How many times have you heard your ten year old exclaim this on a Saturday afternoon, only to follow you around while you tried to do laundry or iron or cook dinner? Children may expect you to be their entertainment committee, but there are things you can do to keep them entertained for hours without eating up your entire Saturday or Sunday afternoon in the process. Example in article planning a afternoon at a The roller rink, local commercial dairy farm and more.

I believe it’s time to begin in our homes a “Gifted Moms” program. Why should “gifted children” get all the press? Hey, where do they think these gifted kids came from? E-Bay? The spring clearance rack at Marshalls? No, we gave birth to these brainy, precocious, talented children. I’m telling you right now – you show me a two year old child that can recite Shakespeare while playing the cello with Yo-Yo Ma and I’ll show you a gifted umbilical cord that leads right back to – you guessed it – us.

Why is it, after you've spent hours preparing a wonderful nutritious meal that your child will turn up her nose and not touch it? She's a picky eater who picks more than she eats, and you're a parent on the edge! I've been there with my own picky eater and I've figured out a few things along the way. Read on for some tips and ideas to try: