Category Archives: Family

Tips for Coping with Pet Loss

Nothing can prepare you for the loss of a pet. Coping with pet loss is a very personal experience with a unique set of emotions to deal with. While many of us try to ignore the pain by keeping busy, it’s important to allow ourselves to experience pain and sorrow. Here are a few ways […]

How to Help a Teenager with Anxiety and Depression

Life is stressful at any age, but the teenage years can be especially difficult. Academic, social, and family pressures can create feelings of rejection, disappointment, or sadness. These days, we’re seeing more cases of teens and depression, with 1.8 million of our country’s youth having experienced severe depression in 2017 alone. If you’re wondering how […]

Care Package Ideas for Soldiers

Receiving a care package from home can do so much for a deployed service member. But choosing a going away gift for someone being deployed can seem difficult. The good news is, finding and packing up the package can make you feel even closer to your loved one. Here are some meaningful care packages ideas […]

Unique Gifts for Family Far Away

As much as we’d like to be surrounded by our loved ones at all times, most of us have family and friends that don’t live nearby. When you’re looking for gifts for family far away or long-distance friends, there’s nothing quite like a HUGGEE doll. These dolls can be personalized with photos and vocal recordings, […]

Growing Up With Siblings: When Siblings Go Away

Growing up with siblings is special and unique. No sibling relationship is alike. Even in a large family in which one person could have three or four siblings, each sibling will have a different relationship with the other because we all bring out certain traits in each other! That’s what makes the relationship of siblings […]

Military Kids: Is It All That Bad?

The media and literature tends to focus on all the negatives that military kids face, like moving with the military. Each article tends to paint a bleak picture full of negatives for the children of military parents. Whether it’s the quality of education these children receive or dealing with parents that come back from overseas […]