About carissa
In my former life I was a molecular biologist. In my current life I am the chief researcher of bloggy html, parenting dos (and some don'ts), new recipes and for spice I pretend to be a photographer...I started blogging in February of 2008. I love the bloggy world where I share and connect with thousands of people about the happy, the sad, the rotten, and the silly! I have 3 crazy kids and one good husband.Website: http://goodncrazy.com
Posts by carissa
Give The Gift Of GIVING To Your Kids
By carissa on December 6, 2010
Me Me Me.
It’s that time of year again. My kids are busy making lists of all possible toy combinations. Dreaming about what a certain jolly old elf will bring them. They’ve started early begging to make a gingerbread house, insisting on hanging {read more}
By carissa on December 6, 2010
Holiday Volunteering With Your Kids The Easy Way!
By carissa on November 11, 2010
Holidays are the perfect time for families to give back. The best way to get your family into the giving (back) spirit is to jump in and volunteer your time, talents and (yes) money to the groups your kids already participate in!
Is your kid’s scout {read more}
By carissa on November 11, 2010
My Teenage Werewolf | Book Review
By carissa on November 10, 2010
GoodNCrazy Book Review
Author: Lauren Kessler
Category: Tween/Teen Parenting
“A mother, a daughter, a journey through the thicket of adolescence.”
Oh how I can relate. I have a soon-to-be teenage girl. She is happy, exuberant and fun to be {read more}
By carissa on November 10, 2010
Tween Bedroom Extreme Makeover
By carissa on October 18, 2010
Paint, Paint and more Paint!
A shared girlie space battling out the differing tastes of two polar opposite tween daughters? Martha save me!
(Well… Glidden anyway.)The walls were an off-white-peach color. But their furniture is white-white. And we {read more}
By carissa on October 18, 2010
Tween Halloween Costume: Homemade Minnie Mouse
By carissa on October 11, 2010
Finding Age-Appropriate Halloween Costumes
Why do Halloween Costumes for teenagers always look like streetwalkers? My 12-yr-old daughter wants to be Minnie Mouse this year.
She and I hopped online and began searching for costumes. And the first two {read more}
By carissa on October 11, 2010
Old Lady Basketball
By carissa on September 30, 2010
Gotta Luv It!
It’s been a long time since I played basketball in high school. I’ve been able to play a few pick up games over the years on and off, but never regularly. A week here or a short ‘tourney’ there. However, there wasn’t {read more}
By carissa on September 30, 2010
Teaching Tweens/Teens How To Spend Well
By carissa on August 11, 2010
Is it a good idea to give a kid a credit card?
How does a parent teach a 12yrold what ‘interest’ means? I’m ready to teach my kids about the credit financial world we live in. But I keep coming up empty handed.
Where do I start?
Last week Denise {read more}
By carissa on August 11, 2010
Teaching The Value of Money | Starting Early
By carissa on July 28, 2010
Future Economic Rock Stars?
With our current black hole economy, and the wild chaos with banks, mortgages and credit cards, it’s the perfect time to teach our kids (and ourselves) to avoid financial disasters in their futures.
I recently jumped at {read more}
By carissa on July 28, 2010
Tween Make-Over | e.l.f. Style
By carissa on July 21, 2010
Tweens and Makeup
How do I help my tween use make-up without looking like a seventeen year old? How do I help her understand that she’s pretty without it at all!?
She’s only 12. And as a mother I’m required to prevent her independence at every {read more}
By carissa on July 21, 2010
Tween Spending Skills: Financial Independance
By carissa on May 17, 2010
Sometimes parents learn financial lessons from the kids!
I believe allowance and other Tween forms of income are the perfect means to help a not-quite-teen, learn how to manage money wisely. While still young, they might make a few financial mistakes {read more}
By carissa on May 17, 2010
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