Survival Guide

With increasing gas prices and rising inflation, budgets are an essential part of a household because it shows where every dollar is spent so there aren't any surprises at the end of the month. But creating a family budget isn't easy. It takes time, discussion and sometimes even trial-and-error to find a budget that fits your family's specific needs.

You want your two-year-old son to stop biting. First you tried firmly explaining why it's not nice to bite. Then you tried time-outs. You tried yelling. You tried negotiating, begging, bribing, crying, counseling, drawing diagrams, and practicing voodoo, but still the other parents pull their kids off the playground when they see you two coming. Are you doing something wrong?

Choosing a preschool is one of those all-important tasks that set the tone for your child's educational future. Gone are the days all you had to think about was leaving your child to play with others all day, coming home covered in sand and apple juice. Today's preschools have only some time to play, but also devote a great deal of time to early learning.

The art of parenting revolves around one main concept - discipline. But it's not just any discipline that will work when trying to raise respectable children. With the many forms of discipline out there, you might be wondering which one is best for you and your kids in different situations. Unfortunately, it's not that easy.

For centuries, a husband and father's job has remained essentially the same - it is his duty to leave the family, hunt, and return with sustenance. Although we now bring home money rather than venison, men are still what they always have been: hunters and gatherers.

No one wants to be sitting near a toddler on a plane: They whine, they cry, they kick your seat, they spill their drinks. But if that toddler is yours, sitting next to him is part of the deal. There's no way around it: Traveling with a toddler is not easy.

Brothers and sisters are bound to fight. If you have any siblings, this is already apparent. You remember Indian burns, noogies, wedgies, swirlies, purple nurples, wet willies and Charlie horses, right?