Meet Anastasia Borisyuk, an eco-blogger and married mom of two living near Boston, Massachusetts. Before she moved to the U.S. at age 11, Anastasia lived with her family in Latvia. There, her mother’s artistic influence led her to visit countless museums, take art lessons, and eventually choose a career in interior design. After working for a firm specializing in high-end residential spaces she “could only dream of living in,” Anastasia now freelances from home and takes care of her ... Continue Reading
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Anastasia Borisyuk!
May 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
Meet our SocialMom of the Month: Anastasia Borisyuk, an eco-blogger, interior designer and married mom of two living near Boston, Massachusetts.
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Myrdin Thompson!
April 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Kentucky sure does produce a lot of Final Four basketball players. Lucky for us, though, it’s also produced public education advocate Myrdin Thompson.
Kentucky sure does produce a lot of Final Four basketball players. Lucky for us, though, it's also produced public education advocate Myrdin Thompson. Myrdin, a Louisville-based, married mom of three kids and education consultant/advocate, has worked tirelessly for the sake of everyone's children since 2002. With her kids spread out (next year) from high school down to first grade, Myrdin admits, "I'll be in public schools for a long time!" As a consultant for Family Engagement in ... Continue Reading
Join the forum discussion on this post SocialMom of the Month: Meet Lisa Workman!
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Meet new SocialMom of the Month Lisa Workman, 36, a married mother of three and rural blogger living in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.
SocialMoms, meet happiness and beautiful simplicity, personified. Lisa Workman, 36, a married mother of three living in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Roanoke, Virginia, leads what sounds to me like the idyllic rural lifestyle. She and her husband made an "intentional decision" to move to the area from Houston 13 years ago, hoping that a lower cost of living would afford them some land and access to the outdoors. Now, as proud owners of Two Bears Farm (which inspired the name of her blog) ... Continue Reading
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Tara West!
February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Read on to learn how our newest SocialMom of the Month took the blogging opportunities that came her way—and built a work-at-home career!
Aren’t we always hearing about the amazing blogging opportunities here at SocialMoms? Read on to learn how our newest SocialMom of the Month took those opportunities—and built her work-at-home career! Tara West, 27, is a married mom of three from just outside Tulsa—in the "beautiful and underappreciated" state of Oklahoma. With all three children under age 6, and two in cloth diapers, Tara is doing what so many SocialMoms dream of: staying home with her kids and blogging for a ... Continue Reading
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Shelly Oakley!
January 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
SocialMom of the Month Shelly Oakley is the Lynchburg Coupon Mama, bringing moms ideas for saving money and shopping smart.
As I sped around town, making all our post-holiday returns, my mood brightened with each dollar refunded. I even talked the liquor store owner into taking back an expensive bottle of champagne I knew we wouldn't consume. (Let's just say the man won a customer for life!) Who doesn't love saving a buck? But then there are the coupon gurus—those women who take saving money to near-professional levels. Our new SocialMom of the Month is one of those women. Meet Shelly Oakley, 27, an ... Continue Reading
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Katie Sullivan Morford!
December 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
SocialMom of the Month Katie Sullivan Morford brings tips, healthy recipes and ideas for feeding busy families.
I recently started a new, full-time job. While this development is exciting, it's so all-consuming that I'd have to say the home front has suffered a wee bit (see "Cupboards, bare"). Seriously, who is eating all our food? Clearly, it's time to find some balance. Time to feed my family some healthy, home-cooked meals. I'm so glad I found Mom's Kitchen Handbook, a superb blog authored by Katie Sullivan Morford! Even her sub-heading speaks to me: Raising Fresh-Food Kids in a French-Fried ... Continue Reading
SocialMom of the Month: Meet Brenna Burke!
November 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Meet Brenna Burke, our SocialMom of the Month – who sent her money to Save The Whales, and pinned Greenpeace quotes on her bedroom wall.
While some of us spent our allowances on gum, lip gloss and the latest issue of Tiger Beat magazine -- our new SocialMom of the Month sent her money to Save The Whales, and pinned Greenpeace quotes on her bedroom wall. She diligently cut apart plastic rings from six-packs before recycling, determined that no marine animals be harmed in the name of her family's soft drink consumption. Meet Brenna Burke, 33, now a Portland, Oregon-based married mom of three (ages 7, 5 and 3) and founder of ... Continue Reading
Join the forum discussion on this post SocialMom of the Month: Meet Jendi Pagano!
September 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
SocialMoms.com profiles a member each month. Meet Jendi Pagano, mom of three, a homeschooler and passionate video/vlogging maven.
If you're a SocialMom, chances are you know that online video is exploding. And it's not just popular with your site visitors -- search engines love video, too. In fact, according to our October SocialMom of the Month, video gives you a 53% better chance of an organic first-page link on Google! You may know this. And you may still be shyly waiting in the wings, not-quite-ready for prime time. (Ahem... like me.) Let's consider this our video-vitamin boost, shall we? Meet Jendi Pagano of ... Continue Reading
Join the forum discussion on this post Time Outs: Should You Dump Them for Good?
September 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Learn the concept behind replacing your time outs with time ins.
Time outs are a part of nearly every parent’s discipline arsenal as we strive for a peaceful home ... but honestly, do they really work? Many experts say no. Time outs may work in the short term, they say, but in the long run don’t help children learn to make better behavioral choices. “Time outs build control struggles between parent and child,” says Dr. Lynne Kenney, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based pediatric psychologist. “Using time-outs means we are in damage control mode – ... Continue Reading
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