After making the decision to cut back on afterschool activities, I decided to continue down this precarious path and try something else that had escaped me as of late –asking…
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Even though I’d sworn it’d never happen, it had. By this past spring, my oldest daughter was enrolled in seven extracurricular activities: Girls Scouts, gymnastics, Spanish, art, piano, choir, and…
She’s out there, somewhere, winging her way toward us.And now the two most beautiful words in the English language are flashing on the big board here in Concourse 3: ON…
Q: My son is a junior and refuses to even talk about college. I don’t want to be one of those parents who does everything for their kid, but I…
“The reality didn’t hit me until the day we moved,” says 14-yearold Rose, whose parents were finally divorcing after years of trying to save a tumultuous marriage. “I was just…
As a mother, a teacher for 19 years, and now a school counselor, I have seen the many anxieties that an upcoming school project can cause for your child. In…
Living in the moment can be detrimental for your children when it comes to online safety. Kids today are really no different than in years past as far as judgment…
Meet a teacher who helped my kids fall in love with school and learning!
I recently purchased closet organizers in an attempt to address the stuffed animal issues in my daughters’ rooms. We gathered all the creatures we could find and piled on the…
Ben, my oldest son, is thirteen. Sometimes he wanders into the room with a thousand-yard stare, which can only mean one thing. Girls. For the past year or so, he…
Q: My 2½-year-old just moved to a big kid bed. He was a great sleeper in the crib, but now he wakes up several times at night and wanders in…
Take a moment to think back to last summer. Did your pool bag seem to double in size over the course of the summer? As the mother of two young…
