Nowadays, a children’s movie is usually one that young children will enjoy and leave having learned something and feeling happy about the world. If my children had to watch the movies that I did as a child they would be scarred for life, much like their mother is. Take a look and tell me if you agree that these movies …
New Book! Paola Santiago and the River of Tears
* I received an advance copy of this book for review purposes. No other compensation was received. Earlier this summer my 12-year-old daughter and I were chatting about what she wanted to be when she grows up. She looked at me and said Mom, “I am determined to be an astrophysicist. ” That’s my girl! She loves science, math, and …
Fall 2018 Fashion Trends Women Actually Want To Wear
This post contains affiliate links. By clicking and purchasing from any of the links you are supporting JENerally Informed. On a recent PopSugar perusal (don’t judge) I clicked on an article entitled Get to Know Fall’s 8 Most Wearable Trends. I am a sucker for pieces like this, mostly because I have a fashionistas heart, but the reality of a …
Teenage Dating Realities We Faced That Would Blow Our Children’s Minds
It’s been a long time since Jen’s Guy (my husband) and I have teamed up on a post together, and we KNOW all of you have really been missing it, right?! Anyways, our oldest daughter Sam just turned 16 and has started dating. We have noticed quite a few differences in how the whole dating thing goes down nowadays, versus …
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If you are new to JENerally Informed, welcome! If not, you probably already know that Jen’s Guy (my husband) and I like to do lists. Now these aren’t your standard kind of lists, but range in topics like The What No One Wants For Valentines Day list or Five Christmas Songs That Need To be Retired or the original What …
Man-Day Post: What Has Happened To All The Fathers?
Welcome to another Man-day post from Jen’s husband, Jen’s Guy. I spoke with my sister the other day and asked her about a family that I hadn’t seen in quite some time. She stopped for a second and said, “I thought you knew.” Apparently the father, who was almost 50, had left his wife and several children. I was incredulous. …
Mommy Reality: How Stuffed Animals Destroy Parents
One of the things that no one warns you about when having kids, is that now you will be initiated into the world of stuffed animals…. What, wait a minute, stuffed animals? They are so cute, why is this a problem? Here’s a few reasons why stuffed animals are one of the most under examined of parenting foes: 1. No …
Mommy Reality: Jen NAILS ‘Dat Look?
Last week my Mommy Reality BFF Celeste of Leapfrog and Lipgloss challenged all of us Moms to share ‘Dat look we give our children when we mean business. When I first saw the challenge I was like “WHAT ?!” And then I remembered all of the challenges I have made Celeste and others do. Like the time I made us …
All I Need to Know In Life I Learned From Musicals
I might have been a strange kid, but some of my earliest TV/movie memories are of musicals.The thrill of watching Rodgers and Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber and more filled my little heart with happiness. I loved the dancing, the color, the costumes and of course the music. As perhaps would be expected, watching these musical “dramas” provided much learning to …
Hip Hip Hooray! It’s My SITS Day!
When I first started blogging I quickly found the SITS Girls (aka Secret In The Sauce) and became a part of the SITStahood! I was lucky enough to attend a Bloggy Boot Camp earlier this year with co-founder Tiffany Romero and learned a ton. Every weekday, they feature a blogger from their their over 40,000 member community and today, I’m …
The What No One Wants For Christmas Gift List
This last week Jensguy and I were sitting and chatting one night after the children had gone to bed. As usual our topics ranged far and wide, but on this particular night he began a conversation centered around the worst Christmas presents we had ever received or seen given. Jen: Oh kind of like that big hulking gorilla with a …
Mommy Reality #15: What Lies Beneath
I am sure that Celeste is THRILLED we had so many participants in this week’s Mommy Reality challenge in order to avoid any further photos from Jen such as this little beauty… Moving on, again….. Thank you to all who participated in this week’s challenge. The concept behind the Mommy Reality challenges was to provide a way for all …
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