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Donna Bozzo is the go-to mom for moms everywhere. - ABC 7 CHICAGO If you lived in Donna Bozzo's neighborhood, you'd know hers was the fun house. Donna Bozzo says its time to put the fun back in family. - PARADE Get This Party Started Make it personal, says Donna Bozzo, for memorable (birthday) parties go the old fashioned route. --USA TODAY Donna Bozzo on Make Your Christmas Display More Practical — And More Special. It's a subtle change, but switching your beach vacation snaps for ones of your family playing in the snow can complete the holiday vibe in your house. - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING Our 5 Favorites We are loving the screen-free fun in Fidget Busters 30 Ways To Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done by Chicago Parent contributor and mom Donna Bozzo. - CHICAGO PARENT Lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo has some great creative activities to keep your family entertained. - TODAY Author Donna Bozzo teaches how to have fun while getting it done. - KENILWORTH LIFE MAGAZINE Donna Bozzo – lifestyle expert, author and mom of three – shares how children can have fun even when their parents are busy getting things done! Bozzo believes wholeheartedly that childhood is all about having some old-fashioned fun and in an age where children have ample amounts of screen time, gooey, stretchy and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses. And she says engaging your children with creative activities goes hand in hand with making them calmer, better students. - NS MODERN LUXURY Beat the end of summer restlessness with Donna Bozzo’s Fidget Busters… It is full of easy-peasy DIY sensory play including fidget spinners, slime, and other sensory fun to help calm anxieties, improve concentration and keep kids happily occupied. In an age where children have ample amounts of screen time―gooey, stretchy, and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses.” - SHERIDAN ROAD Donna Bozzo is the queen of keeping kids busy with educational hobbies instead of screens. - ABC7 CHICAGO Donna Bozzo knows how to have a good time. - BETTER Author Donna Bozzo shares easy ways to pack family fun into everyday. - PARENT & CHILD Donna Bozzo With Ways To Keep Kids Off Of Screens During Holiday Break - HUFFINGTON POST The Most Common Discipline Mistakes Parents Make Read everything you can get your hands on," says Donna Bozzo, a national parenting expert who has published various books, including "Fidget Busters 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done. This is your new job in a way, so create your own training. Also, beg, borrow and steal from any parent, teacher, etc., who you think has it going on when it comes to earning respect with children and shamelessly copy them! - FAMILY MINDED The Puzzle of Disciplining Your Child Donna Bozzo recommends creating a family mantra. “Parents should do this to establish the direction of the family,” Bozzo says, admitting she got the idea from her brother. “The family mantra should cover a lot of things, like acting out at the movies or smoking when the parents aren’t around; it should also apply to behavior on social media.” Bozzo says she repeats the family mantra “Make the Family Proud” every time her three daughters leave the house. Another family uses the mantra “Make Good Decisions” and has the caveat that if the children or their friends do not make good decisions, the children are to call their parents immediately and the parents will offer a safe haven. Bozzo said, “This shows respect for the kids and lets them figure out their behavior.” Guidelines for creating a family mantra include: short, sweet, broad, effective, and as automatic as “brush your teeth.” - PITTSBURGH PARENT Donna Bozzo is the queen of keeping kids busy with educational hobbies instead of screens. - ABC 7 Chicago Forty Reasons You Are A Better Parent After 40 “[Parents over 40] are patient and have more tools at their disposal,” says parenting expert Donna Bozzo, author of What the Fun?!: 427 Simple Ways to Have Fantastic Family Fun. In fact, “Researchers have found older moms are less likely to physically discipline their kids compared to younger moms.” - BEST LIFE 8 Awesome Outdoor Activities for Babies and Toddlers Donna Bozzo, author of What the Fun?! 427 Simple Ways To Have Fantastic Family Fun Play, suggests pulling loud kitchen tools and utensils outdoors and letting your baby make music. - RED TRICYCLE How To Instill Happiness In Kids Bringing happiness into a child’s life creates resilience and helps him better weather the storms of life, said Donna Bozzo, author of “Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done. Look for simple ways to make your time together more fun. Maybe it’s having dinner under the dining room table or starting out the day with a knock-knock joke written out in soap on the bathroom mirror, or fun five-minute science experiments at the breakfast table. - FAMILY MAGAZINE How Free Time Affects Your Child's Brain, According To Experts "Cognitive benefits aside, making room for free time has another massive benefit: creating happy children. Donna Bozzo, parenting expert and author of Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done, tells Romper, "Children are often stressed and tired from complicated schedules as parents try to jam in lessons, playdates, anything to give them an advantage .... Not only is all this stress bad for kids, stressed out parents make children over-anxious. Free time is good for a child because it helps them create their own joy." - ROMPER 9 Surprising Things You Shouldn't Hide From Children "Parents should always remember they are raising adults in the end — and you want them to be equipped to be adults," Donna J. Bozzo, a parenting expert and author, tells Romper by email. "If a family members lies about something, don't cover it up to protect them. They need to know not all people are honest. - ROMPER Donna Bozzo – lifestyle expert, author and mom of three – shares how children can have fun even when their parents are busy getting things done! Bozzo believes wholeheartedly that childhood is all about having some old-fashioned fun and in an age where children have ample amounts of screen time, gooey, stretchy and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses. And she says engaging your children with creative activities goes hand in hand with making them calmer, better students. - NS MODERN LUXURY “Beat the end of summer restlessness with Donna Bozzo’s Fidget Busters… It is full of easy-peasy DIY sensory play including fidget spinners, slime, and other sensory fun to help calm anxieties, improve concentration and keep kids happily occupied. In an age where children have ample amounts of screen time―gooey, stretchy, and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses.” - SHERIDAN ROAD Reading to your children is a fantastic way to teach, learn, and build close relationships. And that's what parenting is all about, right? Here are some brand new non-fiction(ish) books that we know you and your little ones (and even your not-so-little ones) will enjoy. - FINGER LAKE TIMES Donna Bozzo knows how to have a good time. A Winnetka resident and mom to three teen girls, the writer and television personality’s new book, What The Fun?! 427 Simple Ways To Have Fantastic Family Fun is made for any family looking for a few ways to incorporate more giggles instead of grumps into their daily routine. - MODERN LUXURY, NS Local family-lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo just released a book filled with "427 simple ways to have fantastic family fun." Her ideas range from letting the kids wash the car to setting up a backyard carnival — with a tin can toss, dart balloon board and face painting. - CHICAGO TRIBUNE What the Fun?!: In her breakout book, Winnetka-based family lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo offers more than 400 ways to unearth the long-lost fun of family life, buried under busy schedules — think glow-in-the-dark bowling or indoor campouts.... - SPLASH MAGAZINE Media personality and parenting expert Donna Bozzo knows a thing or two about family fun. From keeping kids entertained in the cold, to great Chicago staycations, to how to go “glamping” (aka glammed-up camping), Bozzo has been sharing her tips with Make It Better readers and families across the country with regular TV appearances on the Today show as well as countless local morning programs. Her new book, “What the Fun?! 427 Simple Ways to Have Fantastic Family Fun,” is packed with foolproof methods for injecting some extra fun into every day. - MAKE IT BETTER MAGAZINE In What The Fun, the mother-of-three notes a plethora of research demonstrating how infusing your days with fun makes people happier, healthier, and helps them live longer, as she lists no less than 427 family fun ideas to inspire. Sure, some of these things are pretty simple. But it’s often the most simple things we need to be reminded of and that mean the most to our kids. - MOTHER MAG Wouldn’t it be great if you could have the joy of “summercamp” delivered to your door? Enter the enterprising women of the Bozzo family. For years, Donna Bozzo has been helping parents create households of fun for their kids. This success has positioned the Winnetka resident as a media expert on the subject, with bylines in such publications such as Good Housekeeping and Redbook, and appearances on NBC’s .TODAY show. Recently she took that mission to help parents keep their kids engaged one step further. -NORTH SHORE WEEKENDER We have spent a lot of time on research and editing to find the best home crafts kids. It’s important to compare them because there are so many, that’s why we created a top ten list. With our top ten list, it will be a lot easier for you to make a good decision. We know you only want the best and preferably something with a reasonable price. #3 What The Fun 427 Simple Ways To Have Fantastic Fun by Donna Bozzo - NO PLACE LIKE HOME, a top review site Here’s a question every parent wants answers to: What can I do to make my family happy? During 15 years of national television appearances, magazine features and on her website, lifestyle expert Donna Bozzo has shared thousands of easy and creative ways for families to put more fun and spontaneity in their life. Now, she has compiled many of the best of those ideas into her first book, released May 17, titled “What The Fun!? 427 Simple Ways To Find Fantastic Family Fun.” - WINNETKA CURRENT Parenting Expert Donna Bozzo suggests that finding ways to include children in the process of blending the family is the way toward acceptance of a new stepmom. “Include the kids in the wedding ceremony. Instead of a bride and groom cake topper, how about a full-family cake topper, with kids in tow?” says Bozzo, who suggests that families find fun ways to make things work going forward. “Think of your new blended family as a kind of soup where different members of the family add their own favorite ingredients to the pot. Like peanut butter and jelly sometimes the sum of two (or more) parts, is greater than the whole,” says Bozzo. - KARS4KIDS All Work and No Play? Easy Ways to Add More Fun to the Everyday by Donna Bozzo - BRIGHTLY Beauty Products TV Anchors Swear By GLAMOUR A Scavenger Hunt Through Downtown Chicago by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT A Trip To Amish Country by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT 4 Easy Spring Break Trips By Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Behind The Scenes Tour of Wrigley by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Grand Canyon For Families by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Behind The Scenes Tour of Wrigley by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT 10 Romantic Spots for Chicago Couples by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Fall Fun In Chicago by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Color Me Happy by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Make The Most of the Last of Summer by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Best Stay-cation Ideas by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Four Fun Dates For Parents by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Your Bucktown Bucket List by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Ten Ways To Rock Your Summer by Donna Bozzo CHICAGO PARENT Self-Employed Workers Learn To Live With The Ups and Downs of Freelance Life CRAIN'S CHICAGO BUSINESS Behind The Scenes: What It's Like To Be On The TODAY Show BETTER Ten Secrets of Happy Families by Donna Bozzo BETTER Put Gratitude on Your Family's Thanksgiving Menu by Donna Bozzo BETTER Easy Ways To Have More Fun With Your Family by Donna Bozzo BETTER Ways To Keep Stir-Crazy Kids Entertained This Winter by Donna Bozzo BETTER Tradition-Worthy Holiday Activities by Donna Bozzo BETTER Spooktacular Halloween Fun by Donna Bozzo BETTER Glamp It Up: What You Need To Know About Glamping by Donna Bozzo BETTER New Year's Eve Fun by Donna Bozzo BETTER ADULT CHILDREN OF DIVORCE APPROACH THE ALTAR WARILY - Chicago Tribune EARLY EXPOSURE IS KEY TO GIRLS PLUGGING INTO TECHNOLOGY By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune FOR OBESE KIDS, AT-HOME FAT CAMP COULD BE KEY TO SLIMMING DOWN By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune SBA SITE STEERS GIRLS TO BUSINESS By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune INTERACTIVE QUILT HONORS WOMEN WITH ... 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By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune IF THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE IS ALL GREEK TO YOU By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune MEN SAY `I DO' TO PLANNING WEDDINGS By Donna Bozzo - Chicago Tribune THE PRESSURE OF PERFECTION IN YOUNG GIRLS TODAY Deseret News TRENDING NOW Splash Parents At Play Star Advertiser Stay-cation Tips That Will Cure Your Travel Bug How To Adult Donna Bozzo and Fun Camp In A Box is Saving Summer Chicago Daily Herald Winnetka Family Keeps Kids Busy With Creative Camp In A Box Chicago Daily Herald Meet A Mom North Shore Moms Bringing happiness into a child’s life creates resilience and helps him better weather the storms of life, said Donna Bozzo, author of “Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done. Star News |
