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2 months ago | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
Thinking of taking your kids strawberry picking this season? Go ahead! Berry picking makes a warm family memory and is something you will likely want to repeat every year. But steer clear of berry patch pitfalls that can sour a sweet excursion. Here’s a roundup of helpful reminders before you hop in the car and go. If you set your expectations ahead of time, your family will enjoy their outing to the fullest. Go Early In The Season.
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2 months ago | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
Thinking of taking your kids strawberry picking this season? Go ahead! Berry picking makes a warm family memory and is something you will likely want to repeat every year. But steer clear of berry patch pitfalls that can sour a sweet excursion. Here’s a roundup of helpful reminders before you hop in the car and go. If you set your expectations ahead of time, your family will enjoy their outing to the fullest. Go Early In The Season.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
Mommy burnout is real! You never know when it’s coming, but look out when it does. How do you get past it? Here are 20 ways to recharge that mommy battery in only 20 short minutes!We’ve all had them, those mommy meltdown moments. They snuck up on me, usually when I was endeavoring for the umpteenth time to finally get something done.
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Dec 31, 2024 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
4 WAYS TO TEACH YOUR CHILD TO LOVE SCHOOLRaising engaged students is not only the responsibility of the teachers and the administrators at your school, it’s a job that starts at home with every parent. You may have anxiety, fears, or merely first-day jitters about your child going to school. But if you can muster up your courage and take a one-good-day-at-a-time approach, you will find that raising a child who loves school is easier than you might have imagined.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
How many of us remember the sleepy Saturdays and Sundays of our youth? The days when shops kept shorter hours and time spread slow and thick across the day like maple syrup across our weekend pancakes. Whether or not we attended a church or synagogue, weekends were the time for rediscovering the delights of home, family, friends and pets. It was a time when recuperation from weeklong activities was our primary purpose. So, what ever happened to the day of rest?
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
Rekindle Your Spirit in 10 Minutes Flat!Here come the holidays barreling down the calendar track. Are you frozen like a snowman in the headlights? Or are you frantic, checking an endless litany of musts off your overloaded holiday to-do list each day? Even if you feel great about the approaching holidays, and are mostly on top of all of the extra tasks that come with them, you can still hit your limit now and then.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
parentmagazinesflorida.com | Christina Katz
Think the arts are frivolous, impractical and over-priced? Sometimes, a parent's "the-arts-just-aren't-necessary" attitude can tragically squelch a young person's creative aspirations. Whereas a parent who is too gung-ho about a child's talents may not realize that hijacking dreams robs a child of healthy feelings of ownership and independence. Fortunately, many parents find the balanced middle.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
If I have observed one thing after a decade of having a school-age child, it’s that arts motivated kids perform better in school. Sure, my daughter comes from an artsy family already. Her mom is a writer and her dad is a theater director, but she’s not an extension of us; she is uniquely herself, and her exposure to a wide variety of arts helps her discover her own passions, proclivities, and personhood.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
houstonfamilymagazine.com | Christina Katz
School is back in session and after-school activities are starting to kick in. Suddenly, besides the before-school shuffle and the after-school shuffle, stay-at-home parents suddenly have a lot more kid-free timeBut time is tricky-there never seems to be enough of it no matter how much you have. And somehow, even though the kids are in school again, their needs and schedules always take priority. Sound familiar? If so, this might be a good opportunity to make time for you a priority, as well.
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Jul 30, 2024 | 
washingtonparent.com | Christina Katz
Don’t be fooled by glittery costumes and false eyelashes – competitive dancers are athletes who deserve to be taken just as seriously as members of any other team such as soccer, swimming or track. Dance has multiple benefits – often more than other sports. And yes, dance performed regularly and intensively is both a sport and a multisensory art form that may raise your child’s self-esteem.
