Dental care is extremely important for children starting even before the eruption of teeth. Good oral hygiene actually affects other parts of the body as well including lowering your risk for heart issues, decrease the risk of bacteria getting into your bloodstream, and maximize your overall health. Starting proper (and lifelong) dental habits start with creating a routine and maintaining it. The more strict you are, the lower your child's lifelong risk for cavities, gum disease and Cardiovascular disease.

With the arrival of spring, it's a great time to teach young kids about nature. A wonderful way to introduce them to plant life is with a garden. Though not everyone has room (or time) for a giant plot of land, even a windowsill garden works.

You may be crafty or have some crafty kids, but sometimes, we all run out of ideas. We've discovered Kaboose.com, which has turned us on to some great crafts for kids of all ages, and helped inspire our Valentine's Day Bulletin Board! So get crafty with your kids this V-Day weekend, whip up a family-friendly drink.

Let's talk about sex. Or, rather, let's talk about how you talk to your kid about sex. We asked a few moms how/when they broached the topic of sex with their kids.

We are in LOVE (okay, obsessed) with Etsy.com. We’ve managed to get unique, handmade presents for everyone on our holiday gift list exclusively through Etsy. The website, which connection artists, jewelry makers, clothing designers, knitters, photographers, and vintage dealers with online customers. We also LOVE that anyone can start their own Etsy store and sell to the world. With such a creative group on the JoFrost.com forums, (and after reading the recent article on Etsy in the New York Times, we thought we’d plant a seed of thought in your minds for starting your own business in 2010!

Making a List…
Packing and children. Two words that were never meant to go together. Inevitably something is forgotten (goodbye, sanity!) in the midst of the tantrums, toy negotiations and loading up the car/leaving the house.

We've noticed on the forums everyone is game to watch (and share!) their favorite funny and entertaining YouTube videos. So, for this Halloween, we thought we would share a few treats with you. We've compiled a compile a list of our top five favorite videos (plus one freebie!). These are the videos that made us laugh, put a smile on our face and a song in our heart. The best part of these vids is that they're all kid-friendly! Watch them with your kids and get inspired to create some home movies of your own! And keep sharing your favorites online in the Misc section of the forums and tweet the video link to Jo on Twitter: http://twitter.com/Jo_Frost — we'll pick our favorites to retweet!

Let's face it, as they get older, children's homework is tough. In fact, it's downright hard. And, between trying to help them out with quadratic equations, shuttle siblings to after school activities, throw together dinner and stay on top of the evening routine, it's no wonder we can find a moment to sit down and try to help them work out the slope of a line or diagram a sentence! Given the fact that the last time we encountered any of this was in middle/high school, we hit up Google to help us find online resources for when the homework is even too advanced for mom and dad, and the time crunch is on.

We've all got Julia Child on the brain this month and we've noticed in the forums, we're not alone when it comes to needing a few new recipes to add to our repertoire! So, we did a little research and came up with this fun, fast and easy riffs on some Julia Child classics. Experiment and add a few things of your own. Remember, Julia's most famous ingredient was fearlessness (well, that and a lot of butter!) Bon Appetit! And keep the recipe swap going on the forums!

What inspires you to be who you are? Some of our earliest inspirations that determine everything from our careers to parenting and our hobbies come from childhood inspirations. Many of the celebrities we interview in our Celeb Spot cite their parents are their primary inspiration. Think of your own children and their dreams and aspirations. No matter how big or how small, we should nurture their talents and passions in whatever way we can.