January 2025 Issue
Student Spotlight – January 2025
Every month we compile a list of students and schools doing great things across our community. We have so many talented students in our area. Mobile Bay Parents joins with [...]
From the Publisher – January ’25
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a lovely holiday season full of memory-making moments with family and friends. As we transition into a new year, a feeling of “change” […]
Teacher of the Month: Sidney Unger, Cultivate Studios
Teaching children has been a lifelong passion according to Sidney Unger, this month’s recipient of Mobile Bay Parents Teacher of the Month award. Receiving this nomination is deeply meaningful to […]
Dinner’s Ready: Ashley & Rick Cauley’s Beef Stroganoff
The holiday rush has ended, but winter is still here for a little while longer. This month’s Dinner’s Ready recipe is quick and hearty and the perfect addition to squeeze […]
Teaching Self-Compassion to Battle Shame
Dr. Brené Brown, who researches emotions, defines shame as the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and, therefore, unworthy of love, belonging, and connection. Simply […]
Anxiety and Your Child
Kids Health Watch is Sponsored by Children’s Medical Group Anxiety is the most commonly diagnosed pediatric psychological disorder, occurring in up to 20% of children. It typically shows symptoms before 11 […]
The Unexpected Is Always Lurking
When I leave my job in two or three years, I’ll still have a good income of around $80,000 thanks to my pension. I talked with my wife recently about […]
Top 5 Tech Rules for Kids in the New Year
As we enter a new year, tech will continue to shape how our children interact with the world. With new devices and social media platforms emerging daily, and if your […]
Ditching the New Year’s Resolutions: Five Things to Try Instead
Every year, as the New Year rings in, thousands of people around the world make “new year, new me” pledges – only to find themselves discouraged and disappointed a few […]
Put the “Om” in Homework: Tips to Ease Homework Frustration & Boost Focus
By the time Meira Mednick’s daughter was in third grade, homework time had morphed into lengthy, embattled evenings fraught with angry tears as frustrated daughter and frazzled mom squared off. […]