learn more about parental controls from ControlYourTV.org. | © 2010 Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC. All rights reserved.