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Family and Life Science

Making Small Changes With Your Cup of Coffee

How much are you really saving on your coffee per year? You might be saving more than you think if you drink coffee like the average American. Chances are, having good kitchen appliances can stretch that budget even further.

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Family and Life Science Opinion

What I Think of Home Economics

Home economics has been touted for many years. I like to point out the previous discussions mentioned in my first articles. I discussed the history and events leading up to the modern day Family and Consumer Science Disciplines. To make the topic more attractive than taking care of a baby, our focus is to dive […]

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Family and Life Science Parenting & Family

Good Parental Influence On Child Socialization

Communication is essential to our daily living. We convey messages, meaning, and value to our words and actions. Our children socializing with others is not much different. We want to develop them the best we can to promote success. The following concept is more directed towards the parent, and not as much for the kids. […]

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Uncategorized Sewing and Textiles

The Clothing Lifecycle: How Do You Care For Them?

Clothing has been used for multiple applications as far back as we know. The value in which we hold our clothing shows others how we esteem ourselves, and portray ourselves to the outside world. Now we live in a completely different era where mixed fibers, density, and patterns affect the perception of how we are […]

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Home Skills and Repairs

Eight Home Repairs That Anyone Can Do

When you own personal possessions, you understand that time and decay will deteriorate things we own. It does not matter how hard you try to keep it unused and out of the way, it will eventually break. Your home and comforts are no exception, and sometimes getting a little dirty can save you some money […]

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Opinion

How I Got Interested in Home-Economics

I like stories about the migration of thought and motivations change for people over time, it makes for a fun story. My story was not as much about, ‘oh, I want to start a blog because, blah-blah-blah.” Honestly, this has taken me for quite a loop in where I was and how I got to […]

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Family and Life Science

Seven Important Disciplines to Know Regarding Family and Consumer Science

Disciplines of Family and Consumer Science Home-economics or family and life science has quite the history, and developed over time. These courses and classes brought valuable information from the classroom into homes where people learn the value of frugality, longevity, and a healthy mindset to making your personal items last. The best kept secret of […]

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Parenting & Family Family and Life Science

Struggling with Parenting: Ways to Bring Better Parenting Balance

Work-Life Balance Parents have additional competing measures for their time. You could struggle to find a balance of what you need to accomplish as an adult, give time to your children, and time preparing for your work. I have previously gone over  the value of work-life balance and suggestions in my previous article: Parents in […]

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Parenting & Family

Parents in the Home, How Can You Improve

Home and Family Dynamics Present their Own Challenges Home dynamics challenge each family member differently, know how you would like to focus the attention and make memories. Memories happen with good, great, and consistent opportunity. The reason why certain times of the year will have more influence on a child’s growth if the family spends […]

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Family and Life Science

Relating Well in Family: How Do you Know Yourself?

Knowing your surroundings and your family are heavy contributors to your growth. If you know yourself, and your role, then things begin to shape how you work together as a family. Without any form of understanding people or assigning responsibility, we delve into a chaotic abyss that makes it difficult to shake. As you begin […]