How can I keep my kids safe without making them fearful?
Do you sometimes wish you could put your children in a bubble to protect them from all danger? If so, you are not alone. With more news reports come new worries. "Don't...
Do you sometimes wish you could put your children in a bubble to protect them from all danger? If so, you are not alone. With more news reports come new worries. "Don't...
6 SMART WAYS TO AVOID BATTLES Increasingly, experts agree that kids today get way too much homework. Until schools find a way to tame the homework monster into submission, try these tips to...
Ever met a kid who didn’t like to get dirty? Who didn’t want to play with a hose or run through a sprinkler as a child? Honestly, it’s just a hop from...
Playing with a pal is not just board games, backyard soccer, slime, bikes, and lemonade stands. It’s actually shoring up your child’s mental health, banking trust and security that she can draw...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know by now that researchers, educators, and almost every major literacy organization advises parents to read aloud to children, early and often. But not all...
Try these quick and easy research-based tips to keep learning alive when school is out You’ve probably heard of the summer slide. It’s a term experts use to describe the loss of learning...
Being a kid today comes with its fair share of stress. Whether it’s learning to handle a difficult classmate, sitting for standardized tests, trying out for a sports team, or going after...
The next time you see an elderly woman who is forced to stand on the bus because no one offered her a seat, give her yours. Then go home and start this...
Summer means a much-needed break for kids, but it can also mean a break in learning and, in many cases, a regrettable loss of newly developed reading skills. The so-called “summer slide” is...
Backyard gardens, puppet theatres, scrapbooks and crafts are some of the ways to keep your children active and their minds working all summer long. Summer vacation can be either a learning wasteland or...