As an English professor for the Virginia Community College System, I deal with the issues confronting higher education on a daily basis. However, having a daughter in eighth grade…
Need help guiding your girl into a grownup? Untangled by Lisa Damour argues there are predictable patterns when it comes to our daughters’ development. She believes, “Life with your…
Trying to have a great career, marriage, and family? I selected Getting to 50/50: How Working Parents Can Have It All by Sharon Meers and Joanna Strober to see if…
“Why did parenting change from preparing our kids for life to protecting them from life?” Julie Lythcott-Haims asks in her book, How to Raise an Adult: Break Free from the…
This November, parents across the country will be sitting down at conferences to discuss children’s strengths and weaknesses; therefore, as a teacher of twenty-three years, I decided to feature…
Need a guide to help you nurture young writers in your house? The Write Start by Jennifer Hallissy, a pediatric occupational therapist, is a wonderful resource, which offers parents not only an…
Got a fourth grader? Here’s a great title to read in conjunction with the ‘Every Kid in a Park’ initiative, which gives families with fourth graders free access to national parks,…
In this noisy world, introverted children are often misunderstood. Therefore, Quiet Kids by Christine Fonseca offers parents not only an understanding of introverted kids but also how best to…
“These are amazing days when you can videoconference Grandma in a different country in real time. But if you don’t minimize and monitor screens in your child’s life, when…
Research indicates that less than 20 percent of all eighth graders read for fun on a regular basis. Want reading to be more than fundamental again? Embrace summer reading. 1. Let your…
