The leaves are turning golden. It's time to prep the yard for winter. My brothers and I used to sing crazy songs together as we worked in the yard. I'm not sure my parents appreciated our singing, but it just shows that you can turn working in the yard into a fun family activity. Just bring your iPod with speakers outdoors and crank up the music.

If your kids like to doodle or paint, then chances are you have a drawer or box full of art supplies. Did you know some of the common art supplies contain ammonia, formaldehyde, or turpentine that emit asthma-inducing chems?

My blog along with many other blogger posts are continually copied without permission by Susan Welch. She copies hundreds of blog posts each week. It appears she finds the posts on BlogHer and then copies the text word-for-word along with all photos and artwork. At first, I jokingly called her a "clogger" because she copies blogs and credits the blog post as her own.

We've all witnessed helicopter parents that swoop down to rescue their kids when the kids would be better off working out the problems on their own.