The teenage years are tough for everyone, including the parents. As your children begin to grow into young adults before your eyes, they often go through some growing pains in the process. Often this includes attempting to assert their own independence, but it doesn’t always come out in the best way. After experiencing this with...

Julie Hambleton
Freelance Writer
Julie Hambleton has a BSc in Food and Nutrition from the Western University, Canada, is a former certified personal trainer and a competitive runner. Julie loves food, culture, and health, and enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others make positive changes and live healthier lives.
The summer is ending, and school is coming a lot faster than your kids anticipate. Adventurous days and lax sleeping schedules are cutting back to create a routine fitting for the season. There’s no sleeping in with school around the corner, and no kid wants to feel tired and moody on their first day. “Sweetie,...
Just like all other insects, ants play an important role in our ecosystem. They are an integral part of the outdoor world, and of course, that is where we’d like them to stay. It becomes problematic when they invade your home. Need to learn how to get rid of ants? We’ve got some natural ways...
Divorced mom Kaylie shocked a Dr. Phil audience when she revealed that she smokes marijuana with her daughter, Gabrielle. Fast-forward three years to when Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp stood before a jury in court, defending his decision to give marijuana to his daughter when she was only eleven years old. Over the last several years,...
Whenever my siblings and I fought growing up, our mother would always remind us of one thing: one day, she and our dad would be gone and we would only have each other. Yes, we’d have our friends and maybe spouses, too, but the bond of sharing a childhood will always hold something different. Their...
If you have or plan on having a baby, you’re probably imagining the child growing up with doting grandparents and fun aunts, uncles, and cousins that they bond with from an early age. I myself was lucky enough to have a childhood full of sleepovers at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, cookie-baking days, and zoo trips with...
Remember when fire departments warned parents not to let their kids charge their phones or tablets on their bed or under their pillow? Well, the firefighter warning about fire safety tips we’re sharing with you today is arguably more important – it’s about something we either always ignore or never think of… Ignorance may be...
For most people in the millennial generation and younger, we’ve had at least some sort of education about online swindlers. We’re taught to exercise extreme caution when dealing with people we meet online. Don’t offer up valuable information about yourself and, of course, never send them money. Unfortunately, the older generations who didn’t grow up...
We’ve seen wavy eyebrows, we’ve seen the Kylie lip trend, and we’ve seen duck face – but this next Instagram beauty trend takes weird beauty trends to a whole new level. Wavy lips are the newest beauty trend and to be honest, we’re not sure how to feel about it. Wavy Lips: The Latest Instagram...
Everyone has at least a few freckles somewhere on their body. Some people are covered in them, others just have a few here and there. Some people have freckles all the time, and some people develop them during the warmer months from sun exposure, only to have them fade away again in the fall. According...
It’s no secret that being a woman can be tricky. On top of a mountain of other things, we constantly have to consider our personal safety when out alone. This 18-year-old girl from Canada shared her favorite life-saving tips for women on TikTok. How many of these have you considered? Teen Shares Life-Saving Tips For...
Parents do their absolute best to protect their children from harm. Children, however, are mischievous, inquisitive by nature, and can get into things easily without their parents even knowing. This is exactly what happened to baby Reese, who died at just 18 months old after ingesting a button battery. Her mother is now telling her...